Field Application Engineer - Defense
About The Position
Point One Navigation is building the future of precise location. Our mission is to deliver a unified location platform that enables autonomy, safety, and operational superiority across industries — and increasingly, across mission-critical defense environments. Our technology powers autonomous systems and physical AI with resilient, high-accuracy Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) in environments where traditional GPS alone is insufficient. We are a high-performance, high-collaboration team that thrives on solving complex problems, moving fast, and delivering measurable impact. We are looking for a Defense Field Application Engineer (FAE) to support technical adoption and mission success of our GNSS/PNT platform across U.S. military and government programs. As a Defense FAE, you will serve as the technical lead in support of defense sales pursuits and customer programs. You will architect mission-aligned PNT solutions, guide system integrations, support evaluations and demonstrations, and cultivate technical champions within program offices, primes, and integrators. You will work with defense customers across land, air, maritime, and autonomous platforms. From capture support to onsite test events to post-award integration, you will be instrumental in ensuring Point One technology performs in real-world mission environments.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Electrical, Systems, Aerospace, Computer Science, or related field)
- 5+ years in a customer-facing engineering role, preferably supporting defense or federal customers
- 3+ years working in GNSS, GPS, INS, PNT filtering, RF systems, or navigation technologies
- Strong systems-level understanding of embedded systems, autonomy stacks, and real-time positioning
- Experience debugging complex hardware/software integrations
- Excellent communication skills — able to influence both technical engineers and program leadership
- Ability to travel regularly to military bases, test ranges, and integration sites
Nice To Haves
- Experience working with DoD customers (Army, Air Force, Navy, DoD labs)
- Active security clearance or ability to obtain one
- Experience operating in GPS-denied or contested RF environments
Responsibilities
- Owning technical wins across defense pursuits and programs
- Driving successful PoCs, evaluations, and prototype integrations
- Building deep technical trust with government engineers and program managers
- Translating mission requirements into actionable product feedback
- Partner closely with the Defense Sales Director to support capture strategy and opportunity shaping
- Conduct technical discovery conversations with military engineers and program stakeholders
- Deliver technical presentations, mission-aligned demos, and onsite proof-of-concepts (PoCs)
- Support RFI/RFP responses with technical narratives, architectures, and evaluation criteria
- Develop tailored defense reference architectures and integration guides
- Lead customers through architecture reviews and deployment planning across: GNSS corrections Sensor fusion and PNT filtering INS integration RF environments and degraded GPS conditions
- Design scalable integration strategies for embedded systems, autonomy stacks, and edge deployments
- Assist with system integration checkpoints, test plans, and validation criteria for government evaluations
- Support prototype integrations under OTAs, SBIRs, and pilot programs
- Support integration, onboarding, and field deployment of Point One solutions within defense programs
- Provide hands-on debugging, troubleshooting, and root-cause investigation in complex environments
- Act as the technical liaison between defense customers and internal Engineering
- Ensure successful long-term product usage and contribute to technical success planning
- Work closely with Sales, Product, Engineering, and Executive Leadership to align technical strategy with market demand
- Bring structured field feedback to influence roadmap priorities for defense use cases
- Contribute to reusable demo environments, integration assets, training materials, and technical documentation
- Serve as a bridge between customer mission needs and the global engineering organization
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
