Technical Program Manager - Trucking Operations

Front Door Defense; Sunnyvale (CA); Hybrid; USD 115,000 - 222,000; Full time

Job summary

Applied Intuition is seeking a Technical Program Manager to drive execution of our global autonomous trucking programs. You will own milestones from planning to revenue miles, lead launches at new sites, lanes, and regions, and coordinate engineering, operations, and customer teams against a single plan.

This hands-on role requires translating Level 4 autonomy goals into schedules and decisions, working daily with engineers and customer teams, and surfacing risks early to keep programs on track.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM field or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of program or project management on software, robotics, or autonomous vehicle programs (ADAS or L4).
• Ownership of a program launch or operational bring-up - a new site, facility, fleet, route, or region.
• Track record running programs across distributed teams, sites, and time zones.
• Deep understanding of hardware, software, and field operations to challenge a schedule.
• Strong communication with engineers and OEM executives.
• Willingness to travel internationally to customer and operational sites.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end trucking program milestones from planning to revenue miles across sites.
• Lead new operational launches, including bringing up autonomous trucking operations at new sites and routes.
• Surface and resolve risk early, drive blockers to resolution, and make trade-offs visible to decision makers.
• Be the source of truth on program status for working teams and executives.
• Work with OEM customers to pin down use cases, clarify requirements, and unblock challenges across hardware, software, safety, and operations.
• Implement scalable operating practices so later site launches are faster.

Skills

Program management

Stakeholder management

Technical depth

Travel internationally

Communication

Education

Bachelor's in STEM

Job description

Technical Program Manager - Trucking Operations

Own end-to-end trucking program milestones from planning to revenue miles across sites

Location: Sunnyvale, California

Compensation: $115,000 - 222,000 USD / year

About The Role

Technical Program Manager

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 elevate 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.

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 [e-mail]. We will work with you!