Aerovy

Forward Deployed Engineer (Founding)

Aerovy
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Base Salary

$160k - $200k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Own customer implementations end-to-end, including discovery, integration design, build, validation, and go-live.
  • Convert customer-specific work into reusable platform components, tools, and documented integration patterns.
  • Integrate customer hardware, firmware, and backend systems into the Aerovy cloud.
  • Design and implement integration and ingestion pipelines for customer data.
  • Lead technical discovery, propose integration strategies, and resolve customer-side dependencies.
  • Own engineering workstreams within implementation plans covering kickoff, scoping, readiness, UAT, and go-live.
  • Support monitoring, debugging, and validation across edge-to-cloud workflows.
  • Translate customer needs into clear engineering requirements for the platform team.
  • Develop repeatable processes and infrastructure for Forward Deployed workflows.
  • Hire and lead junior Forward Deployed Engineers as the organization grows.

Requirements

  • At least 5 years of experience contributing to a software engineering team, including customer-facing delivery, implementation, or solutions engineering.
  • BS, MS, or PhD in computer science, a scientific field, or an engineering field, or equivalent experience.
  • Proficiency in Python or TypeScript and in C# or Java.
  • Strong understanding of networking and IoT fundamentals, including TCP/IP, MQTT, and REST APIs.
  • Experience working with technical and non-technical customer stakeholders and translating requirements into engineering work.
  • Clear written and verbal communication skills, including technical documentation for external audiences.
  • Willingness to travel to customer sites.
  • Experience with embedded systems, IoT devices, telematics, or industrial hardware is desirable.
  • Experience translating device data over CAN, Modbus, MQTT, or custom serial protocols is desirable.
  • Experience with enterprise customers, cloud/IaaS infrastructure and tooling, Docker, and real-time analytics or time-series databases is desirable.

Benefits

  • Hybrid role based in Seattle with flexibility and close collaboration with product, engineering, and business stakeholders.
  • Regular travel to customer sites, with up to 50% of time expected to be spent traveling.

Tech Stack

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Forward Deployed
Aerovy

About Aerovy

11-50 employees

Aerovy builds a cloud software platform for industrial and mobility OEMs that unifies machine telemetry with ERP, dealer, and service systems into a single operational data layer. On top of that layer, it provides applications for service, warranty, parts, inventory, and dispatch, using AI to detect faults and automate resolution. Founded in 2022 and headquartered in West Lafayette, Indiana, the privately held company sells its software and services to help OEMs launch connected offerings and manage assets.

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