Forward Deployed Engineer, Applied AI

SE3 Labs builds spatial intelligence and autonomy software for unmanned systems. We combine 3D computer vision, state estimation and AI to help autonomous platforms perceive their surroundings, know where they are and operate when GPS and other sensors become unreliable. Defence is a core application of our work today.

As a Forward Deployed Applied AI Engineer at SE3 Labs, you’ll work at the intersection of software engineering, applied AI and customer delivery. You’ll collaborate directly with defence customers to understand their challenges, build LLM-powered solutions, and take ownership of projects from first requirements through to deployment. Our solutions are built to work in real operational environments, so you’ll also test and demonstrate them with customers in the field, not just at your desk.

What you'll do:

• Applied AI Development: Build, test and integrate applications in which LLMs and other AI technologies play a central role, to solve practical customer problems. Python is our main language, but we care about the right solution, not the language.
• Customer Discovery & Project Ownership: Work directly with customers to understand their workflows and to distinguish between what they ask for and what they actually need. Own your projects from scoping and realistic planning through development, testing and delivery.
• Field Testing & Troubleshooting: Test our solutions under realistic conditions, at our facilities in Erding but also at customer sites, training areas and exercises together with the armed forces.
• Customer Integrations: Develop and adapt our codebase to specific client requirements and integrate new functionality into existing systems, while keeping solutions maintainable and reusable for future customers.
• Demonstrations & Delivery: Prepare and run technical demonstrations, gather feedback and iterate. Make sure that what we build works in practice, not just in a demo.
• Relationship Building: Become a trusted technical point of contact for your customers. Identify emerging needs and potential follow-on projects.

Full details and application on the official SE3 Labs careers page.