Operations Safety Lead

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 companys 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 .

We are an in-office company and our expectation is that full-time 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. This in-office expectation does not apply to contractor positions

About the Role

Applied Intuition builds and deploys autonomous systems across automotive trucking and industrials programs. As we scale we need one company standard: consistent procedures consistent records and evidence we can put in front of any customer or regulator in any program.

This role owns that standard. You will build and run the operational safety compliance and assurance framework across every program procedures incident classification compliance obligations and the records that evidence all of it.

This is a cross-program mandate not a program-embedded one. Individual programs will continue to execute; your job is to make sure they execute against the same standard and can prove it.

At Applied Intuition you will:

• Establish a unified operational framework across automotive trucking and industrials including SOPs readiness checklists and incident taxonomy.

• Own the operational safety ownership map identifying responsibilities gaps and cross-functional dependencies.

• Develop and maintain safety-driven operational procedures in partnership with Systems Engineering and Program Management.

• Represent Operations in change control and deployment readiness reviews ensuring execution readiness.

• Own the operational compliance framework including permits authorizations customer obligations audits and regulatory changes.

• Ensure fleet compliance requirements are met and documented including inspections maintenance safety-critical parts defect containment and DOT drug/alcohol testing.

• Own incident management end to end from classification and response through RCA CAPA and verified effectiveness.

• Drive cross-program incident and safety trend analysis ensuring lessons learned reach all field teams.

• Define and maintain operational safety evidence support safety cases and customer assurances and report safety performance to leadership.

Were looking for someone who has:

• 7 years in operational compliance transportation safety program management or a related field including 3 years in a safety-critical or regulated environment.

• Proven ownership of compliance programs including building and maintaining the underlying framework.

• Experience standardizing processes across multiple programs sites or business units.

• Strong experience with root cause analysis and CAPA through verified closure.

• Proven ability to build audit-ready documentation and recordkeeping systems.

• Excellent written communication with the ability to create clear operator procedures and concise executive-level summaries.

Nice to have:

• Experience in autonomous vehicles trucking mining aviation rail or another safety-critical regulated industry.

• Experience across multiple operating domains with the ability to distinguish true regulatory differences from local practices.

• Working knowledge of DOT FMCSA OSHA and MSHA requirements plus familiarity with state AV permitting.

• Familiarity with safety case methodologies and standards such as ISO 26262 SOTIF or UL 4600.

• Relevant safety certification (e.g. CSP OSHA 500/501 or MSHA Part 46/48).

• Experience supporting multiple customer programs with differing contractual and safety requirements.

Dont meet every single requirement If youre excited about this role but your past experience doesnt align perfectly with every qualification in the job description we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Applied Intuition is an equal opportunity employer and federal contractor or subcontractor. Consequently the parties agree that as applicable they will abide by the requirements of 41 CFR 60-1.4(a) 41 CFR 60-300.5(a) and 41 CFR 60-741.5(a) and that these laws are incorporated herein by reference. These regulations prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on their race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity or national origin. These regulations require that covered prime contractors and subcontractors take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment individuals without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin protected veteran status or disability. The parties also agree that as applicable they will abide by the requirements of Executive Order 13496 (29 CFR Part 471 Appendix A to Subpart A) relating to the notice of employee rights under federal labor laws.

FOR US-BASED ROLES: Applied Intuition is committed to providing an accessible and inclusive application and interview experience to applicants who are disabled veterans and other applicants with disabilities or medical conditions. Reasonable accommodations are available requesting an accommodation will not affect your candidacy in any way and you are not required to disclose the nature of your disability or medical condition in order to make a request.
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