Senior Software Engineer - Defense Simulation

Applied Intuition, Inc. is powering the future of physical AI. Founded in 2017 and now valued at $15 billion, the Silicon Valley company is creating the digital infrastructure needed to bring intelligence to every moving machine on the planet. Applied Intuition services the automotive, defense, trucking, construction, mining and agriculture industries in three core areas: tools and infrastructure, operating systems, and autonomy.

Eighteen of the top 20 global automakers, as well as the United States military and its allies, trust the company’s solutions to deliver physical intelligence. Applied Intuition is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with offices in Washington, D.C.;
San Diego;
Ft. Walton Beach, Florida;
Ann Arbor, Michigan;
London;
Stuttgart;
Munich;
Stockholm;
Bangalore;
Seoul; and Tokyo. Learn more at

We are an in-office company, and our expectation is that full-time employees primarily work from their Applied Intuition office 5 days a week. However, we also recognize the importance of flexibility and trust our employees to manage their schedules responsibly. This may include occasional remote work, starting the day with morning meetings from home before heading to the office, or leaving earlier when needed to accommodate family commitments.

This in-office expectation does not apply to contractor positions

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will lead the design, development, and improvement of integrated live, virtual, and constructive simulation solutions for experimentation, testing, and training of multi-agent autonomy software. You will design and document LVC architectures, create simulation scenarios, write interface code, conduct code reviews, and solve integration roadblocks. Collaborating with cross-functional teams, you will translate requirements into technical solutions while mentoring junior engineers.

The role also involves continuous innovation, testing, debugging, documentation, and contributing to CI/CD pipelines and security compliance.

• Support the experimentation, testing, and training of Tactical AI agents through the development of live, virtual, and constructive simulation solutions, balancing fidelity, scale, time, and cost

• Research and learn new modeling, simulation, and communication tools, including internal and customer-owned prototype software under active development

• Work with 3rd party vendors to incorporate proprietary models while respecting intellectual property boundaries

• Mentor junior engineers and provide technical leadership, fostering a culture of learning and using good coding practices, design patterns, and industry standards

• Software Development:
  Write, modify, test, and debug efficient code (C++ 2017+, Python 3.10+, and other languages as needed) for adapters, translators, and more complex interfaces

• System Architecture:
  Design robust LVC integrations that meets performance, scalability, and security requirements

• Master’s degree or equivalent experience in modeling & simulation, computer science, or software engineering

• Experience using simulation interoperability standards such as DIS, HLA, and DSEEP, as well as custom methods and technologies, to build LVC federations

• Knowledge of communication protocols and serialization mechanisms such as DDS, ZeroMQ, Kafka, Redis, and protobuf

• Experience configuring, integrating, extending, and using defense M&S tools such as AFSIM, NGTS, and flight simulators

• 3+ years of hands-on experience developing performant modern C++ (2017+)

• Experience developing in Docker and containerized development environments, working in Linux-based operating systems (e.g., RHEL, Ubuntu), and using development tools such as git, Visual Studio Code, Git Lab, Sonar Qube, and Artifactory or Azure Container registry

• Willing to travel for company business between our offices, as well as to customer sites (~25%)

• Must be a U.S. Citizen

• Must hold or be eligible for a U.S. Secret security clearance

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• PhD degree in related engineering field

• 7+ years…