Autonomy Program Manager for Mining & Construction

Applied Intuition; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 115,000 - 222,000; Full time

Job summary

Applied Intuition in Sunnyvale, CA, is seeking a Technical Program Manager to steer complex autonomous mining engineering projects and collaborate with client teams to implement solutions aligned with customers’ autonomy deployment goals.

You will manage hardware/software deployments, own multiple engagements, and define sprint goals across projects using Jira/Confluence, while maintaining rigorous documentation and cross-functional coordination.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of experience in technical program management or engineering.
• Ability to manage multiple complex customer projects with attention to detail.
• Experience with program management tools and methodologies (Jira, Confluence, Google Drive, sprint planning).
• Enough technical fluency to follow engineering discussions; coding experience is not required.

Responsibilities

• Manage hardware and software stack deployment and autonomy system commissioning activities across customer mining and construction sites globally.
• Own and manage multiple concurrent mining autonomy customer engagements, ensuring all workstreams progress toward contractual obligations and delivery milestones.
• Define and scope bi-weekly sprint goals across customer projects, maintaining documentation of deliverables and task traceability in Jira/Confluence.
• Serve as the operational backbone for customer engagements — keeping the right people in the right meetings and ensuring nothing falls through the cracks.
• Collaborate closely with software engineers, workstream leads, customer engineering teams, and business development to drive progress on mining autonomy deployments.
• Collaborate with customers to integrate and deliver mining autonomy solutions, coordinating across hardware and software teams to hit aggressive timelines.
• Identify and implement AI-driven improvements to sprint workflows, reducing manual overhead and increasing team velocity.

Skills

Technical program management

Project management

Documentation hygiene

Organizational skills

Adaptability

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Google Drive

Sprint planning

Job description

Applied Intuition in Sunnyvale, CA, is seeking a Technical Program Manager to steer complex autonomous mining engineering projects and collaborate with client teams to implement solutions aligned with customers’ autonomy deployment goals.

You will manage hardware/software deployments, own multiple engagements, and define sprint goals across projects using Jira/Confluence, while maintaining rigorous documentation and cross-functional coordination.