Field Deployment Engineer: Autonomous Security Tech

Knightscope, Inc; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Medical, dental, vision

401(k)

Paid time off

Job summary

Knightscope, Inc. seeks a Forward Deployed Engineer to serve as the technical operator embedded at client sites. You will survey terrain, engineer deployments, and integrate with client systems to make autonomous security work in the real world.

You own problems end to end across hardware, software, and networking and you will carry field learnings back to engineering so the Force improves with every autonomous hour.

Qualifications

• Engineering degree or equivalent hands-on experience in electrical, computer, mechanical, mechatronics, robotics, or field systems engineering.
• 10+ years in sales engineer or technical architect roles.
• Strong networking fundamentals: LTE/5G, Wi-Fi, VPN; ability to debug connectivity remotely or on-site.
• Experience working with hardware and software in the same day; scripting, log analysis, diagnostics.
• Excellent client-facing communication; deliver answers, not excuses.
• Willingness to travel nationwide; based in the United States.

Responsibilities

• Conduct site surveys and deployment engineering for autonomous machines and sensing infrastructure - coverage, connectivity, power, terrain, and escalation paths.
• Commission, configure, and integrate Knightscope technology in client environments - networks, video management systems, access control, and security operations workflows.
• Partner with Mission Advisors during the sales cycle: technical scoping, site architecture, and proving the deployment works before the client signs.
• Troubleshoot in the field across hardware, software, and networking - own the problem end to end, no handoffs.
• Close the loop: document field learnings and drive them back into engineering, product, and operations so every deployment is better than the last.
• Represent Knightscope on the client’s property, in the client’s view - held to the same standard as any member of the Force.

Skills

Sales engineering experience

Client-facing communication

Networking fundamentals

Hardware and software field work

Travel readiness

Education

Engineering degree or equivalent hands-on experience

Tools

VMS

Access control

Robotics deployment tools

Job description

Knightscope, Inc. seeks a Forward Deployed Engineer to serve as the technical operator embedded at client sites. You will survey terrain, engineer deployments, and integrate with client systems to make autonomous security work in the real world.

You own problems end to end across hardware, software, and networking and you will carry field learnings back to engineering so the Force improves with every autonomous hour.