Application Engineer - Trucking

The role

You will lead a strategic autonomy program for a major automotive OEM customer in Japan from development to on-road deployment. You will act as a technical bridge between the customer and internal engineering teams while driving milestone delivery and knowledge transfer.

What you will do

• Drive delivery of quarterly program milestones in partnership with the program lead
• Plan and run regular onsite and remote meetings with the customer
• Lead the knowledge transfer program by designing training content and supporting customer engineers
• Align internal engineering teams toward milestone delivery
• Serve as a technical advisor translating autonomy goals into technical requirements
• Investigate on-road issues and communicate findings to stakeholders
• Channel deployment and demo insights back into product roadmaps
• Plan and execute on-road autonomy demonstrations for prospective customers

Required qualifications

• Professional proficiency in Japanese
• Experience working closely with Japanese companies
• 3+ years of experience leading customer-facing technical programs, systems integration, or complex engineering projects
• Strong systems thinking
• Solid technical foundation in software systems
• Track record of managing stakeholders across functions, organizations, and cultures
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Comfort operating in ambiguous environments
• Bachelor in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, or related field

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

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

About the company

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