Field Deployment Engineer, Autonomous Systems

UFORCE; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

UFORCE in London is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to ensure our systems operate reliably in real-world deployed environments, bridging Engineering, Product, Operations, and Customer Success. You will work across software, electronics, hardware, and comms, travel regularly, and perform hands-on field work beyond a narrow role.

You will collaborate with customers and operators to translate field reality into engineering action.

Qualifications

• Systems-minded engineering judgment across software, electronics, hardware, and comms.
• Practical field troubleshooting in deployed environments.
• Prepared equipment, checklists, spares, and field processes.
• Clear technical communication to specialists and non-specialists.
• Willing to travel and work outside a narrow discipline.
• SME-level depth in at least one domain (software/embedded, electronics/comms, or hardware).

Responsibilities

• Own technical execution in the field — deploying, troubleshooting, and supporting systems in real-world environments outside the lab.
• Diagnose and resolve issues across domains without needing specialists to translate, under real-world constraints.
• Prepare for deployments and field activity — checklists, spares, tools, documentation, readiness checks.
• Capture and translate field observations into clear engineering feedback.
• Support demonstrations, trials, and customer-facing technical activity.
• Build relationships across Engineering, Product, Operations, and Customer Success.

Skills

Field deployment

Cross-domain

Troubleshooting

Customer-facing

Documentation

Travel

Job description

UFORCE in London is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to ensure our systems operate reliably in real-world deployed environments, bridging Engineering, Product, Operations, and Customer Success. You will work across software, electronics, hardware, and comms, travel regularly, and perform hands-on field work beyond a narrow role.

You will collaborate with customers and operators to translate field reality into engineering action.