Applied Intuition
Application Engineer - Trucking
$150K–$175K
Sunnyvale · On-site · Full-time · Posted Oct 18, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years in customer-facing technical programs, systems integration, or complex engineering projects.
- Education
- Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, or related field.
About the job
Leads customer-facing technical delivery for a Japanese OEM’s trucking autonomy program, from development through on-road deployment, and supports demonstrations for prospective customers.
What you'll do
- Drive quarterly milestones, coordinate customer meetings, and communicate progress, risks, and decisions.
- Lead customer knowledge transfer and align internal engineering teams to resolve cross-functional issues.
- Investigate on-road technical issues and plan and execute autonomy demonstrations.
What they ask for
- Professional proficiency in Japanese and experience working closely with Japanese companies.
- 3+ years leading customer-facing technical programs, systems integration, or complex engineering projects.
- Strong software-systems foundation, systems thinking, stakeholder management, and communication skills.
- Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, or related field.
Nice to have
- Experience in application engineering, technical program management, technical sales, or consulting in autonomy or simulation; automotive OEM or Tier 1 experience.
- Experience with technical demonstrations or training, autonomous vehicle or robotics development, Linux, Git, or cloud.
Pay
$150K – $175K USD base salary
Tools
Applied’s autonomy stack, Linux, Git
AI focus
Supports trucking autonomy program delivery, customer knowledge transfer, on-road issue investigation, and autonomy demonstrations.
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