Forward Deployed Engineer, United States

Maneva

Forward Deployed Engineer integrating AI solutions in manufacturing environments. Involves hands-on deployment and customer collaboration within a hybrid workplace.

Posted 5/29/2026full-timeChicago • Colorado, Illinois, New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudDockerERPFirewallsGoogle Cloud PlatformLinuxPythonTCP/IP

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own the end-to-end lifecycle of AI deployment for manufacturing clients, from scoping and integration to production hardening and handover.
Embed with customer operations and IT teams, serving as the main technical advisor and point of contact.
Integrate AI vision systems with OT/IT/cloud stacks, including OPC-UA/Modbus/PLCs, NVIDIA Jetson edge inference, ERP, and customer cloud platforms.
Build and iterate data pipelines and customer-side data flywheels, covering edge-to-cloud capture, model deployment, monitoring, and feedback loops.
Troubleshoot software, networking, and integration issues in live production environments.
Document architectures and configurations, producing formal handover artifacts for long-term support.
Train customer operators and engineers in both French and English to ensure successful adoption and operation of deployed systems.
Participate in pre-sales scoping calls and contribute field learnings to the product and engineering roadmap, helping shape reusable deployment patterns and internal tooling.
Support on-site data collection and annotation as needed.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Required Qualifications:
- 6+ years of experience combining production software engineering with industrial automation and/or applied AI
- Proven experience shipping and supporting production software systems deployed into customer infrastructure
- Production Python development experience with hands-on use of Linux, Docker, and Git in production environments
- Cloud deployment and operations experience with at least one major platform (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
- Hands-on experience with at least one of: OPC-UA/Modbus/PLC integration, NVIDIA Jetson (or equivalent) edge platforms, or GenICam/industrial vision systems
- Networking fundamentals for industrial deployments, including TCP/IP, VLANs, and firewalls
- Experience in a customer-facing engineering role as the primary technical contact for external stakeholders
- Professional working proficiency in English
Preferred Qualifications:
- Professional experience working in industrial automation or manufacturing environments involving OT/IT integration

Benefits

Comp & perks

**Why Join Us?**
- Be part of a fast-growing team creating transformative solutions for manufacturing.
- Work on cutting-edge AI and MLOps tools with real-world impact.
- Enjoy a collaborative and supportive work environment.
- Opportunities for professional growth and career advancement.

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Hard Skills & Tools

production software engineeringapplied AIPythonLinuxDockerGitcloud deploymentnetworking fundamentalsOPC-UAModbus

Soft Skills

technical advisorcustomer-facingtrainingcommunicationproblem-solving