Lead, Forward Deployed Engineer

Aurelius Systems•San Francisco, CA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

We need a Forward Deployed Engineer to lead demonstrations, field tests, and field integration on Archimedes. You're a generalist engineer who can work across mechanical, electrical, and software when the system is in front of a customer or downrange. You'll set it up, you'll fix it when it breaks, and you'll be the credible technical face of Aurelius when an operator is standing next to you. Between deployments you're back at the lab testing, breaking things on purpose, and bringing what you learned in the field back into the build.

Requirements

3 to 8+ years of hands-on engineering or technician experience on real hardware, ideally on systems that left the lab
Generalist depth across at least two of: mechanical, electrical, embedded software, integration
Hands-on troubleshooting skills with scope, multimeter, basic shop tools, and command line
Comfortable presenting and operating in front of customers, including military operators
Travel-ready and physically able to support field deployments including range conditions and equipment handling
You've stood next to a piece of hardware in front of a customer when something failed and brought it back online.
You're comfortable being the only engineer on site.
You don't lose your composure when the system does.
Export Control Notice: This role requires access to export-controlled information or items that require "U.S. Person" status. As defined by U.S. law, individuals who are any one of the following are considered to be a "U.S. Person": (1) U.S. citizens, (2) legal permanent residents (a.k.a. green card holders), and (3) certain protected classes of asylees and refugees, as defined in 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3).

Nice To Haves

Military service or close exposure to military operating environments
Counter-UAS, directed energy, or air defense experience
ROS2 or robotics field integration experience
Active TS/SCI clearance or eligibility
Welding, machining, or fabrication shop skills

Responsibilities

System setup, integration, and operation at demonstrations, field tests, and customer sites
Field troubleshooting and repair across mechanical, electrical, and software subsystems
Pre-deployment system checkout and packing, post-deployment teardown and debrief
Real-time integration work on novel hardware and software in non-lab conditions
Customer-facing technical interaction during demos, tests, and pilots
Capturing field observations, failure modes, and operator feedback and feeding them back to engineering
In-lab testing, characterization, and rig work between deployments