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