Forward Deployed Engineer

Matta; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Matta, a London startup building manufacturing foundation models and an AI operating system for factories, seeks a Forward Deployed Engineer to own the full deployment arc from qualification to on-site installation and feedback to engineering teams. You will work directly on factory floors (Haribo to aerospace) and lead hands-on deployment projects with rapid troubleshooting.

This London-based FDE role emphasizes embodied-AI deployment, rapid problem solving, and close collaboration with

Responsibilities

• Install vision-based inspection AI on factory floors within tight timelines.
• Deploy Matta software and hardware and troubleshoot on-site, feeding learnings back to backend/frontend/research teams.
• Shape deployment scaling across the UK, Europe and the US with 10–20% travel.

Job description

Full-stack, full-customer-journey FDE at Matta, a London startup building manufacturing foundation models and an AI 'operating system' for factories. You own the whole arc: qualifying leads and scoping problems, deploying Matta's software and hardware on customer factory floors (Haribo one day, aerospace the next), then fixing what breaks and feeding it back to the backend, frontend, and research teams. No playbook — you shape how Matta scales deployments across the UK, Europe, and the US, with ~10–20% travel. Team drawn from Google X, Microsoft, MIT, Cambridge, and Imperial. Comp not disclosed. Verified on Matta's careers site.

A rare London FDE seat where 'forward deployed' means literally on the factory floor — installing vision-based inspection AI in under 24 hours against an industry standard of ~6 months, debugging static interference and lighting rigs one week, working trade-show booths the next. Embodied-AI deployment for engineers who'd rather ship on a Haribo line than a SaaS dashboard.

Forward Deployed Engineer at Matta. Location: London. Compensation: Not disclosed. Posted August 8, 2026.