Software Engineering Manager (Defense/PhysicalAI)

The role

You will lead a team of 10-12 software engineers managing high-stakes deployments across air, ground, and maritime platforms. You will own technical direction, hiring, and delivery for defense and government programs.

What you will do

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of 10-12 software engineers
• Own technical direction and delivery across a portfolio of concurrent defense programs
• Partner with Defense leadership, product, and business teams to scope and commit to customer programs
• Represent Applied Intuition with defense and government customers
• Review system architectures and pressure-test integration approaches
• Guide the team through software engineering, operating system configuration, system deployment, and hardware integration
• Develop architectural solutions and repeatable delivery practices
• Collaborate with internal engineering, product, and customer teams
• Take ownership of technical outcomes and drive projects to completion

Required qualifications

• 8-12 years of industry experience
• At least 2 years of recent technical leadership exposure
• Production grade SW experience deploying SW or HW systems to active customers
• Exceptional customer-facing skills
• Proven mentor and leader of engineering talent
• Broad technical experience across software engineering, operating systems, and some hardware
• Experience supporting integration and deployment of complex systems
• Exceptional problem-solving skills
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Robotics, Aerospace, or a related field
• Must be a U.S. Citizen
• Must hold or be eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance

Nice to have

• Hands-on engineering experience at a leading autonomy, robotics, big-tech, or defense-technology company, or at a national lab or defense prime
• Experience with uncrewed systems (air, ground, or maritime) or multi-agent autonomy
• Experience building or running simulation, SIL/HIL, or field and flight test pipelines
• Prior work with DoD or other government customers
• An active Secret or Top Secret clearance
• Strong engineering background preferred in fields such as Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering

Benefits

• Base salary
• Equity in the form of options and/or restricted stock units
• Comprehensive health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance coverage
• 401k retirement benefits with employer match
• Learning and wellness stipends
• Paid time off

Before you apply

• Must be a U.S. Citizen
• Must hold or be eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance

About the company

Applied Intuition, Inc. is a Silicon Valley company creating digital infrastructure for physical AI. It services automotive, defense, trucking, construction, mining and agriculture industries.