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Today, we're building the essential infrastructure to unify sensors, autonomy, and operators with our technology deployed in active operations around the world. Our mission is to deliver an operational advantage to secure the United States and its allies.\nAbout the Role\nSome of Picogrid’s most important work happens at the operational edge, far from our offices, alongside people who need technology to perform when conditions are uncertain and the stakes are real. As a Forward Deployment Strategist - Forward Ops, you will own Picogrid’s outcomes in those environments. You will take our platform from a promising capability to something operators trust and rely on in the field.\nYou will not observe the mission from the sidelines. You will stand with customers and partners, understand what the environment demands, build the plan, align the people and equipment, and drive through the obstacles between a system and a working operational capability. You will act as the primary interface between our customers and Picogrid as they operate in some of the most demanding environments.\nThe commitment is real. This role requires approximately 50-75% international travel, including rotations that may last roughly three to six months at a time. Assignments may span multiple regions and may involve austere, remote, or rapidly changing environments with elevated operational and logistical constraints. This is a genuinely forward-deployed role, not a domestic position with occasional international trips.\nThis is a role for someone who wants responsibility for the result, not just proximity to the action. You will operate with significant autonomy, represent Picogrid in high-trust environments, and have a direct hand in shaping how our technology is built, deployed, and used where it matters most.\nWhat You'll Do\nOwn mission outcomes for assigned international engagements from the first planning conversation through fielding, operator adoption, stabilization, and after-action improvement\n\nEmbed with operators and customer teams to understand the workflows, constraints, and opportunities that are impossible to see from a conference room\n\nPush the bounds of Picogrid’s technology by developing new concepts of employment, testing new integrations, and working with Engineering and Product to solve problems exposed by real operations\n\nServe as Picogrid’s primary representative on the ground, earning trust through credibility, discretion, responsiveness, and consistent delivery\n\nLead deployment readiness and field execution, including site access, personnel and equipment coordination, integration sequencing, operator training, communications, contingency planning, and sustainment handoff\n\nMake sound decisions under pressure, resolve problems within your authority, and escalate consequential risks with the context leaders need to act\n\nCoordinate across Forward Deployed Engineering, Product, Engineering, Logistics, Capture, external partners, and customer teams across locations and time zones\n\nMaintain a clear picture of mission status, decisions, commitments, deliverables, risks, and next steps so the broader Picogrid team can move with speed and purpose\n\nTurn operator feedback and field observations into product improvements, better deployment practices, stronger training, and new opportunities to expand Picogrid’s mission impact\n\nWho You Are\nYou want ownership of the outcome and are energized by being the person responsible for making the mission work\n\nYou are at your best close to the action, where conditions are imperfect and progress depends on practical judgment rather than a complete playbook\n\nYou establish credibility with serious operators by listening carefully, understanding their environment, and consistently doing what you said you would do\n\nYou are technically curious and excited to discover what a system can do when it is pushed beyond the assumptions of the lab\n\nYou can operate independently for extended periods while keeping the broader Picogrid team aligned and informed\n\nYou remain calm, organized, and constructive when plans change, resources are constrained, or the operating environment becomes difficult\n\nYou are collaborative and low-ego; you lead when the mission needs leadership, support technical experts when they own the answer, and never confuse credit with impact\n\nBasic Qualifications\n4+ years of experience in deployments, military operations, technical program or project execution, field operations, customer-facing operations, or a related role\n\nDemonstrated experience independently coordinating complex, multi-stakeholder work in international, distributed, austere, or otherwise demanding field environments\n\nExperience working directly with customers or operators and translating operational needs into coordinated technical and logistical action\n\nTechnical fluency and the ability to understand integrated hardware and software systems well enough to support planning, field troubleshooting, and communication with engineering teams\n\nStrong written and verbal communication skills, including concise reporting to operational, technical, and leadership audiences\n\nWillingness and ability to travel internationally approximately 50-75%, including rotations of roughly three to six months overseas with relatively short return windows in the United States\n\nAbility to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance\n\nPreferred Qualifications\nExperience serving with, supporting, or working alongside U.S. or allied special operations forces\n\nAn active U.S. Government security clearance\n\nPrior operational, advisory, deployment, or field-service experience in OCONUS, forward, contested, or elevated-risk environments\n\nExperience coordinating multi-party efforts involving U.S. military, allied or coalition forces, government stakeholders, and commercial technology partners\n\nBackground in defense technology, command and control, autonomy, robotics, sensors, communications, or other integrated mission systems\n\nWhy This Role Exists\nPicogrid is building infrastructure to connect sensors, autonomy, and operators, however, the decisive measure of that technology is what it enables in the field. Our international customers operate in environments where remote support and occasional visits are not enough. They need a Picogrid owner beside them: someone who understands the mission, moves quickly when conditions change, and stays accountable until the capability works.\nThis role sits at the point where Picogrid’s technology meets its hardest problems and its greatest opportunities. The lessons learned there will shape what we build next, how we deploy it, and how far our platform can go. By owning outcomes at the operational edge, the Deployment Strategist - Forward Ops will help define Picogrid’s products, deepen the trust of the people who use them, and expand where the company can make a difference.\nCompensation & Benefits\nBase salary range: $125,000-$170,000 per year. Base salary is just one part of your total compensation package at Picogrid.\n\nSignificant stock options with a high potential upside as an early-stage company\n\n401(k) with employer matching\n\nHealth coverage for you and your family (medical, dental, and vision insurance)\n\nRelocation assistance provided (if applicable)\n\nUnlimited PTO (two-week minimum) and 13 paid holidays per year\n\nPaid parental leave for both parents\n\nLunch provided when working in-office and a fully stocked kitchenette\n\nFree EV charging at the HQ\n\nUnique office in El Segundo, CA stocked with quality coffee, snacks, and craft beer\n\nExport Control Requirements\nTo conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.\nEqual Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy\nPicogrid is committed to providing a professional work environment free from discrimination, harassment, and retaliation. 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