# Customer Technical Program Manager, Vehicle OS at Applied Intuition

- Company: Applied Intuition
- What the company does: Applied Intuition powers physical AI, automating machines across automotive, defense, trucking, mining, construction, & agriculture. Backed by General Catalyst, Kleiner Perkins and a16z.
- Company website: https://www.appliedintuition.com/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: Sunnyvale
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $115K to $222K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-09
- Apply by: 2026-10-24
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/Applied/7e4f6635-1c5f-4244-a323-4ee37fafff62
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/applied-intuition-customer-technical-program-manager-vehicle-os/

## About the role

We are standing up a dedicated program team to deliver a flagship software program for a major global automotive OEM. We are looking for a Customer Technical Program Manager to own customer-facing program management, milestones, cross-functional coordination, and reporting, working directly with the customer’s program leadership and across Applied’s engineering organization.

## What they're looking for

- 5+ years in technical program management within the automotive industry, ideally with hands-on experience at an OEM or Tier-1 supplier
- Strong customer-facing presence at director level, comfortable representing Applied Intuition independently with OEM program leadership and executive stakeholders
- Proven ability to coordinate delivery across multiple engineering teams, managing through prioritization frameworks and clear escalation discipline
- Technical depth sufficient to assess feasibility, interpret requirements, and engage engineers credibly across all software vehicle and integration domains
- Builder mindset: able to set up program structure from scratch on a newly formed team

Tags: Vehicle OS