Lead Forward Deployed Software Engineer

PhysicsX; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in London is looking for a Lead Forward Deployed Software Engineer to define technical delivery plans and cultivate an engineering team. You will solve complex engineering problems, collaborate closely with customers, and travel internationally to support projects. Ideal candidates will possess a strong technical background and a passion for customer success. This role offers a competitive compensation package and a flexible work environment.

Benefits

Competitive compensation

Flexible working environment

Generous vacation and parental leave

Complimentary office food

Qualifications

• Proven track record of cultivating engineering excellence.
• Experience in deploying applications to production.
• Ability to immerse in customer workflows.

Responsibilities

• Define technical delivery plan for multiple projects.
• Cultivate engineering talent and build a team.
• Travel to customer sites for collaboration.

Skills

Technical problem-solving

Customer obsession

Project management

Software engineering

Education

Degree in Mechanical Engineering or similar

Tools

API design

Job description

PhysicsX is a deep-tech company with roots in numerical physics and Formula One, dedicated to accelerating hardware innovation at the speed of software.

We are building an AI-driven simulation software stack for engineering and manufacturing across advanced industries. By enabling high-fidelity, multi-physics simulation through AI inference across the entire engineering lifecycle, PhysicsX unlocks new levels of optimization and automation in design, manufacturing, and operations — empowering engineers to push the boundaries of possibility. Our customers include leading innovators in Aerospace & Defense, Materials, Energy, Semiconductors, and Automotive.

The Role

Your role, first and foremost, is to help our customers solve their most impactful problems. As Lead Forward Deployed Software Engineer, you’ll define how PhysicsX’s Forward deployed engineers deliver software that enables our customers to build better, faster, and cheaper across large-scale customer projects. You’ll set the standard for how software engineering is done across delivery and codify solutions developed with customers into our core product offering.

We’re looking for someone who’s built a team from a ground up and has a proven track record of cultivating engineering excellence to deliver outcomes. Success will require deep technical project management expertise, extreme ownership of outcomes, and an ability to immerse in customer workflows and partner with customer teams to solve complex engineering problems at pace.

In this role you’ll

• Own the technical delivery plan for multiple projects or work-streams. Translate business objectives into a roadmap with milestones, dependencies, and acceptance criteria.
• Embed with customers to land production deployments and drive adoption. Map workflows, shape tools/integrations, and translate requirements into a delivery plan. Lead onboarding, adoption, and change management.
• Cultivate engineering talent, building out the Forward Deployed Software engineering team in London.
• Travel to customer sites in North America, Europe, Asia, Oceania, for an average of 3-4 weeks per quarter, where you'll collaborate closely with customers to build solutions on-site.
• Own the scoping of new projects and work-streams with existing customers and taking part in bringing new customers to PhysicsX.

Who We're Looking For

Technical ability: We work across a wide range of engineering disciplines, all of which are high complexity. Someone with a track record of solving hard problems is a must, a background in Mechanical Engineering or similar is a plus. This role deals with breadth across the full stack, having a solid foundation in software engineering, API design, and deploying applications to production is desired.

Proactivity & high ownership: Success will be measured by impact - delivering measurable value against customer goals, drive adoption, and become indispensable to their workflows. You own the responsibility to get things done and will pick up the skills and experience needed to solve novel problems quickly.

Solution-focused: We build tools that customers need, not just the ones they want. So you must be someone who is customer-obsessed and can work alongside our customers to understand their problems and build applications that change the way they do engineering.

What We Offer

• Be part of something larger. Make an impact and meaningfully shape an early-stage company. Work on some of the most exciting and important topics that exist out there. Do something you can be proud of.
• Work with a fun group of colleagues who support you, challenge you, and help you grow. We come from many different backgrounds, but what we have in common is the desire to operate at the very top of our fields and solve truly challenging problems in science and engineering. If you are similarly capable, caring, and driven, you'll find yourself at home here.
• Experience a truly flat hierarchy. Voicing your ideas is not only welcome but encouraged, especially when they challenge the status quo.
• Work sustainably, striking the right balance between work and personal life.
• Receive a competitive compensation and equity package, in addition to plenty of perks such as generous vacation and parental leave, complimentary office food, as well as fun outings and events.
• Work in a flexible setting, at our lovely London Shoreditch office, and a good proportion from home if so desired. Get the opportunity to occasionally visit our customers' engineering sites and experience firsthand how our work is making a real-life impact.
• Use first-class equipment for working in-office or remotely, including HPC.

We value diversity and are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of sex, race, religion, ethnicity, nationality, disability, age, sexual orientation, or gender identity. We strongly encourage individuals from groups traditionally underrepresented in tech to apply. To help make a change, we sponsor bright women from disadvantaged backgrounds through their university degrees in science and mathematics.

We collect diversity and inclusion data solely for the purpose of monitoring the effectiveness of our equal opportunities policies and ensuring compliance with UK employment and equality legislation. This information is confidential, used only in aggregate form, and will not influence the outcome of your application.