Lead Field Engineer

Job description

**Lead Field Engineer** **ABOUT THE JOB** **Company Intro:** TurbineOne is a fast-moving and high-performance startup with a mission to strengthen situational awareness for all Americans serving at our nation’s frontlines - and we are backed by the best DefenseTech venture capitalists. Our Frontline Perception System is an edge-first software platform that allows anyone, even with no technical knowledge, to build and use machine learning models within a comms-contested tactical environment. This role serves as a technical and operational leader for field integrations, helping shape how TurbineOne deploys, scales, and supports FPS in operational environments. The Field Integration Engineer plays a key role in organizing integration efforts, implementing tooling and workflows, and enabling field teams and customers to execute reliably and repeatedly. **Job Title:** *Lead* *Field Engineer* - Reporting to: Engineering Operations Manager - Location:Geographically flexible for home-office with frequent travel required **Primary Responsibilities:** - Serve as a technical lead for field integration efforts, helping define and standardize how FPS is deployed, integrated, and supported across customer environments. - Assist in the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of field engineering tooling, scripts, and integration workflows. - Identify gaps in integration processes and help implement scalable solutions that improve repeatability, reliability, and deployment speed. - Partner with engineering, product, and customer success teams to translate field requirements into actionable implementation patterns and tooling. - Support the operational readiness of field personnel by developing documentation, deployment guides, and integration playbooks. - Conduct on-site assessments to evaluate customer infrastructure and inform integration strategies and tooling needs. - Develop and maintain integration plans, timelines, and technical documentation that guide execution across engagements. - Provide hands-on technical support during deployments, serving as an escalation point for complex integration challenges. - Gather and synthesize field feedback to inform improvements to FPS capabilities, integration approaches, and internal tooling. - Help ensure successful deployments by proactively identifying risks and assisting in resolution of integration issues. **On a Typical Day You Would:** - Build, provision, and configure FPS deployments using standardized tooling and repeatable workflows. - Collaborate with customers and internal teams to align integration requirements with established implementation approaches. - Design, document, and refine integration processes that can be reused across similar customer environments. - Develop or improve scripts (JavaScript, Python, Go, Bash) that enable data routing, automation, and integration reliability. - Deploy and configure FPS on-site or remotely, validating integration performance and stability. - Support and enable field-facing personnel and customers through documentation, training materials, and technical guidance. - Provide technical input into improving field tooling, deployment automation, and integration diagnostics. - Troubleshoot complex integration issues and contribute lessons learned back into process and tooling improvements. **Desired Experience and Attributes:** - Demonstrated ability to lead technical execution and implementation. - Experience designing or improving operational processes, tooling, or workflows in field or production environments. - Strong systems-thinking mindset with an interest in making complex integrations repeatable and scalable. - Ability to collaborate across teams and influence technical direction through expertise and execution. - Comfort operating as a technical owner in ambiguous, fast-moving environments. **Eligibility:** - Must be eligible to obtain a clearance with the U.S. government.