We are looking for a Forward Deployed Engineer with 5–7 years of experience to embed directly with U.S. military and government customers and own the technical success of Swarm Aero's C2 systems in live operational environments. You'll be equal parts software engineer and field operator — writing production code, debugging distributed systems under pressure, and deploying software in high-stakes contexts most engineers never touch.
What will you be doing?
Deploying and integrating C2 software on-site with military operators across domestic and international locations (50–75% travel to coastal/water-adjacent sites)
Break-fix troubleshooting and rapid code development in the field — gathering requirements directly from uniformed operators and shipping solutions same-day
Working hand-in-hand with drone operators, potentially flying assets in the air, water, or on land during live missions
Feeding hard-won field insights back to the core engineering team to improve the product
Operating autonomously in ambiguous, resource-constrained environments — sometimes hooking up hardware, sometimes cranking out code, sometimes doing technician work
Swarm Aero is redefining air power, building the largest swarming UAV and the most versatile swarming aircraft network in the world. The company is moving quickly to launch the first aircraft designed specifically for swarming, as well as the Command & Control software to mobilize swarms of thousands of heterogeneous autonomous assets and empower human operators to achieve superhuman results.
The team has created and exited multiple startups, negotiated defense deals worth billions of dollars, and designed and built 30+ novel aircraft, with aerospace experience from Scaled Composites, Airbus, Archer Aviation, Blue Origin, and Boom Supersonic.