Senior Forward Deployed Engineer – Autonomy Deployments

FDE Times; London Borough of Harrow; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Shield AI is hiring a Forward Deployed Engineer to deploy Hivemind software with customers in real-world environments. You will travel on-site (~30% of the time) to support software integration and development activities, becoming an expert user of the Hivemind stack and its autonomy modules.

You will provide technical support and training to customers, develop AI and autonomy applications, and assist the sales team with demos and immersions while collaborating with engineering to address

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, and 5+ years of industry experience or
• Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, and 3+ years of industry experience.
• Strong technical background in software engineering.
• Strong proficiency in writing modern C++ code.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Deploy with customers on site (~30% travel) to support software integration and development activities.
• Become an expert user of the Hivemind enterprise software stack and its various autonomy modules.
• Provide technical support and training to customers on use of Hivemind.
• Develop AI & Autonomy applications using the Shield AI enterprise software development kit.
• Assist the sales team in pre-sales activities, e.g., demos, conferences, immersions
• Assist in post-sales deployment and integration of Shield AI enterprise software products.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation and training materials.
• Help customers debug software/API integration issues.
• Collaborate with the product engineering team to address customer feedback and improve products.

Skills

C++

Software engineering

Customer-facing

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/CS

Master’s degree in Engineering/CS

Job description

Shield AI is hiring a Forward Deployed Engineer to deploy Hivemind software with customers in real-world environments. You will travel on-site (~30% of the time) to support software integration and development activities, becoming an expert user of the Hivemind stack and its autonomy modules.

You will provide technical support and training to customers, develop AI and autonomy applications, and assist the sales team with demos and immersions while collaborating with engineering to address