Application Engineer - Trucking

Applied Intuition•Sunnyvale, CA

10d•Onsite

About The Position

Applied Intuition is seeking a technically strong, customer-facing, execution-driven engineer to help lead a strategic autonomy program with a major automotive OEM customer in Japan, from development through real-world on-road deployment. The role serves as a day-to-day customer contact and technical bridge to Applied’s engineering teams. It involves building trusted relationships with customer engineers and leadership, coordinating parallel workstreams, communicating commitments, risks, and decisions, delivering program milestones, and developing the customer’s in-house capabilities through structured knowledge transfer. The engineer will align teams across autonomy, systems, hardware, integration, and operations; advise the customer on translating autonomy goals into technical requirements and plans; investigate on-road issues; and relay deployment and demonstration insights to product and engineering roadmaps. The role also supports on-road autonomy demonstrations for prospective trucking autonomy customers and other OEMs. Applied Intuition is an in-office company. Full-time employees are expected to work primarily from an Applied Intuition office five days a week, with occasional remote work and schedule flexibility. This in-office expectation does not apply to contractor positions.

Requirements

Professional proficiency in Japanese and experience working closely with Japanese companies.
At least 3 years of experience leading customer-facing technical programs, systems integration, or complex engineering projects.
Strong systems thinking and the ability to weigh engineering trade-offs against customer outcomes and timelines.
A solid technical foundation in software systems and the ability to investigate technical issues alongside engineers.
A track record of managing stakeholders across functions, organizations, and cultures, both as an individual contributor and in leadership capacities.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including presenting to customer leadership and explaining complex technical topics simply.
Comfort operating in ambiguous environments and driving delivery under tight timelines and complex constraints.

Nice To Haves

Experience in application engineering, technical program management, technical sales, or consulting in the autonomy or simulation space.
Experience planning or running technical product demonstrations for executives or prospective customers.
Background working with automotive OEMs or Tier 1 suppliers.
Experience designing or running technical training or knowledge transfer programs.
Familiarity with autonomous vehicle or robotics system development, including perception, localization, planning, or vehicle integration.
Baseline knowledge of software systems, Linux, Git, and cloud.
Willingness to travel to Japan for onsite customer engagement and demonstrations.

Responsibilities

Drive delivery of quarterly customer program milestones with the program lead, including defining scope and acceptance criteria, tracking progress, and reporting status to customer leadership.
Plan and lead regular onsite and remote customer meetings, including working sessions, technical reviews, and management- and steering-level program meetings.
Lead the knowledge transfer program by designing training content and on-the-job learning paths and supporting customer engineers as they develop hands-on capability with Applied’s autonomy stack and tools.
Align internal engineering teams around milestone delivery and resolve cross-functional topics spanning autonomy software, systems engineering, hardware, integration, and operations.
Translate the customer’s high-level autonomy goals into clear technical requirements and actionable plans as a trusted technical advisor.
Investigate on-road issues and technical questions and clearly communicate findings to engineering teams and technical and non-technical customer stakeholders.
Share insights from hands-on deployment and demonstrations with Applied’s product and engineering roadmaps.
Plan and execute on-road autonomy demonstrations for prospective trucking autonomy customers and other OEMs, coordinating route preparation, vehicle readiness, technical risk tracking, and onsite logistics with engineering and go-to-market teams.