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# Application Engineer - Trucking

- **Company:** Applied Intuition
- **Location:** Sunnyvale, CA, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Systems Engineering, Cloud Computing, Linux, Systems Development Life Cycle, Software Engineering, Software Systems, Systems Integration, Git
- **Published:** October 20, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/application-engineer-trucking-sunnyvale-ca--330da6e0-cc03-417e-af9f-8050179b869e

## About the Role

Software Engineering, Trucking, Agriculture, Construction, Artificial Intelligence (AI), United States Military, Operating Systems, Trucking, Mining Industry, Automotive Repair and Maintenance, * Professional proficiency in Japanese, and experience working closely with Japanese companies

 * 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, with the ability to dig into technical issues alongside engineers
 * A track record of managing stakeholders across functions, organizations, and cultures, in both individual contributor and 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 Have:

 * 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 in working with software systems, Linux, Git and cloud
 * Willingness to travel to Japan for onsite customer engagement and demos

## Description

We are looking for a technically strong, customer-facing, execution-driven engineer who is highly organized and thrives on bringing structure to complex, multi-stakeholder programs. In this role, you will help lead a strategic autonomy program with a major automotive OEM customer in Japan,from development through real-world on-road deployment. You will be a day-to-day point of contact for the customer and the technical bridge to Applied's engineering teams. You will build trusted relationships with customer engineers and leadership, keep a fast-moving program on track across many parallel workstreams, and make sure commitments, risks, and decisions are clearly communicated on both sides. You will drive milestone delivery, build the customer's in-house capability through a structured knowledge transfer program, and align internal teams across autonomy, systems, hardware, and operations. You will also support autonomy demonstrations for prospective customers and other OEMs, showcasing
Applied's on-road autonomy capabilities. You will work at the intersection of software, vehicle integration, and customer operations, helping guide the program from development through real-world on-road deployment.

At Applied Intuition, you will:

 * Drive delivery of quarterly program milestones for the customer in partnership with the program lead, from defining scope and acceptance criteria to tracking progress and reporting status to customer leadership
 * Plan and run regular onsite and remote meetings with the customer, including working sessions, technical reviews, and management- and steering-level program meetings
 * Lead the knowledge transfer program, designing training content and on-the-job learning paths and directly supporting customer engineers as they build hands-on capability with Applied's autonomy stack and tools
 * Align internal engineering teams toward milestone delivery and drive resolution of cross-functional topics spanning autonomy software, systems engineering, hardware, integration, and operations
 * Serve as a trusted technical advisor, translating the customer's high-level autonomy goals into clear technical requirements and actionable plans
 * Investigate on-road issues and technical questions, and communicate findings clearly to both engineering and non-technical customer stakeholders
 * Channel insights from hands-on deployment and demos back into 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 on-site logistics with engineering and go-to-market teams