Technical Project Manager

The role

The Technical Project Manager will run program management across multiple automotive engagements from the Tokyo hub. This person will manage OEM relationships, translate requirements into engineering work, and coordinate across internal and external teams.

What you will do

• Stand up and run program management
• Define milestones, own timelines and deliverables
• Manage sprint and roadmap execution for software development teams
• Manage OEM relationships
• Hold partners accountable to schedule and quality commitments
• Serve as the primary customer contact for Japanese OEMs
• Translate requirements into tracked engineering work
• Coordinate across internal and external teams
• Align technical roadmaps and unblock cross-team dependencies
• Drive issues to closure

Required qualifications

• 5+ years in technical project management or engineering within the automotive industry
• Proven supplier management experience
• Strong customer-facing presence
• Technical depth in embedded systems, middleware, or ADAS
• Builder mindset
• Ability to operate independently across sites and time zones
• Native in Japanese
• Fluent in English

Nice to have

• Prior experience in a startup or high-growth environment
• Familiarity with automotive development standards (ASPICE, ISO 26262, AUTOSAR)
• Background in series production programs or SDS/ADAS platform delivery

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.