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Forward Deployed Engineer, Applied AI

Se3
Contract type
Ongoing
Work mode
On-site · Munich, Germany · Erding, Germany
Experience
3 years

Job description

A Forward Deployed Applied AI Engineer at SE3 Labs who builds Python and LLM-powered solutions for defence customers, working directly with clients from requirements through field deployment. The role combines hands-on software engineering, applied AI and customer delivery.

At a glance

Employment
Full-time · Employee (employment agreement)
Work mode
On-site · Munich, Germany · Erding, Germany
Languages
German – fluent, English

What you'll do

  • Build, test and integrate applications in which LLMs and other AI technologies play a central role, to solve practical customer problems
  • Turn emerging capabilities into usable software that can be deployed in real operational environments
  • Work directly with customers to understand their workflows and distinguish between what they ask for and what they actually need
  • Own projects from scoping and realistic planning through development, testing and delivery
  • Coordinate with the Forward Deployed Team, handle changing requirements and keep customers informed
  • Test solutions under realistic conditions at facilities in Erding and at customer sites, training areas and exercises together with the armed forces
  • Observe how users actually work with the software, investigate issues on the spot and adapt quickly
  • Develop and adapt the codebase to specific client requirements and integrate new functionality into existing systems while keeping solutions maintainable and reusable
  • Prepare and run technical demonstrations, gather feedback and iterate
  • Become a trusted technical point of contact for customers and identify emerging needs and potential follow-on projects

What we're looking for

  • Experience in a client-facing technical role, such as technical consulting, professional services, applied AI engineering or software implementation
  • Comfortable discussing requirements, explaining technical decisions and working directly with customers
  • Take ownership of problems and follow them through from understanding customer needs to delivering a working solution
  • Strong software development skills and a solid grasp of software architecture
  • Can write, debug and improve code yourself rather than relying solely on high-level AI tools or prototypes
  • Speak German at a fluent or professional level and confidently work with customers in German-speaking environments
  • Think on your feet, adapt when requirements change and work through unfamiliar technical or operational challenges
  • Curious about how customers operate and able to translate ambiguous problems into practical solutions
  • Want to work in defence and apply AI to real operational challenges, and excited to join exercises and field tests with customers
  • Enjoy hands-on development but equally comfortable presenting a demo or discussing a problem with a customer
  • Comfortable working on-site in Munich and travelling regularly, primarily within Germany

Nice to have

  • Previously worked with defence or military customers and understand their operational environments, procurement processes or ways of working
  • Built and delivered LLM-powered applications or integrated AI capabilities into production software, ideally in response to specific customer needs
  • Grown existing customer relationships, identified new opportunities and helped turn initial projects into longer-term partnerships
  • Taken a solution from an ambiguous customer problem through scoping, implementation, demonstration and deployment, adapting the approach as you learn more

Your team

Forward Deployed Team

A team you can help shape and build as the company grows

Benefits

  • Employee participation programme
  • High-quality and modern toolset, flat hierarchy and a skilled, driven team
  • Best-in-class AI tools and agents with unlimited access to the latest advancements
  • 31 paid days off: 30 vacation days plus your birthday off
  • Free membership to gyms, yoga, and wellness through EGYM Wellpass
  • 2 company retreats per year (last ones in Italy and Greece)
  • Mentorship: work closely with experienced engineers and get paired with a professional mentor

How to get hired

  1. 1Intro Call (30 min)
  2. 2Hiring Manager Interview (45 min)
  3. 3Coding Exercise
  4. 4Technical Interview / Case Study (1 hr)
  5. 5Team Lunch / Dinner

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About SE3 Labs

Spatial intelligence and autonomy software for unmanned systems

SE3 Labs builds spatial intelligence and autonomy software for unmanned systems, combining 3D computer vision, state estimation and AI. Defence is a core application of their work today.

Mission

Help autonomous platforms perceive their surroundings, know where they are and operate when GPS and other sensors become unreliable.

Key facts

  • growing to a team of 100+ people
  • Spatial intelligence and autonomy software for unmanned systems
  • Founding team's research has received more than 90,000 citations
  • Combines 3D computer vision, state estimation and AI
  • Defence is a core application of their work today