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Field Applications Engineer

Austin💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-27 → 2026-09-26

Core

Field Applications Engineer responsible for deploying, calibrating, and demonstrating autonomous counter-drone systems in real-world field environments for government and military partners.

Role type

Field Applications Engineer (Demo Engineer)

Builds

Low-power, edge-compute autonomous counter-UAS platforms

Domain

Defense / Counter-UAS / Robotics

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | physical/clinical work

Required skills

autonomous system deployment, hardware calibration (boresighting, sensor alignment), Linux CLI, firmware flashing, field troubleshooting, harness assembly, multimeter/oscilloscope usage

Preferred skills

UAS/c-UAS operations, thermal/IR optics, RF sensors, embedded Linux (NVIDIA Jetson), defense range operations

Technologies

Linux, NVIDIA Jetson, multimeters, oscilloscopes

Responsibilities

Lead live flight and target-tracking demonstrations of autonomous counter-drone systems; prepare and assemble complex autonomous hardware and edge-compute systems; perform precise hardware and sensor alignment including boresighting and camera focusing; flash software builds and validate system stability; diagnose and resolve hardware, software, and networking issues in the field; capture telemetry and user feedback to inform R&D iterations

Seniority

Individual Contributor, hands-on field execution

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