Forward Deployed Engineer - AI
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 20, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 19, 2026.
Location: New York City, NY
Employment Type: Full-Time
Salary: $220,000 - $240,000 base salary
About the Company
We're partnering with a well-funded AI technology company that's transforming how some of the world's most advanced hardware systems are designed, tested and developed. Backed by leading investors, they're building AI-powered applications and intelligent agents that help engineering teams solve complex challenges, analyse real-world data and accelerate development.
About the Role
We're looking for an AI Forward Deployed Engineer to work directly with engineering teams, building and deploying AI agents that solve real-world technical challenges.
You'll combine Python, agentic AI and data engineering to develop intelligent workflows that help engineers analyse test results, automate processes and investigate complex problems.
This is a hands-on, customer-facing engineering role where you'll work closely with clients, turn their challenges into working AI solutions and help shape the company's wider AI product.
Responsibilities
- Design and build AI agents and agentic workflows using Python.
- Work directly with engineering teams to understand challenges and develop tailored AI solutions.
- Build AI tools that automate engineering tasks, analyse data and support technical investigations.
- Develop and evaluate LLM-powered agents, including tool use, prompting and workflow orchestration.
- Turn successful customer solutions into reusable AI features and capabilities.
- Measure the effectiveness of AI solutions using real-world results.
- Collaborate with product and engineering teams to improve the platform.
Requirements
- 4+ years of professional software engineering experience.
- Strong programming skills in Python, with experience working with data.
- Hands-on experience building AI agents, LLM applications or agentic workflows.
- Understanding of LLM prompting, tool calling and AI evaluation.
- Comfortable working directly with customers and technical stakeholders.
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to turn complex requirements into working solutions.
- Willingness to travel to customer sites.
Preferred Skills
- Experience in aerospace, defence, robotics, autonomous systems or hardware engineering.
- Background in forward-deployed engineering, solutions engineering or technical consulting.
- Experience building reusable products from customer-specific solutions.
- Experience working with telemetry, test data or engineering datasets.
- Active security clearance or eligibility to obtain one.
What's on Offer
- 100% medical, dental and vision insurance coverage.
- Unlimited PTO and sick leave.
- Free lunch, snacks and coffee.
- Professional development stipend.
- Annual company retreat.
- Opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI technology alongside engineering teams developing next-generation hardware.
Interested? Apply with your CV to learn more about the company and opportunity.