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 applied.co http://applied.co.
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
ABOUT TOKYO
Applied Intuition entered the Japan market in 2019. The company has rapidly grown and established strategic relationships with major Japanese automotive OEM customers. Based in Otemachi area, the Tokyo site consists of employees who previously come from Woven by Toyota, Mobileye, TIER IV, Google, Siemens and other renowned companies.
ABOUT THE ROLE
We are looking for a Systems & Validation Engineer to make sure the software we deploy in production vehicles is well-defined, traceable and thoroughly validated. You will sit between customers, software engineers and vehicle test teams. You will turn customer and vehicle-level needs into clear system requirements, define the architecture and interfaces for Vehicle OS integrations, and own the strategy for validating them across SIL, HIL and vehicle setups. The work spans multiple vehicle domains and involves close collaboration with customers in Japan and engineering teams both in the US and Japan.
At Applied Intuition, you will:
- Work directly with customers to capture, analyze and break down system and software requirements for Vehicle OS integrations
- Define system architecture, interfaces and signal/service specifications across ECUs and vehicle domains
- Maintain end-to-end traceability from requirements through design, implementation and test
- Develop test strategies, test plans and test cases for SIL, HIL and in-vehicle validation
- Build and maintain test automation and integrate it into CI/CD pipelines
- Run and coordinate validation campaigns on benches and vehicles, triage issues, and drive root-cause analysis with software teams
- Track validation coverage and readiness to hit SoP milestones
- Support process compliance activities (e.g. ASPICE, ISO 26262) together with customers and internal teams
- Set up an integration and validation workflow that works across Japan and US time zones
We're looking for someone who has:
- BSc or MSc in electrical engineering, computer science, mechatronics or a related field
- 5+ years of experience in automotive systems engineering, verification or validation
- Experience with requirements engineering and the V-model development process
- Hands-on experience with HIL/SIL environments and automotive test tools (e.g. Vector CANoe/CANalyzer, dSPACE, ETAS or similar)
- Strong understanding of in-vehicle networks (CAN, LIN, Automotive Ethernet, SOME/IP) and diagnostics (UDS, DoIP)
- Fluency in both English and Japanese (written and verbal), with the ability to operate effectively in a bilingual business environment
Nice to have:
- Familiarity with Classic AUTOSAR and/or Adaptive AUTOSAR architectures
- Experience with requirements and test management tools (e.g. Polarion, codebeamer, DOORS, Jira/Xray)
- Knowledge of ASPICE, ISO 26262 functional safety or ISO/SAE 21434 cybersecurity
- Experience with model-based systems engineering (SysML, Enterprise Architect, Cameo)
- Experience working directly with OEM or Tier 1 customers
- Experience with in-vehicle testing and data logging/analysis tools
Benefits and Perks:
- Lunch and dinner allowance
- Equity (RSU) offering
- English / Japanese language allowance
- Company sponsored housing program
- Pension plan (確定拠出年金)
Don’t meet every single requirement? If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
