About the Role

We are seeking Field Integration Engineers who excel at connecting software engineering, customer interaction, and hands-on field operations. In this position, you will drive the full-stack integration and deployment of our software solutions across customer hardware, physical vehicles, and test benches.

Serving as the key technical expert on-site, mainly in the great Chicago area, you will ensure our software operates seamlessly on customer vehicles. You will bring up target hardware, SIL, and HIL setups; troubleshoot integration challenges spanning software, firmware, and vehicle networks; and partner directly with customer systems and software engineering teams to deliver production-ready autonomous and intelligent vehicle technology.

Travel Expectation: This position requires significant travel (30%–50%+) to customer facilities, proving grounds, test tracks, and active field deployment sites.

At Applied Intuition, you will:

• Deploy, configure, and integrate vehicle software stack, middleware, and application-level code on customer target hardware, HIL simulators, and vehicle platforms.

• Serve as the primary technical escalation point on-site. Collect logs/telemetry, bisect software pipelines, debug system crashes, and isolate root causes across software-hardware boundaries.

• Debug and validate communication interfaces (CAN, LIN, Automotive Ethernet, J1939) and verify end-to-end data flow between sensors, ECUs, and application software.

• Partner closely with internal core software/firmware engineering teams to reproduce complex field issues, validate fixes, and push continuous system improvements.

• Write Python scripts, Bash automation, and internal tooling to streamline deployment, automated diagnostics, and log collection in field environments.

• Work directly with customer engineering leadership to define target integration use-cases, articulate system constraints, and establish clear integration milestones.

We're looking for someone who has:

• BS or MS in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, Computer Science, or a related technical field.

• Strong programming skills in embedded C and/or C++, with solid software engineering practices in Linux development and command-line environments.

• 2+ years of hands-on experience integrating, testing, and debugging software applications on physical target platforms or embedded hardware.

• Practical understanding of automotive or industrial network topologies, protocol analysis (CAN, Ethernet, J1939), and diagnostic standards (UDS, DoIP, OBD-II).

• Strong analytical skills to systematically isolate faults across multi-component software pipelines and hardware interfaces.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the confidence to represent the engineering team in fast-paced, high-stakes customer environments.

• Ability and willingness to travel 30%–50%+ to domestic and international customer locations and testing sites.

Nice to have:

• Experience with vehicle platforms, autonomous systems, robotics, or active industrial/field environments.

• Familiarity with AUTOSAR platform concepts (RTE, SWCs, ARXML), SIL/HIL test rigs, or ROS/ROS2 architecture.

• Experience using network analysis tools (e.g., Vector CANoe/CANape, Wireshark, PEAK-System) or hardware debugging tools (oscilloscopes, multimeters).

• Scripting capability in Python for data processing, log parsing, or test automation.