Applied Intuition is hiring an Engineering Manager to build and lead an elite team of Forward Deployed Engineers tackling challenging technical problems for customers. You will drive technical execution across high-impact engagements while building a culture of engineering excellence, ownership, and customer impact.
What You'll Do
- 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.
What We're Looking For
- 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.
Technical Stack
- Python
- C++
Team & Environment
Operating at the intersection of product, engineering, and customer delivery.
Work Mode
This is an onsite role located in Mountain View, CA, Ann Arbor, MI, Washington, DC, Munich, Stockholm, Seoul, or Tokyo.
Applied Intuition is an equal opportunity employer and federal contractor or subcontractor.
