Field Deployment Engineer - Defense AI Systems

United States Digital Space LLC; Paris; Sur place; EUR 70 000 - 110 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

United States Digital Space LLC is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to take autonomous air-defense systems from lab to field. You will deploy, integrate, test, troubleshoot, and improve systems with military operators across Europe, handling code, debugging, telemetry analysis, and direct field collaboration with customers.

You will own technical outcomes in real operational environments, coordinating with Software, AI, Embedded, GNC, Hardware and Product teams.

Qualifications

• 3–7 years in software engineering, systems integration, robotics, embedded systems, DevOps/SRE, solutions engineering or a similar hands-on technical role.
• Strong Python and Linux skills, with good understanding of networking, APIs, logs and distributed systems.
• Proven experience deploying and debugging complex hardware/software systems outside a controlled development environment.
• Ability to understand and troubleshoot systems end-to-end.
• Experience with UAVs, robotics, autonomous systems, AI/ML, sensors or mission-management systems is highly relevant.
• Defense, aerospace, C‑UAS, ISR or other mission‑critical experience is a strong plus.
• Experience working directly with demanding customers or end users in the field is highly valued.

Responsabilités

• Deploy and validate customer systems, including interceptors, AI guidance and Cyclops mission-management capabilities.
• Configure systems, networks and interfaces and execute test scenarios against defined success criteria.
• Work directly with military operators, test teams, integrators and partners.
• Troubleshoot issues rapidly in the field while maintaining safety and mission objectives.
• Document test results, incidents, lessons learned and follow-up actions.
• Develop scripts, configuration tools, APIs and integration components required for deployments.
• Translate operational requirements into practical technical solutions.
• Execute integration and acceptance testing across software, hardware, communications and system performance.
• Work closely with Software, AI, Embedded, GNC, Hardware and Product teams.
• Build trusted relationships with military operators, engineers, integrators, and program stakeholders.
• Deliver technical briefings, training, and system onboarding in English and French.
• Communicate system capabilities, limitations, and technical risks clearly.
• Represent the company with technical credibility during high-stakes demonstrations and exercises.
• Create deployment guides, runbooks, and troubleshooting procedures.

Connaissances

Python

Linux

Networking

APIs

Logs

Distributed systems

UAVs

Robotics

Autonomous systems

AI/ML

Sensors

Mission-management systems

Defense experience

C‑UAS

ISR

Outils

APIs

Description du poste

United States Digital Space LLC is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to take autonomous air-defense systems from lab to field. You will deploy, integrate, test, troubleshoot, and improve systems with military operators across Europe, handling code, debugging, telemetry analysis, and direct field collaboration with customers.

You will own technical outcomes in real operational environments, coordinating with Software, AI, Embedded, GNC, Hardware and Product teams.