Operational Safety & Compliance Lead for Autonomous Systems

Applied Intuition; Sunnyvale (CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Applied Intuition, Inc. is seeking a senior leader to own the operational safety compliance and assurance framework across automotive, trucking, and industrial programs. You will standardize procedures, conduct incident taxonomy, and ensure regulatory readiness across multiple programs.

You will drive CAPA, audits, and evidence collection while partnering with Systems Engineering and Program Management to deliver consistent safety outcomes and customer assurances.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in operational compliance, transportation safety, program management, or a related field.
• 3+ years in a safety-critical or regulated environment.
• Experience standardizing processes across multiple programs, sites, or business units.
• Strong experience with root cause analysis and CAPA through verified closure.
• Proven ability to build audit-ready documentation and recordkeeping systems.
• Excellent written communication, with the ability to create clear operator procedures and concise executive-level summaries.

Responsibilities

• Establish a unified operational framework across automotive, trucking, and industrials, including SOPs, readiness checklists, and incident taxonomy.
• Own the operational safety ownership map, identifying responsibilities, gaps, and cross-functional dependencies.
• Develop and maintain safety-driven operational procedures in partnership with Systems Engineering and Program Management.
• Represent Operations in change control and deployment readiness reviews, ensuring execution readiness.
• Own the operational compliance framework, including permits, authorizations, customer obligations, audits, and regulatory changes.
• Ensure fleet compliance requirements are met and documented, including inspections, maintenance, safety-critical parts, defect containment, and DOT drug/alcohol testing.
• Own incident management end to end, from classification and response through RCA, CAPA, and verified effectiveness.
• Drive cross-program incident and safety trend analysis, ensuring lessons learned reach all field teams.
• Define and maintain operational safety evidence, support safety cases and customer assurances, and report safety performance to leadership.

Skills

Operational compliance

Safety management

Program management

Root cause analysis

Audit readiness

Executive summaries

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering/CS

MS/BS in CS or EE

Job description

Applied Intuition, Inc. is seeking a senior leader to own the operational safety compliance and assurance framework across automotive, trucking, and industrial programs. You will standardize procedures, conduct incident taxonomy, and ensure regulatory readiness across multiple programs.

You will drive CAPA, audits, and evidence collection while partnering with Systems Engineering and Program Management to deliver consistent safety outcomes and customer assurances.