Forward Deployed Software Engineer (San Francisco, CA)

The Company

Revel is revolutionizing how the world’s most critical hardware is controlled across aerospace, automotive, energy, and manufacturing. Their next-generation software stack combines an intuitive command/control interface, a specialized programming language built for hardware control, and a high-performance runtime environment — empowering engineers to build, test, and deploy critical systems rapidly, reliably, and safely.

Note: The description below is for a Software-focused FDE; we are also hiring a customer-facing test engineer under Revel's Forward Deployed team, titled Forward Deployed Test Engineer. This application serves both roles.

Why This Role is Exciting

• Most embedded role in the company: You'll be Revel's front line with customers — on-site, integrating the platform with their hardware, and writing code alongside their engineering teams.

• Direct product influence: What you learn in the field feeds straight into the product roadmap — this isn't a support role, it's a technical seat at the strategy table.

• Mission-critical impact: Your work connects Revel to systems running across aerospace, automotive, energy, and manufacturing.

• High ownership: You own deployments end-to-end and grow your own portfolio of deep technical customer relationships.

Responsibilities

• Write production-quality code and build custom dashboards alongside customer engineering teams

• Own end-to-end deployment of Revel at customer sites — connecting to test stands, sensors, actuators, and existing infrastructure

• Build and grow deep technical relationships with your customer portfolio, understanding their hardware, product goals, and expanding the Revel partnership over time

• Translate field learnings into product feedback with the Head of Product

• Partner with internal software engineering teams to implement improvements from customer engagements

• Travel 30–50% to customer sites, primarily California with broader domestic and international travel

Is This You?

• 5+ years of post-college engineering experience; CS background preferred

• Proficiency in C, C++, or Python; Rust is a strong plus

• High-level system design understanding — how software, firmware, and hardware interact end-to-end

• Comfort operating in hardware environments and communicating with hardware engineers as peers

• Strong communicator who builds lasting trust with customer engineering teams and technical stakeholders

• Comfortable troubleshooting complex problems quickly and confidently in real-world, ambiguous field environments