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Richard Aldous

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Fleet Operations Program Manager at Applied Intuition who launched a regional depot and maintained operational playbooks and emergency procedures.

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At Applied Intuition, I managed daily operations for a multi-project depot, maintaining vehicle turnaround, charging, and staging workflows. I also partnered with the Triage Department to help operators resolve hardware and software issues through text and Slack workflows.

I authored and maintained operational playbooks, onboarding manuals, and emergency checklists in Confluence. I led a convoy from California to Michigan to launch a new regional depot, and co-authored company-wide Emergency Response SOPs.

At Applied Intuition, I also calibrated LiDAR and camera systems and shared incident feedback, telemetry logs, and disengagement reports with engineering teams. At Cruise, I partnered with Training, Safety, and Legal to develop training materials and SOPs, and trained and evaluated AV Test Operators.

Earlier, I tested ADAS software at Tesla and worked as a QA Systems Analyst at Applied Biosystems / Life Technologies, where I automated Certificate of Analysis validation in SAP R/3 and created defect-tracking tools that improved QA turnaround times by 25%.

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Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Fleet Support Operations Lead

Applied Intuition

Apr 2025 - Aug 2026 (1 year 4 months)

Managed daily operations for a multi-project depot, coordinated remote triage workflows, and authored operational playbooks. Led a 7-operator convoy to launch a new regional depot and served as On-Site Incident Commander during a facility emergency.

Fleet Operations Depot Management Remote Triage Playbook Development Confluence Incident Command SOP Development Cross functional Leadership

Vehicle Operator / AV Subject Matter Expert

Applied Intuition

Sep 2024 - Apr 2025 (7 months)

Executed LiDAR/camera calibrations and readiness audits on prototype platforms, delivered structured incident feedback, and trained new hires on data collection and safety protocols.

Sensor Calibration LiDAR Camera Systems Linux Data Collection Operator Training Incident Reporting Telemetry Analysis

ADAS Test Operator

Tesla

Jan 2024 - Apr 2024 (3 months)

Designed real-world and track-based routes to stress-test autonomous driving behaviors, and delivered performance reports on FSD software builds to support root-cause discovery.

ADAS Testing Synthetic Route Design Autopilot Evaluation FSD Software Regression Testing Bug Tracking Acc Lane Keeping Assist (LKA)

AV Test Specialist (Level 3) & Lead Trainer

Cruise

Oct 2018 - Oct 2023 (5 years)

Designed and audited training curricula and SOPs, evaluated early-stage Level 3 autonomous systems on public roads, and trained and assessed new AV Test Operators.

SOP Development Training Curriculum Design Level 3 Autonomous Testing GUI Collaboration Operator Assessment Quality Verification

Business & Systems Analyst

Various Enterprise Engagements

Jan 2005 - Dec 2018 (13 years 11 months)

Designed custom database architectures and authored technical proposals for C-Suite executives, and tested requirements for Business Requirements Documents across Oracle and other systems.

Process Mapping System documentation Database Design BRD Oracle Siebel Peoplesoft Technical Writer

QA Systems Analyst

Applied Biosystems / Life Technologies

Feb 2008 - Apr 2009 (1 year 2 months)

Developed an automated process for Certificate of Analysis validation in SAP R/3, improving QA turnaround times by 25%, and created complaint reports to track quality issues across product lines.

QA SAP R 3 Process Automation Defect Tracking Root Cause Analysis Complaints Analysis Data Analysis