# Forward Deployed Engineer

Forward Deployed Engineer Location: San Francisco, CA (full time, in-person) Company Overview Our mission is to accelerate the construction of critical infrastructure on Earth while pioneering technologies to enable humanity to build beyond. 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. The Role As a Forward Deployed Engineer, you will be the bridge between 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. This is a rare opportunity to: Work on hard, meaningful problems that impact the future of infrastructure and energy. Collaborate with a world-class team from NASA, SpaceX, Google, Amazon, Zo

- **Id**: 831992
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/cosmicrobotics-forward-deployed-software-engineer>
- **Role**: Solutions
- **Role family**: Solutions
- **Seniority**: middle
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: San Francisco, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-08-19T15:53:20Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-08-19
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-15T17:29:11Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 88
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 2575
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Construction Robotics, Construction

## Company

- **Id**: 674500
- **Name**: Cosmic Robotics
- **Domain**: cosmicrobotics.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/cosmicrobotics>
- **Size band**: 11-50
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Ashby

## Salary estimate

- **Min usd**: 121000
- **Max usd**: 253000
- **Period**: year
- **Method**: role_seniority_country_remote_cell
- **Sample n**: 482

## Technologies

- **C++** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 88

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-12T16:57:00Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 9
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.317
- **P room**: 0.28
- **Age days**: 87
- **Expected fill days**: 22
- **Reasons**: conf:2, win:tail, crowd:
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-15T07:52:55Z

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