Forward Deployed Engineering Manager

About Applied Intuition Applied Intuition, Inc. is powering the future of physical AI. Founded in 2017 and now valued at $15 billion, the Silicon Valley company is creating the digital infrastructure needed to bring intelligence to every moving machine on the planet. Applied Intuition services the automotive, defense, trucking, construction, mining and agriculture industries in three core areas: tools and infrastructure, operating systems, and autonomy. Eighteen of the top 20 global automakers, as well as the United States military and its allies, trust the company’s solutions to deliver physical intelligence. Applied Intuition is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with offices in Washington, D.C.; San Diego; Ft. Walton Beach, Florida; Ann Arbor, Michigan; London; Stuttgart; Munich; Stockholm; Bangalore; Seoul; and Tokyo. Learn more at applied.co . 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. Applied Intuition In this role, you will build and lead an elite team of engineers tackling some of the most challenging technical problems for our customers. FDEs work directly with customer engineering teams to integrate Applied’s platform, develop custom capabilities and deliver solutions that accelerate autonomy development. In the process, they help translate real-world engineering challenges into product improvements, new platform capabilities, and repeatable workflows that benefit the broader ecosystem. Operating at the intersection of product, engineering, and customer delivery, this team plays a critical role in ensuring customers successfully deploy and scale Applied’s platform. As the manager, you will drive technical execution across high-impact engagements while building a culture of engineering excellence, ownership, and customer impact. At Applied Intuition, you will: Build, lead and grow a team of Forward Deployed Engineers delivering complex technical solutions for Applied’s most strategic customers Own delivery of customer engagements, including platform integrations, custom development, and deployment in production engineering environments Work directly with customer engineering teams to solve difficult autonomy development challenges and unblock critical workflows Drive high technical standards across the team in system design, debugging, and software quality Translate customer problems into scalable solutions, partnering with Product and Engineering to turn custom work into product capabilities Identify repeatable patterns from deployments and help build playbooks that scale across customers Collaborate with Sales and Solutions Engineering to scope complex engagements and support strategic customer relationships We're looking for someone who has: 5+ years of experience in forward deployed engineering, solutions engineering, or software engineering roles working directly with customers Bachelors degree in computer science or engineering related field Proficiency in AI developer tools like Cursor or Claude Code, Python, C++, or similar systems languages Experience managing engineers delivering complex technical projects Strong technical background in software development, distributed systems, or infrastructure Experience leading customer-facing engineering engagements involving system integration and custom development Nice to have: Experience with autonomy development, robotics, or simulation platforms Background working with automotive OEMs, defense organizations, or robotics companies Experience building custom tooling or infrastructure in customer environments Autonomy is one of the leading technolo ... (truncated, view full listing at source)