Technical Program Manager - Trucking Operations

The Robot Age; Sunnyvale (CA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Applied Intuition is hiring a technical program manager to lead global autonomous trucking programs. You will own milestones for OEM engagements and drive launches across sites, routes, and regions in an L4 autonomy context.

This role requires close collaboration with engineering, operations, safety, facilities, and customer teams, with a disciplined approach to planning, dependencies, and risk management across multiple sites in Sunnyvale.

Qualifications

• Experience as a TPM in autonomy, trucking, automotive, robotics, or similar complex systems.
• Daily collaboration with engineering and customer teams.
• Strong execution discipline around launches, dependencies, and status.
• Onsite work in Sunnyvale, CA.

Responsibilities

• Own integrated schedules and milestones for autonomous trucking engagements.
• Lead operational launches for new sites, routes, and regions.
• Coordinate across engineering, fleet, safety, facilities, and customer teams.
• Make risks, blockers, and tradeoffs visible early to enable action.

Skills

Technical program management

Autonomy domain

Cross-functional collaboration

Launch planning discipline

Job description

What the role actually is

Applied Intuition is hiring a technical program manager for global autonomous trucking programs. The role owns milestones for OEM customer engagements and helps launch autonomous trucking operations across sites, lanes, and regions.

This is a delivery role for L4 autonomy programs, with engineering, operations, safety, facilities, and customer teams all tied into the plan.

What you would work on

• Own integrated schedules and milestones for autonomous trucking engagements


• Lead operational launches for new sites, routes, and regions


• Coordinate across engineering, fleet, safety, facilities, and customer teams


• Make risks, blockers, and tradeoffs visible early enough to act on them

What they are asking for

• Technical program management experience in autonomy, trucking, automotive, robotics, or adjacent complex systems


• Ability to work daily with engineering and customer organizations


• Strong execution discipline around launch planning, dependencies, and status


• Comfort working onsite in Sunnyvale

Why this one is worth a look

Autonomous trucking programs are unforgiving because the product, field operation, and safety case have to mature together. This role is close to that pressure point, making it more interesting than a generic TPM listing.