Forward Deployed Engineer

We're hiring a Forward Deployed Engineer (Austin, Hybrid 3 days a week) to lead software integration and deployment of our multi-domain autonomous orchestration platform across customer and partner environments.

You'll build the adapters, interfaces, and integration layers that connect our orchestration engine to diverse autonomous vehicles, sensors, and third-party systems, then deploy them in complex, constrained operational settings.

Expect roughly 50% travel to partner facilities, test ranges, and remote sites.

What you'll do
Build adapters connecting our platform to vehicle control protocols (MAVLink, custom APIs) and third-party C2 systems (ATAK, TAK Server)
Integrate new sensors and payloads into our world model
Deploy ML models/Autonomous systems and configure networks for degraded, secure, multi-domain environments
Serve as technical liaison between customers and core engineering, funneling field learnings back to product
Contribute shared libraries, deployment tooling, and reusable components that accelerate future integrations
Lead on-site integration, demos, and training at partner sites

What we're looking for
3+ years building integrations, APIs, or distributed systems
Strong Python and/or C++
Advanced Linux proficiency
Solid grounding in networked systems (TCP/IP, UDP, multicast, routing)
Experience integrating with external APIs, protocols, or hardware
Comfort with ~50% travel

Nice to have Autonomous systems or robotics (UAS/UGV/USV/UUV) • ROS/ROS2 • tactical comms and C2 (ATAK, TAK, Link 16) • ML deployment • RF or link budgets • embedded systems • sensor integration (camera, LIDAR, radar, EO/IR) • prior forward-deployed or field engineering role • DoD, ITAR, or cybersecurity experience • active clearance
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