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# Operations Project Manager - Autonomous Vehicles at ISEE

- **Company:** ISEE
- **Location:** San Antonio, TX
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2025-09-17
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-07
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/isee/ff2098ae-ac91-494a-91d8-711e3865420d

## Job description

The Operations Project Manager will assist and drive activities related to a variety of customer operations (such as on-site pilots, Proofs of Concept, rollouts, etc.) and ensure smooth operations of vehicles, testing, and continued development of our products and features. This role will be focused on the execution of various operational tasks, including customer relations, strategic communication, vehicle maintenance and compliance, and assisting with planning and execution of demos, pilots, POCs, launches, etc. This role will work closely with the COO, Product team, and the leadership team to drive a variety of positive customer and operational outcomes.

Specific Responsibilities:

Internal Operations & Compliance: Work closely with Testing, Product and Engineering teams to ensure execution of any internal operations and vehicle compliance, including insurance, registrations, special reporting, etc. Ensure that safety is always of highest priority in operations. Build and iterate forecasts and outlines of future operational plans, deployments and more based on aligning timing and expectations and resources of everyone involved.

Customer Operations: Strategically oversee and execute any customer engagement and communication with any form of ISEE vehicles and staff operating at a customer site (Demo, Pilot, POCs, Rollouts). Coordinate the day-to-day activities with customer Operations teams. Help with relationship expansion strategies and initiatives with customers to help drive product and customer-focused strategies.

Deployment: Lead a team to ensure seamless client delivery, including program management, operational consulting and system configuration / integration. Manage configuration, integration and verification for autonomous system deployments.

## Qualifications

- 5+ years of explicit experience in Operations within a related industry (Logistics, Robotics, Autonomous Vehicles, etc.)
- BS degree
- Experience with broad variety of business and operations data to support strategic decision making
- Ability to communicate strategically to build strong trust and relationships, and help drive mission-critical initiatives
- Detail Oriented - ability to dive deeply into complex documents and details, while also being able to see the larger picture
- Willing to travel and can work with team across multiple locations

## About ISEE

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: ISEE provides AI-powered autonomous yard truck solutions that modernize the global supply chain for leading logistics and retail companies.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series B)
- **Headquarters**: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- **Founded**: 2017
- **Founders**: Yibiao Zhao, Debbie Yu, Chris Baker

## Core Business
- Primary industry/industries: Autonomous driving technology, Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain
- Target customers: B2B Enterprise (logistics operators, Fortune 100 retailers, shipping ports)
- Mission or purpose statement: Building a future where autonomous machines can thrive alongside people, seamlessly and safely, freeing us to do what we do best.

## Products & Services
- **Autonomous Yard Truck Solution**: A fully integrated, production-deployed system that automates yard trucks at logistics hubs. The technology uses proprietary AI that anticipates unexpected behavior, enhancing safety, throughput, and cost savings. It integrates seamlessly into existing operations without requiring infrastructure changes. (Type: Hardware + AI Software)

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Total Funding of **$57.7M** (as of Series B) | Annual Revenue estimated at **$5M** [apexbt.com](https://apexbt.com)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Founders Fund (led Series A & B), Peter Thiel, Maersk (customer), TICO (Terminal Investment Corporation) (strategic partner), Lazerspot (customer), Fortune 100 retail companies
- **Growth Signals**: 
  - Strategic partnership with **TICO** to deliver the first fully integrated, production-deployed autonomous yard truck (announced April 2025) [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/isee-ai)
  - Employee headcount: **34** (+6.1% YoY) [apexbt.com](https://apexbt.com)
  - **22 active job postings** as of late 2025 [jobs.lever.co](https://jobs.lever.co/isee)
  - Has filed **53 patents** (e.g., one granted Dec 2025) [cbinsights.com](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/isee)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Humanistic AI**: Proprietary technology that understands the physics, psychology, and causality of complex situations, enabling safe interaction with unpredictable human drivers.
- **Integrated Hardware + Software Solution**: The ISEE system is a complete, production-ready vehicle—not just a retrofitted kit—giving them a moat over software-only competitors.
- **Customer Traction**: Real-world deployments with industry giants (Maersk, Fortune 100 retailers) prove their solution works at scale.
- **MIT Heritage**: Spun out of MIT, with deep talent roots in top robotics programs (Carnegie Mellon, etc.).

## Strategic Focus
- **Deployment & Scaling**: Moving from pilot projects to large-scale, production deployments (e.g., the TICO partnership).
- **Global Expansion**: Serving customers across the US (Dayton, OH; Houston, TX; San Antonio, TX) with offices in the UK and Czechia.
- **Technology Moat**: Continuing to build the AI that anticipates "unexpected behavior," targeting leadership in the $100B global autonomous yard truck market.

## Why Work Here
- **Mission-Driven**: You'll work on a "once-in-a-lifetime, tough tech problem" with tangible impact on global supply chains.
- **Engineering Culture**: Values curiosity, ownership, and resilience. The team is technical (25 of 34 employees are in technical roles) and closely connected to robotics leaders (alumni go to Cruise, NVIDIA, Tesla, Nuro).
- **Flexible Work Environment**: Offers a flexible hybrid/remote policy ("work from home, or come into our physical offices if needed") [isee.ai](https://isee.ai/careers).
- **Benefits**: Competitive salary (e.g., Electrical Engineer II ~$114K/yr), subsidized medical/dental, 4 weeks PTO, paid parental leave, 401K, commuter benefits. 
- **Growth Opportunities**: With 22 open roles and a tiny 34-person team, new hires can have outsized ownership and impact.
- **Culture Values**: Emphasizes customer obsession, humanism, inclusion, safety, and resilience. They actively celebrate diverse perspectives and "own their mistakes."
- **Location**: HQ in Cambridge, MA (501 Massachusetts Ave), plus roles in Dayton, Houston, San Antonio, and remote/hybrid flexibility.

## Sources
1. [isee.ai - About](https://www.isee.ai/about)
2. [isee.ai - Careers](https://www.isee.ai/careers)
3. [jobs.lever.co - ISEE Open Roles](https://jobs.lever.co/isee)
4. [linkedin.com - ISEE Company Page](https://linkedin.com/company/isee-ai)
5. [cbinsights.com - ISEE Profile](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/isee)
6. [apexbt.com - ISEE Financials & Employees](https://apexbt.com)

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