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Starting with Cosmic-1 - a system that installs solar panels 10x faster than today’s methods, helping us transition to a clean energy future and laying the groundwork for the future of autonomous construction.\nThe Role\nAs a Lead Forward Deployed Engineer, you will build and lead the team that bridges our cutting-edge robotics and our customers, owning the end-to-end deployment and long-term success of robots in the field. You will work hand-in-hand with our customers to develop, deploy, and ensure the optimal performance of the best construction robots in the world. This role is crucial for extending our platform with new features based on direct customer feedback and driving its adoption. As a core member of the team, you will help define the era of autonomous construction.\nThis is a rare opportunity to:\nWork on hard, meaningful problems that impact the future of infrastructure and energy.\n\nCollaborate with a world-class team from NASA, SpaceX, Google, Amazon, Zoox, Tesla, Nuro, Built Robotics, and others.\n\nRapidly grow, learn, and lead within a quickly scaling company.\n\nResponsibilities\nOwn the full robot deployment lifecycle at customer sites, from initial setup and commissioning to field validation and long-term maintenance.\n\nWork directly with customers as a technical partner, translating their operational needs into requirements for new robot and platform features.\n\nDevelop, integrate, and deploy new features to meet specific customer requirements.\n\nTriage and debug issues in the field and ensure high robot uptime.\n\nSet milestones, plan roadmaps, and deliver on ambitious timelines for customer deployments and feature delivery.\n\nBalance tasks as an individual contributor while also managing and mentoring other forward deployed engineers and staff.\n\nRequirements\n3+ years of professional engineering experience at an organization with a strong forward deployed engineering culture.\n\nExperience with forward deployment, field engineering, or technical consulting in a robotics field.\n\nManagement and recruiting experience.\n\nWillingness to regularly travel to customer jobsites.\n\nExperience debugging and developing hardware, software (Python, C++), or mechatronics products.\n\nDemonstrated experience owning the full product lifecycle from customer requirements collection to field deployment.\n\nExcellent communication and project management skills.\n\nThrive in fast-paced dynamic environments and push boundaries to meet deadlines.\n\nBonus\n5+ years of professional engineering experience in a technical field role.","description_format":"text","description_chars":2792,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":5,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":[],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-24T04:06:19Z"}],"liveness":{"score":82,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.82,"p_room":1,"age_days":7,"expected_fill_days":24,"reasons":["conf:5","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-10-01T05:45:00Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/cosmic-robotics-lead-forward-deployed-engineer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/cosmic-robotics-lead-forward-deployed-engineer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-01T11:02:30Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":2402,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":2598,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-10-02T00:00:00Z"}}}