Forward Deployed Engineer, Hardware

About Revel

At Revel, we are revolutionizing the way the world’s most critical hardware is controlled—across aerospace, automotive, energy, and manufacturing sectors. Our next-generation software stack combines an intuitive command/control interface, a specialized programming language tailored for hardware control, and a high-performance runtime environment. We empower engineers to build, test, and deploy critical systems rapidly, reliably, and safely.

The Role

Revel · Hardware Track · Los Angeles, San Francisco, London (Travel 30–50%)

Forward Deployed Engineers are Revel’s most embedded technical presence with customers. You’ll be the person who makes Revel real—showing up at customer sites, getting our software running on their hardware, writing code alongside their teams, and building the kind of deep technical partnerships that make customers successful long-term. You’ll work directly on the hardware that powers critical missions across aerospace, automotive, energy, and manufacturing—driving significant impact for the industries that depend on Revel. What you learn in the field comes back to directly shape our product roadmap.

This is not a support role. It’s a highly technical, high-ownership position at the intersection of software engineering and business strategy.

What You’ll Do

• 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 by understanding their hardware, product goals, and expanding the Revel partnership over time

• This person will be embedded with customer engineering teams onsite and responsible for writing RevelCode, building dashboards, delivering training, and connecting customers to the right Revel resources

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

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

What We’re Looking For

• What matters is strong technical depth, the ability to problem-solve quickly on your feet in unpredictable field environments, and the trust you build with engineering teams.

• 5+ years of post-college engineering experience; ME, EE or Physics background preferred

• Hands-on experience in test engineering, embedded systems, robotics, aerospace, automotive, or similar hardware domains

• Proficiency in C, C++, or Python

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

• 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

• Willingness to travel and work hands-on with cutting-edge hardware teams

• US citizen, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee (ITAR requirement)

Bonus Points

• Experience with DAQ systems, PLCs, control systems, NI software suite, TwinCAT, or CodeSys

• Proficiency in Rust or other systems programming languages

• Prior FDE, field engineering, or applications engineering experience

• Startup experience and passion for aerospace, advanced manufacturing, or robotics

Why Revel

• Work on hardware that matters—your customers build aerospace systems, advanced manufacturing lines, and critical infrastructure

• Real ownership—your field work shapes the product roadmap

• Competitive salary, substantial equity, and fast personal growth in a deeply technical career

• Small, ambitious team where your impact is immediate and visible

Join us to redefine what’s possible in software for hardware.

ITAR Requirements To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here .