Vehicle OS: Onboard Software AT APPLIED Intuition

CoreOS

The Zonal Compute Units control various ECUs and actuators based on commands from the Central Compute System, reporting back signals, statuses, and faults over automotive Ethernet.

The Central Compute System manages both critical and non-critical vehicle functions—from cluster and dials control to infotainment, navigation, and in-vehicle audio and displays.

The CoreOS team develops and maintains the system software for the two operating systems running on the Central Compute:
The team also owns core platform capabilities such as OTA updates, diagnostics, middleware and signaling, networking, SIL/HIL infrastructure, hardware bring-up, and other foundational software components.

About the Team

What are our current challenges?

  • Scaling our POSIX platforms to enable efficient driver reuse across diverse hardware chipsets through abstraction layers, minimizing the need for redundant implementations
  • Properly managing cross-domain communication, memory isolation, and timing guarantees between the multiple operating systems running on the same compute
  • Enabling software development and integration on virtualized platforms to accelerate integration and validation while preserving hardware equivalent behavior, timing, and performance.
  • Building certified, highly reliable IVI and VoS software at scale, requiring deep expertise in developing complex and dependable systems.

What are past accomplishments?

  • Brought to life rich in-car audio experiences including CarPlay, Android Auto, AM/FM, DAB/DAB+, HD Radio, and SiriusXM—turnkey, certifiable solutions ready for any OEM program.
  • Delivered and integrated BSPs and peripheral drivers across complex systems such as audio, display, and other subsystems powering vehicle platforms for major OEMs.
  • Engineered fast, efficient communication across cores and processes using custom stacks and shared memory systems to enable high throughput and ultra-low latency performance

Why should you join our team?

  • Advanced platforms: We work on state-of-the-art automotive SoC platforms and operating systems, including QNX, Linux, and Android on hypervisor-based systems.
  • Deep systems work: Our work requires deep systems expertise—optimizing CPU and memory usage, ensuring deterministic communication across multi-core and distributed environments, and integrating complex subsystems like OTA, diagnostics, and networking.
  • Elite team: We take pride in our high-talent team, made up of exceptional engineers from top companies and universities who have built and shipped impactful embedded and mobile consumer products. Our members bring deep expertise in Linux, Android, and QNX, along with a genuine passion for their craft.

Meet the Team

Tarun Agarwal

Engineering Manager
Previously Meta (VR Devices), Intel, Motorola

What are the biggest technical challenges the team has right now?

We are architecting a turnkey VehicleOS software-defined vehicle platform that can be used by multiple vehicle manufacturers across different programs. The variability in these systems is immense, with differences in SoCs, boards, peripherals, hypervisors, and host operating systems. Building a horizontal platform that can address these variations in a scalable and reliable manner is one of our greatest technical challenges.

How would you describe your team in 3 words?

Sharp, Insightful, Driven

Jason Liu

Software Engineer
Previously Mira, Bird, Amazon, Stanford

What makes VehicleOS at Applied Intuition different?

Although the team is growing rapidly, we continue to operate at a fast pace where every member contributes across multiple technologies and responsibilities. We work directly with customers to deliver our products, ensuring that our engineering efforts are closely tied to real-world use cases and have a visible impact on the business.

How has the team developed and grown throughout the years?

Our team and processes have matured and scaled significantly. We now have well-defined, end-to-end workflows for implementation, integration, and validation, supported by extensive automation to ensure our code and products consistently meet high quality and safety standards.

Parth Sharma

Software Engineer
Previously Oculii, Cornell

Why did you join the VehicleOS team at Applied Intuition?

I joined the VehicleOS team in its early stages because it was a rare opportunity to help build a platform from the ground up. From my conversations with recruiters and interviewers, I was excited by the ambitious scope of the project and the high level of ownership it offered. I was drawn to the team’s culture of agency, where everyone has real influence over what they build and contributions directly shape the platform’s direction. It also felt like the right environment to grow—fast-moving like a startup, yet backed by the long-term vision of a strong OEM like Porsche and an expanding customer base.

What is your favorite part about working at Applied Intuition?

The best part about working at Applied Intuition is the constant learning. Being surrounded by people from diverse backgrounds, including automotive, consumer electronics, cloud, and even former startup founders, means every conversation teaches me something new. That diversity keeps me curious and continuously growing. I also value the strong sense of ownership, as working across many parts of the stack lets me see how my contributions fit into the bigger picture and directly impact what we build. It’s rewarding to be involved end to end, and I’m excited not just by what I’ve learned so far, but by all there still is to explore as VehicleOS continues to grow.

Ready for the challenge?