Engineering Manager - Defense Physical AI at Applied · LumiJobs

Responsibilities

As the Engineering Manager, you'll lead a team of 10-12 Software Engineers Engineers, who each operate like startup CTOs: owning end-to-end execution of high-stakes projects while forward deployed into initiatives. Your job is to make this team scale, hiring and developing exceptional engineers, setting technical direction across engagements, and building the repeatable delivery practices that let us bring physical AI to more platforms and more customers without sacrificing quality or speed.
This is a high visibility player-coach role in a significant customer-facing, mission-critical environment. You'll represent Applied Intuition with authority in front of defense and government customers, own delivery outcomes across a portfolio of concurrent programs, and serve as the escalation point when projects hit ambiguity, changing requirements, or hard technical tradeoffs. You'll be expected to stay close to the technology, reviewing architectures, pressure-testing integration approaches, and diving in when a program needs it. Fielding intelligent machines is a systems problem spanning software, hardware, and operations, and your team sits at the center of it.
At Applied Intuition, you will:
Work directly with defense and government customers to deploy, integrate, and operationalize Applied Intuition's vehicle intelligence products in military and government environments, from defense contractors to forward operating bases
Tackle a broad range of technical challenges, including software engineering, operating system configuration, system deployment, and hardware integration
Bridge customer-built systems and Applied’s solutions to deliver tangible value
Design and implement scalable, consistent approaches for customer engagement and project execution
Develop architectural solutions that improve consistency and scalability across projects
Collaborate with internal engineering, product, and customer teams to ensure successful outcomes
Take ownership of technical outcomes and drive projects to completion, adapting to changing requirements and priorities
We're looking for someone who has:
8-12 years of industry experience with at least 2 years, recent technical leadership exposure.

Engineering Manager - Defense Physical AI

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Applied

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