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# Senior Forward Deployed Engineer

- **Company:** ICARUS LLC
- **Location:** Los Angeles, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $120,000.0 - $220,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Command-Line Interface, System Configuration, Network Troubleshooting, Networking Basics, Break Fix
- **Published:** November 5, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.thejobnetwork.com/job/11d4c94d-d561-4175-88bc-19696d86b8b0/senior-forward-deployed-engineer

## About the Role

* 2+ years supporting, deploying, or operating real hardware systems in the field (aerospace, defense, robotics, autonomy, or hardware startups).
 * Strong hands-on troubleshooting across hardware, software, and networking. You're comfortable with tools, cables, configs, and the command line, and you stay calm when something breaks far from home.
 * Practical technical range over deep specialization: comfortable with networking fundamentals and software/hardware setup and configuration. You don't need to be the deepest engineer in any one discipline - you need to make the whole system work in the field, and help others do the same.
 * A track record of operating independently in ambiguous, high-pressure environments, and of bringing structure where there was none.
 * Strong communication skills. You can work with engineers, operators, and customers, and translate between them.
 * Willingness to travel frequently and operate out of test ranges, airfields, and remote locations for extended periods.
 * This is a hands-on hardware and field role, not a desk software job.
 * Military operations experience is a plus, especially in aviation or aviation-adjacent communities with "air sense" (JTAC, JFO, CCT, ATC, aviation operations).

## Description

* Deploy forward with our aircraft and ground systems to test ranges, airfields, and customer environments, and own getting them set up and operational.
 * Provide end-to-end field support: system setup, software and hardware configuration, integration with site infrastructure, and pre-deployment checkout.
 * Troubleshoot hardware, software, and networking issues in real time, in unstructured environments, and drive them to resolution.
 * Own flight test campaigns, demonstrations, and exercises in the field, with high autonomy and minimal support.
 * Train and guide operators and customers on how to run our systems and get the most out of them.
 * Be the link between the field and engineering: capture flight data, ground truth, and operator feedback, run incident reviews, and feed clear, specific recommendations back into the product.
 * Build and grow the forward-deployed function: the people, procedures, runbooks, and standards that keep our aircraft flying for weeks at a time in support of our customers.
 * Work closely with mechanical, GNC, RF, and software teams.