Forward Deployed Engineer

P-1 AI

Lead customer deployments integrating AI solutions into engineering workflows for P-1 AI. Work directly with clients to ensure project success through innovative engineering applications.

Posted 6/30/2026full-timeSan Mateo • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $170,000 - $220,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Python

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Work with customers over the entire Archie product lifecycle: Lead discovery sessions, translate engineering challenges into AI use cases, design how Archie integrates into each workflow, and provide post-deployment support to ensure customer success.
Design, implement, and refine customer integrations: Connect Archie to engineering data sources and tools, iterate until it delivers measurable value.
Fine-tune and evaluate AI systems in production environments: Identify, collect, and prepare customer data to fine-tune models. Source evaluation criteria and questions from customer sessions to validate improved engineering capability.
Collaborate with engineering teams: Work closely with subject matter experts and AI specialists to develop novel AI systems capable of executing critical customer engineering tasks.
Diagnose and resolve critical issues in live deployments: Drive root-cause analysis and implement durable improvements across the organization.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Experience shipping data-driven or AI systems to production (Python experience strongly preferred)
A physical engineering background (automotive, aerospace, electrical, mechanical, etc.)
Can rapidly build integrations between disparate customer systems
Comfortable working directly with customers and technical leaders
Have integrated or extended AI systems. Bonus points for engineering or scientific domains!
Delivered solutions in secure enterprise environments
Handled live production troubleshooting and customer incident response

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive salary
Meaningful equity ownership
Healthcare
Dental
Vision
401(k) match
Unlimited PTO

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Hard Skills & Tools

AI SystemsData IntegrationRoot-Cause AnalysisModel Fine-TuningEngineering Data Sources

Soft Skills

CollaborationCustomer CommunicationProblem-Solving