Forward Deployed Engineer

fde; San Francisco, Northern (CA, KY); On-site; USD 165,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Flow is hiring one of its first forward deployed engineers to bring a systems-engineering tool into space, defense and fusion teams in San Francisco. You will own the technical win with custom demos, POC execution, and mapping customer workflows while enabling the field and shaping the roadmap as engineering's eyes in the field.

3+ years in hardware/mechanical/systems engineering with pre/post-sales experience is a plus.

Qualifications

• 3+ years hardware, mechanical or systems engineering experience.
• Pre- and post-sales experience is a plus.
• Strong software fundamentals.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical win with custom demos and POC execution.
• Map customer workflows and run enablement.
• Shape the engineering roadmap as engineering's eyes in the field.

Skills

Hardware engineering

Systems engineering

Pre-sales

Post-sales

Job description

$165K–$230K OTE + equity systems engineering first FDE hardware

San Francisco, CA (on-site) · Posted August 12, 2026

Why it's interesting

Sequoia-backed Flow (Collison/Helgason/Parrish angels) is hiring one of its first FDEs to take a systems-engineering tool into space, defense and fusion teams — OTE $165K–$230K + equity, and one of the few FDE seats that rewards a hardware/MBSE background over pure software.

The role

As one of Flow's first forward deployed engineers, own the technical win: custom demos, POC execution, mapping customer workflows, running enablement, and shaping the roadmap as engineering's eyes in the field. Strong software fundamentals; 3+ yrs hardware/mechanical/systems engineering and pre/post-sales experience a plus. On-site San Francisco.