Technical Program Manager - Trucking Operations

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Job description

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 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 the role

We are looking for a Technical Program Manager to drive execution of Applied Intuition's global autonomous trucking programs. You will own the milestones our OEM customers are measured against, lead new operational launches - including standing up operations at new sites, lanes, and regions - and keep engineering, operations, and customer teams moving against a single plan.

This is a hands-on execution role. You will work daily with engineers at Applied Intuition and inside customer organizations, translating Level 4 (L4) autonomy deployment goals into schedules, dependencies, and decisions that hold up under pressure.

At Applied Intuition, you will:

  • Own program milestones end to end for strategic trucking engagements with global truck OEMs - building the integrated schedule, tracking dependencies across teams, and holding the organization to committed dates.

  • Lead new operational launches, including bringing up autonomous trucking operations at new sites and routes. You will build the launch plan and sequence work across facilities, fleet, safety, engineering, and local operations through to first revenue miles.

  • Surface and resolve risk early. Identify gaps before they become slips, drive blockers to resolution rather than escalate them, and make trade-offs visible to the people who need to decide.

  • Be the source of truth on program status for both working teams and executives - at Applied Intuition and at the customer. This means translating technical detail into decisions leadership can act on, not forwarding status decks.

  • Work directly with OEM customers and stakeholders to pin down use cases, clarify requirements, and unblock technical challenges across hardware, software, safety, and operations.

  • Implement operating practices that scale, so the second site launch is faster than the first and the tenth does not require you in the room.

  • Support business development by contributing to technical proposals and RFQ responses and hosting technology demonstrations for customer and executive audiences.

We're looking for someone who has:

  • Bachelor's degree in a STEM field or equivalent experience.

  • 5+ years of program or project management experience on advanced software, robotics, or autonomous vehicle programs (ADAS or L4 autonomy), including ownership of hard external deadlines.

  • Demonstrated ownership of a program launch or operational bring-up -a new site, facility, fleet, route, or region - from plan through steady state.

  • Track record running programs across distributed teams, sites, and time zones.

  • Ability to get deep into technical detail: enough systems-level understanding of hardware, software, and field operations to challenge a schedule you are handed rather than just publish it.

  • Communication skills that work in both directions - credible with engineers in a debug session and with OEM executives in a review.

  • Willingness to travel internationally to customer and operational sites.

Nice to have:

  • Direct experience on L4 autonomy programs, particularly trucking or long-haul freight.

  • Experience in commercial vehicle, logistics, or fleet operations.

  • Experience working directly with OEM or Tier 1 customers on joint development programs.

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.

Applied Intuition is an equal opportunity employer and federal contractor or subcontractor. Consequently, the parties agree that, as applicable, they will abide by the requirements of 41 CFR 60-1.4(a), 41 CFR 60-300.5(a) and 41 CFR 60-741.5(a) and that these laws are incorporated herein by reference. These regulations prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities, and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin. These regulations require that covered prime contractors and subcontractors take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status or disability. The parties also agree that, as applicable, they will abide by the requirements of Executive Order 13496 (29 CFR Part 471, Appendix A to Subpart A), relating to the notice of employee rights under federal labor laws.

FOR US-BASED ROLES: Applied Intuition is committed to providing an accessible and inclusive application and interview experience to applicants who are disabled veterans and other applicants with disabilities or medical conditions. Reasonable accommodations are available, requesting an accommodation will not affect your candidacy in any way, and you are not required to disclose the nature of your disability or medical condition in order to make a request. If you require an accommodation please contact [email protected]. We will work with you!

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