Forward Deployed Engineer

PVM•Rosemead, CA

4d•Onsite

About The Position

PVM is hiring a Forward Deployed Engineer to support Southern California Edison’s environments in Palantir Foundry. These systems support wildfire mitigation, Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) operations, and regulatory reporting. The engineer owns features and workstreams from design through deployment without day-to-day direction, works directly with utility stakeholders and operational users, supports live operational events, and begins mentoring junior engineers. The position is onsite in Rosemead, California, with a 24/7/365 rotation of 12-hour shifts on a rotating 2-2-3 schedule, including nights, weekends, and holidays. Travel is 0–10%. The role reports to Echo (Forward Deployed Strategist) and has no direct reports. Pay is based on experience.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, information systems, or a related field, plus 3–5 years of software engineering or systems integration experience; alternatively, at least 7 years of relevant experience in lieu of a degree.
Hands-on experience with Palantir Foundry Ontology Manager, Workshop, Actions, and Pipeline Builder.
Experience with Python, TypeScript, or Java in Foundry development workflows.
Experience integrating ERP, GIS, operational, or enterprise systems.
Experience supporting production platforms or on-call rotations.
Willingness to work 12-hour rotating shifts onsite in Rosemead, California, including nights, weekends, and holidays.

Nice To Haves

Palantir Foundry certification.
Familiarity with utility operations, wildfire mitigation, public safety, outage management, asset management, or regulatory reporting.
Experience supporting energy, infrastructure, emergency management, or other operational environments.

Responsibilities

Own Foundry features and workstreams end to end, including design, build, test, and deployment.
Build ontology-driven Workshop applications, dashboards, workflows, and actions for field operations, customer operations, and leadership.
Build and maintain data pipelines integrating SAP, OMS, GIS, weather, customer, and operational systems.
Contribute to ontology design, including object types, link types, properties, and business logic across operational use cases.
Lead troubleshooting and root cause analysis on the assigned shift during critical operational events.
Translate stakeholder requirements into scalable Foundry solutions.
Support release management, deployment promotion, testing coordination, and environment governance.
Maintain technical documentation, runbooks, and architecture diagrams.
Mentor junior engineers on Workshop development and Foundry best practices.