Forward Deployed Engineer (Remote)
Engineering · Posted 3 months ago
We are looking for a Forward Deployed Engineer with 5–7 years of experience to embed directly with U.S. military and government customers and own the technical success of Swarm Aero's C2 systems in live operational environments. You'll be equal parts software engineer and field operator — writing production code, debug...
- Way of working
- Remote
- Location
- San Francisco
- Pay range
- $180,000 to $240,000
- Level
- Senior
- Experience
- 5 to 7 years
- Type
- Full time
- Visa sponsorship
- Not offered for this role
- The company
- Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing · under 20 people
Skills that matter here
The full description
We are looking for a Forward Deployed Engineer with 5–7 years of experience to embed directly with U.S. military and government customers and own the technical success of Swarm Aero's C2 systems in live operational environments. You'll be equal parts software engineer and field operator — writing production code, debugging distributed systems under pressure, and deploying software in high-stakes contexts most engineers never touch.
What will you be doing?
- Deploying and integrating C2 software on-site with military operators across domestic and international locations (50–75% travel to coastal/water-adjacent sites)
- Break-fix troubleshooting and rapid code development in the field — gathering requirements directly from uniformed operators and shipping solutions same-day
- Working hand-in-hand with drone operators, potentially flying assets in the air, water, or on land during live missions
- Feeding hard-won field insights back to the core engineering team to improve the product
- Operating autonomously in ambiguous, resource-constrained environments — sometimes hooking up hardware, sometimes cranking out code, sometimes doing technician work
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