Lead Forward Deployment Engineer

ASUS

Forward Deployment Engineer Lead enhancing ASUS product development using AI-assisted workflows and collaborating with U.S. and Taiwan teams.

Posted 7/10/2026full-timeHillsboro • Oregon • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $156,000 - $216,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cloud

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design and manage AI-assisted development workflows that improve engineering productivity, code quality, documentation, prototype quality, and delivery speed.
Work close to the U.S. market, customers, sales teams, and field feedback to identify real product needs, clarify technical requirements, and translate business opportunities into actionable product and engineering direction.
Support testing and validation of ASUS router products across different U.S. Internet Service Provider environments.
Take ownership of product development from early concept and proof-of-concept through high-fidelity prototypes, technical validation, and production handoff.
Build, test, and iterate quickly using a build-measure-learn approach.
Create practical and innovative product concepts based on user-centered design methods, customer insights, market needs, and technical feasibility.
Work on technical challenges involving hardware-software integration, firmware, web UI, mobile applications, cloud services, networking products, and connected-device ecosystems.
Partner with product, design, sales, marketing, and engineering stakeholders to clarify requirements, user flows, edge cases, technical constraints, market expectations, and implementation priorities.
Align product concepts, business needs, user insights, technical feasibility, and resource requirements across departments.
Build trust and improve communication between Taiwan-based development teams and U.S. sales, marketing, customer-facing, and product teams.
Research and introduce emerging AI development tools, automation methods, CI/CD practices, and engineering workflows that improve team efficiency, product clarity, validation quality, and development speed.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent practical experience in Human-Computer Interaction, Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Product Design, Human Factors, or a related technical/product discipline.
10+ years of relevant professional experience in product development, product engineering, hardware-software integration, networking or connected-device products, cross-functional product development, AI-assisted development, or related fields.
Proven experience working across hardware, software, firmware, web UI, mobile applications, cloud services, or connected-device ecosystems.
Proven experience creating creative product concepts based on user-centered design, customer insights, market needs, and technical feasibility.
Proven experience communicating product concepts, technical tradeoffs, market opportunities, and resource needs to senior leadership or executive stakeholders.
Strong ability to translate market needs, customer feedback, and product ideas into clear technical and product requirements.
Experience working with cross-functional teams across product, engineering, UX, sales, marketing, QA, business, and external partners.
Strong iterative mindset with the ability to prototype, test, learn, refine, and move quickly from concept to validation.
Strong Mandarin-English communication capability is strongly preferred, especially for collaboration between Taiwan-based development teams and U.S. sales or market-facing teams.

Benefits

Comp & perks

bonuses
medical
dental
vision
life insurance
AD&D insurance
Paid Time Off
EAP
401(k)

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Hard Skills & Tools

Product EngineeringFirmware DevelopmentWeb UI DevelopmentMobile Application DevelopmentCloud ServicesNetworking ProductsPrototype DevelopmentTechnical ValidationCI/CD PracticesAutomation Methods

Soft Skills

Strong CommunicationIterative MindsetCollaborationCustomer Insights TranslationTrust Building

Certifications

Bachelor’s Degree in Relevant Field