Applied
Vehicle Operations Lead - Middle East
KSA - RYD G. Posted a month ago
The role
You will own vehicle operations for the SDS platform across the region, starting with on-road commercial trucking. You will manage fleet and site readiness, daily operations, validation, and continuous feedback to engineering.
What you will do
- Lead Regional Vehicle Operations for SDS on-road programs.
- Manage fleet readiness, daily execution, and operational performance.
- Own the ramp plan and strategy for scaling operations across programs locally.
- Develop playbooks for safety, on-road execution, incident response, and escalation.
- Partner across engineering, product, safety, legal, and OEM/fleet partners.
- Implement safety protocols and best practices that meet regulatory standards.
Required qualifications
- Proven track record leading on-road commercial vehicle, autonomy, or complex fleet operations.
- Experience standing up and scaling more than one operational program or vehicle line.
- Experience owning safety processes and incident response for public-road operations.
- Comfortable operating in hands-on, real-world environments with commercial vehicles.
- Experience partnering directly with OEMs, regulators, or fleet customers.
- Experience managing multi-site or international operations.
Nice to have
- Background at a truck OEM/commercial vehicle manufacturer
- Experience with ADAS or on-road autonomy validation across other vehicle types
- Familiarity with Tier-1 supplier relationships
- Knowledge of KSA/regional regulatory and infrastructure requirements for commercial vehicle operations
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 intelligence. It services the automotive, defense, trucking, construction, mining and agriculture industries.