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Manager, Solutions Engineering – Commercial, Emerging Industries

US CA San MateoRemoteFull-time$215k2026-10-05 → 2026-11-10
Remote

Core

Lead the Emerging Industries team to turn promising use cases into repeatable, scalable businesses by scoping proofs of concept, validating hardware/software, and determining market viability.

Role type

Manager, Solutions Engineering (Commercial, Emerging Industries)

Builds

Scalable technical assets, demo environments, workflow documentation, and playbooks for new industry segments.

Domain

Autonomous drones, aerial mobility, oil and gas, construction (AEC), mining, logistics.

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Solutions Engineering leadership, POC design, survey and mapping workflows (photogrammetry, PPK, RTK), payload integration, REST APIs, commercial judgment, people management.

Preferred skills

Direct operator experience in AEC/oil/gas/mining, scaling technical teams, BVLOS operations, Salesforce/Jira/Databricks.

Technologies

Photogrammetry, PPK, RTK, LiDAR, thermal, RGB sensors, REST APIs, Salesforce, Jira, Databricks.

Responsibilities

Hire and develop Solutions Engineers, build qualification frameworks for new use cases, own technical win rate for Emerging Industries, lead POCs in oil/gas/construction/mining, define vendor requirements for payloads, act as internal voice of the market for new segments.

Seniority

Manager, hands-on IC with team leadership