Head of Forward Deployed Engineering
Core
Lead the forward deployed engineering function to integrate Flow (an AI-native requirements platform) into customer engineering stacks, driving adoption and account expansion for aerospace, defense, and automotive clients.
Role type
Senior leadership IC / Team Lead (Forward Deployed Engineering)
Builds
Customer-specific integrations with PLM/ALM/CAD tools, AI-driven workflows, and repeatable deployment playbooks
Domain
SaaS / AI / Systems Engineering / Aerospace & Defense
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | client delivery
Required skills
Leading forward deployed engineering teams, building integrations with PLM/ALM/CAD tools, designing AI workflows with LLMs, driving product adoption and account expansion, hands-on coding and system architecture, stakeholder management across engineering orgs
Preferred skills
Familiarity with requirements/systems engineering (Jama, DOORS), experience in defense/aerospace/regulated environments, knowledge of security/compliance (ITAR, CMMC)
Technologies
LLMs, PLM, ALM, CAD, issue tracking tools
Responsibilities
Build and lead the forward deployed engineering function, own customer integrations end-to-end, design and deploy AI workflows, drive product growth and usage within accounts, own customer expansion, convert sales pilots to production deployments, feed field learnings back to product
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with team leadership
