Mechanical Engineer

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.

We are an in-office company, and our expectation is that 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.

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 more than 60 employees who previously come from Woven by Toyota, Mobileye, TIER IV, Google, Siemens and other renowned companies. We are hiring our first new graduate class - want to learn more?

As a Mechanical Engineer at Applied, you will be an integral part of the entire product design lifecycle. Your technical contributions will directly impact the requirements, design, integration, and validation/verification of our self-driving vehicles. You will support the testing and evaluation of sensors such as cameras, radars, and lidars. You will focus on developing hardware for the harsh environment of various types of vehicles.

• Support the mechanical engineering development of Applied Vehicles.

• Contribute to the mechanical design of the external sensor suite, compute assembly, and interior of the vehicles.

• Perform structural and thermal analysis of mechanical designs

• Own the design, analysis, and validation of the system from the component level, assembly level, and the fully integrated vehicle

• Design with a focus on scalability and manufacturability 

• Work cross-functionally to ensure the requirements and mechanical designs meet the needs of all the teams within the organization

• Verify that the designed components can be properly installed on the vehicle without issues through hands-on validation

• BS/MS in Mechanical Engineering

• Fluency in both English and Japanese (written and verbal), with the ability to operate effectively in a bilingual business environment

• 2+ year of experience designing hardware and shipping products

• Demonstrated experience in FEA/CAE

• Experience with hardware reliability and testing

• NVH experience is a plus

• Perform incoming IQC on design hardware including visual inspection, pressure testing, and firmware flashing

• CNC, Machining, Metal Working and Welding experience

• Experience with Automotive Repair and Maintenance

• Experience working with AV Components Lidars, Radars, Camera etc

• Design, draw and prototype custom harness cable

• Familiarity using CAD (Catia V6 preferred) to navigate, design or modify 3D models

• Setup device under test and execute test scripts provided by test engineers

• Produce and develop detailed documentation for test, maintenance, safety, and team processes

• Work directly with engineers to design, fabricate, and assemble custom test fixtures