Senior Cross-Program Operations Safety Lead

Applied Intuition; Sunnyvale, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Applied Intuition in Sunnyvale invites an experienced Operations Compliance Lead to own the safety framework across automotive, trucking, and industrial programs. You will establish standards, classify incidents, and manage compliance obligations, audits, and regulatory changes.

Collaborating with Systems Engineering and Program Management, you will drive cross-program incident analysis, develop evidence for safety cases, and ensure ready documentation and executive summaries for leadership.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in operational compliance, transportation safety, program management, or a related field, including 3+ years in a safety-critical or regulated environment.
• Proven ownership of compliance programs, including building and maintaining the underlying framework.
• 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

Transportation safety

Program management

Root cause analysis

CAPA

Audit readiness

Documentation

Job description

Applied Intuition in Sunnyvale invites an experienced Operations Compliance Lead to own the safety framework across automotive, trucking, and industrial programs. You will establish standards, classify incidents, and manage compliance obligations, audits, and regulatory changes.

Collaborating with Systems Engineering and Program Management, you will drive cross-program incident analysis, develop evidence for safety cases, and ensure ready documentation and executive summaries for leadership.