Regional Director, AI Forward-Deployed Engineering

Cursor; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 210,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to embed with customer teams, building production-grade AI workflows and delivering lasting impact in regional engagements. The role emphasizes leadership, scoping complex projects, and a strong customer-facing technical presence.

As Regional Director, you will lead and scale the FDE team across key public sector customers, manage engagements from discovery through delivery, and partner with GSIs and consulting firms to extend the work.

Qualifications

• Experience directly managing a team of engineers who build and ship production software.
• Experience building and deploying AI-powered workflows in production environments.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead a team of FDEs in your region: hire, set clear technical performance standards and career paths, and coach the team on scoping and delivery of FDE engagements.
• Own scoping for PubSec FDE projects: run discovery and architecture reviews, surface integration and infrastructure constraints, and turn ambiguous customer problems into time-boxed proposals with clear ROI for six- and seven-figure engagements.
• Hold the delivery quality bar across your teams engagements: tight scoping, milestone tracking, technical standards, and clean handoffs to customer engineering teams.
• Serve as executive technical sponsor and primary customer point of contact on your regions highest-priority engagements, owning delivery and the relationship from IC engineers to the C-suite, and stepping in directly where the stakes are highest.
• Generate product feedback loop with Product and Engineering with enough detail to drive roadmap decisions, and turn what works into reusable solutions and product surface areas for all customers.

Skills

Team management

AI workflows

Engineering leadership

C-suite communication

Job description

SpaceX is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to embed with customer teams, building production-grade AI workflows and delivering lasting impact in regional engagements. The role emphasizes leadership, scoping complex projects, and a strong customer-facing technical presence.

As Regional Director, you will lead and scale the FDE team across key public sector customers, manage engagements from discovery through delivery, and partner with GSIs and consulting firms to extend the work.