Forward Deployed Engineer
Forward Deployed Engineer
🧠 The mission
Join a cutting-edge defence AI company building the software layer behind autonomous systems, robotics, and real-time decision-making. Their technology is already being deployed in high-stakes environments — where it needs to work first time. No demos. No theory. Real systems, real impact.
You’ll:
- Deploy software directly into live customer environments
- Work hands-on with autonomous systems, sensors, and robotics
- Write code that connects messy, real-world data into working systems
- Travel to sites, understand problems, and solve them on the ground
- Feed insights back to shape the core product
⚙️ What they’re looking for
- Strong software engineering skills (Python, C++, Java, JS/TS)
- Comfortable working across systems, data, and real-world environments
- Someone who thrives in ambiguity and ownership
- Able to engage directly with users, not just code in isolation
- Willing to travel and operate on-site when needed
🔐 Requirements:
- Must be eligible for UK Security Clearance (SC)
- Typically requires 5+ years of UK residency
- British citizen required (due to project sensitivity)
- Right to work in the UK
SC clearance enables access to sensitive national security systems, so strict eligibility applies.
🌍 The environment
- Early-stage, high-calibre engineering team
- Direct exposure to defence, autonomy, and real-world deployment
- High ownership from day one — no layers, no passengers
- Work that sits at the intersection of AI, hardware, and mission-critical systems