Engineering Manager - Planning & Controls

Engineering Manager - Planning & Controls

Sunnyvale, California, United States

Applied Intuition is the vehicle intelligence company that accelerates the global adoption of safe, AI-driven machines. Founded in 2017 and now valued at $15 billion following its recent Series F funding round, Applied Intuition delivers the Vehicle OS, Self-Driving System, and toolchain to help customers build intelligent vehicles and shorten time to market. 18 of the top 20 global automakers and major programs across the Department of Defense trust Applied Intuition's solutions to deliver vehicle intelligence.

Applied Intuition services the automotive, defense, trucking, construction, mining, and agriculture industries and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA, with offices in Washington, D.C., San Diego, CA, Ft. Walton Beach, FL, Ann Arbor, MI, London, Stuttgart, Munich, Stockholm, Bangalore, Seoul, and Tokyo. Learn more at

We are an in-office company, and our expectation is that employees primarily work from their Applied Intuition office 5 days a week. However, we also recognize the importance of flexibility and trust our employees to manage their schedules responsibly. This may include occasional remote work, starting the day with morning meetings from home before heading to the office, or leaving earlier when needed to accommodate family commitments.

(

Note:

For Epi Sci job openings, fully remote work will be considered by exception.)

As an Engineering Manager on the Trucking Autonomy team, you’ll lead a world‑class group of engineers focused on building and deploying scalable planning and control systems for commercial trucking. You will own the architecture and delivery of a next‑generation system, focusing on safe and efficient movement in high‑traffic highway and suburban environments. This opportunity includes driving critical architectural and business decisions, mentoring and building high‑impact teams, and owning a significant portion of our autonomy stack for trucking that has significant contract value and business opportunity.

• Drive the overall strategy, technical roadmap, and architecture for motion planning and controls dedicated to L4 autonomous trucks
• Guide the design and implementation of robust, safety‑critical algorithms for various driving domains, including urban streets, highways, and diverse environmental conditions
• Grow and manage a team of world class engineers in the field of control systems for autonomous driving
• Evolve the architecture to achieve the final goal of an L4 end‑to‑end stack
• Work cross functionally with other teams, including Perception, Remote Assistance, Simulation, and Vehicle Operations, to ensure the robust and efficient integration of the motion planning and controls software stack
• Work across the different verticals in the company, and help create technology used across trucks and cars, for all levels of automation

• 5+ years of experience in robotics or autonomous systems, with a focus on motion planning and control systems
• Experience in two or more of the following: behavior planning, path planning, motion planning, trajectory generation, control theory
• Demonstrated ability to architect large‑scale, production software for real‑world robotic or automotive systems
• Proven leadership experience managing engineering teams, setting goals, and overseeing technical projects
• Strong communication and problem‑solving skills

• Direct experience working in the Trucking autonomy domain
• Hands‑on experience developing and testing planning algorithms on an autonomous vehicle
• Experience writing safety‑critical, high-performance software using modern C++
• Experience in quadratic programming and nonlinear optimization to create robust and performant controllers
• Experience applying machine learning techniques to vehicle dynamics modeling

Compensation at Applied Intuition for eligible roles includes base salary, equity, and benefits. Base salary is a single component of the total compensation package, which may also include equity in the form of options and/or restricted stock units,…