Engineering Manager, Autonomy Data & AI

Applied Intuition; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401(k) with employer match

Learning stipend

Wellness stipend

Paid time off

Job summary

Applied Intuition, Inc. is seeking an Engineering Manager for the Autonomy Data team in Sunnyvale, CA, to lead efforts around data quality, labeling pipelines, and data mining at scale for autonomous driving applications.

You will drive the adoption of foundation models, scale data capabilities, and align goals with model development, safety, and deployment milestones. A strong leadership track record and ML infrastructure experience are required.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of engineering management experience.
• Passion for building and leading high-performing teams.
• Experience building data quality systems, labeling pipelines, or annotation platforms at scale.
• Familiarity with modern ML infrastructure and data-centric AI approaches.
• Understanding of how foundation models can be applied to automate data workflows.
• Solid track record of building and deploying products.

Responsibilities

• Grow and manage a team of engineers delivering high-quality, well-labeled data and identifying critical edge cases for autonomy.
• Prioritize development across data quality systems, labeling workflows, and large-scale data mining infrastructure.
• Lead integration of foundation models to automate labeling, quality assurance, and data discovery.
• Evolve data engine architecture to scale high-fidelity labels, reduce annotation costs, and accelerate ML iteration cycles.
• Set team goals and roadmap aligning with training, evaluation, and deployment needs.
• Partner with research, autonomy, and data infrastructure teams to ensure high-quality, diverse data powering models.
• Drive hiring, mentoring, and growth for a high-performing team.

Skills

Engineering management

Leadership

Data quality systems

Labeling pipelines

ML infrastructure

Foundation models

Tools

LLMs

VLMs

Multimodal models

Job description

Applied Intuition, Inc. is seeking an Engineering Manager for the Autonomy Data team in Sunnyvale, CA, to lead efforts around data quality, labeling pipelines, and data mining at scale for autonomous driving applications.

You will drive the adoption of foundation models, scale data capabilities, and align goals with model development, safety, and deployment milestones. A strong leadership track record and ML infrastructure experience are required.