Forward Deployed Engineer, Defense Tech (SJ)

mid$165K – $220K

via Ashby

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About this role

Lavendo partners with startups and high‑growth companies to help them hire top‑tier sales, GTM, and technical talent. This role is with one of our clients; we’ll share full details about the company and interview process as we get to know you and confirm mutual fit. ABOUT THE COMPANY Our client builds integrated task systems — mixed reality headsets fused with compute hardware, on-body sensors, AI, and networking — purpose-built for the people doing the hardest work in the world: dismounted soldiers, submarine technicians, aircraft maintainers, power plant operators. This isn't consumer tech. It's not a wellness app or a B2B dashboard. It's hardware and software that functions in air-gapped, austere, and fully disconnected environments — places where cloud-dependent tools simply fail.…

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Skills match

For this role: python, java, rust, rocket, teams

Level fit

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Domain experience

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Recency

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Location fit

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