Application Engineer (Early Career)

Launch Your Career Building the Software Foundation for Next-Generation Mobility

At Apex.AI, we develop safety-certified software for mobility systems and intelligent machines. Our products power applications in automotive, trucking, robotics, aerospace, agriculture, and industrial automation.

We are looking for an early-career Application Engineer who is passionate about modern C++ software development, distributed systems, and solving real-world technical challenges. This role is ideal for recent university graduates or engineers with 1–2 years of experience who want to work on cutting-edge mobility technologies while learning from experienced engineers and collaborating with global customers.

In this role, you will help deploy and support advanced software solutions based on Apex.OS while working closely with senior engineers, customers, and product teams. You will gain hands-on experience with embedded systems, middleware, networking, robotics software, and real-world production deployments.

If you are excited about modern software engineering, enjoy learning complex systems, and want to contribute to the future of software-defined mobility, we’d love to hear from you.

This role is located in our Munich office. Authorization to work in Germany is required.

• Support customer deployments and integrations using Apex.AI products
• Collaborate with customers and internal engineering teams to understand technical requirements
• Help troubleshoot software, middleware, networking, and embedded systems issues
• Contribute code, bug fixes, and enhancements to Apex.OS
• Assist with software testing, validation, and system integration activities
• Participate in customer workshops, demos, and technical presentations
• Work closely with senior engineers to learn best practices for production-grade software development
• Help improve tooling, documentation, and developer workflows
• Support customer success across automotive and intelligent machine applications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, or a related technical field
• Strong foundation in modern C++ programming
• Internship, academic project, or early professional experience with software development
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Interest in embedded systems, robotics, middleware, or distributed systems
• Familiarity with Linux development environments
• Experience using Git or similar version control systems
• Strong communication skills and willingness to work directly with customers and cross-functional teams
• Self-motivated with a strong desire to learn and grow in a fast-moving technical environment

• Exposure to ROS/ROS 2, DDS, networking, or communication protocols
• Experience with Python, scripting, or automation tools
• Familiarity with CI/CD workflows and modern software development practices
• Experience with build systems such as CMake or Bazel
• Academic, internship, or personal projects involving robotics, autonomous systems, or embedded software
• Interest in automotive, aerospace, industrial automation, or safety-critical systems

• Work on cutting-edge software platforms enabling autonomous and software-defined systems
• Learn from world-class engineers and collaborate with global technology leaders
• Gain hands-on experience with real-world customer deployments and production systems
• Contribute directly to products used in next-generation mobility and intelligent machine applications
• Competitive compensation, benefits, and strong career growth opportunities
• International, engineering-driven culture with meaningful technical ownership and mentorship

About Apex.AI

Apex.AI is an international software company specializing in the development of safety-certified, developer-friendly, and scalable software for mobility systems, aiming to accelerate the transition to software-defined vehicles and mobility. Founded in 2017 by Jan Becker and Dejan Pangercic, the company is headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with additional offices in Munich, Stuttgart, Gothenburg, Tokyo, and Pangyo. To date, Apex.AI has raised over $75 million USD from world-class venture, financial and strategic investors including AGCO, Airbus Ventures, Canaan, Continental AG, Daimler Truck, HELLA Ventures, Jaguar Land Rover’s InMotion Ventures, LG Electronics, Lightspeed, Orillion, Toyota Ventures, Volvo Group Venture Capital and ZF.

The company’s flagship product, Apex.OS, consists of two core components: Apex.Grace and Apex.Ida.

• Apex.Grace is an application runtime framework in the form of a software development kit (SDK). It provides a robust framework for developing real-time, reliable, and safe applications. Core APIs are based on ROS 2 APIs with numerous extensions enabling real-time execution, reliable performance, deployment into large fleets, system state management, safety, security, and much more. It is safety-certified to ISO 26262 ASIL D.
• Apex.Ida is a communication middleware delivering optimal high-performance data transport across use cases. These use cases range from fully autonomous vehicles with dozens of high-resolution cameras to small signals with ultra-high frequencies in safety-critical domains. Its core is based on a shared memory data transport with connectors into DDS, SOME/IP, MQTT, CAN, and many more protocols, all abstracted into a single application-facing API.

Additionally, Apex.AI offers:

• Apex.Alan provides customers with a highly optimized and efficient software integration, development environment, build, test, and delivery process.
• Apex.OS for V&V enables record and playback of very large and diverse data streams, both time- and data-deterministically, which is crucial for replay, analysis, and performance evaluation of complex autonomous systems.

Apex.AI’s software solutions are utilized across a diverse range of industries, including automotive, agriculture, medical, and defense sectors. The products enable developers to efficiently create and deploy safe, reliable, and high-performance applications, thereby accelerating the adoption of software-defined mobility systems. Through its innovative software solutions and strategic partnerships, Apex.AI is at the forefront of transforming the mobility industry, facilitating the development of next-generation vehicles and systems.