- Raydar
- San Jose, CA
- Full-Time
- 6 days ago
- $150,000–$300,000 / year
Forward Deployed Software Engineer.
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Forward Deployed Software Engineer: our view in 3 lines...
- The Role:This role builds custom software tools that help hardware design and verification teams at client sites work more effectively.
- The Person:The person will build custom software tools with client engineering teams, own an assigned client account through to a working solution, link the product to client development, test and simulation setups, and travel frequently to client sites.
- Requirements:The ideal candidate has university-level training in an engineering or computer science discipline, fluency in hardware description languages, proficiency in Python, and experience with C++ performance modeling.
About the role
About the company
Our client is a fast-growing software company.
The role
Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Embed with external engineering teams to scope, build and deliver custom software tools for their work, drawing on a hardware design or verification background. The role owns an assigned account from first problem discussion through to a working solution in the client's hands.
What you'll do
- Spend time at client facilities, or close by, working inside their design and verification groups to create new tools together.
- Take full responsibility for a designated client, from the first scoping conversation to a deliverable they actively use.
- Coordinate with internal research staff, subject specialists and client sponsors to convert on-site challenges into released features.
- Build software links between the product and the client's development, test and simulation setups.
- Travel frequently to client sites.
Requirements
What we're looking for
- University-level training in an engineering or computer science discipline.
- Practical background in circuit design or verification work at an electronics firm.
- Programming work done inside a hardware-focused firm.
- Fluency in hardware description languages and familiarity with simulation-based checking and fault diagnosis.
- Proficiency in Python, plus experience shipping low-level compiled programs that run inside client environments.
- Background in making heavy computational or learning-driven software run faster and leaner.
- Hands-on experience using AI agent tools in daily engineering work.
- Skill in engaging client technical staff and leadership to pin down needs and speak for the employer.
Bonus points
- Exposure to formal methods, industry-standard verification frameworks or licensed design software.
- Experience customizing AI agents.
- Prior field, solutions or applications engineering experience in the hardware industry.
- Skill writing automation scripts that streamline engineering workflows.
- Know-how provisioning protected client systems and controlled data connections.
- Experience in numerical or scientific computing, or with C++ performance modeling.
Benefits
Compensation and benefits
- Base salary: $150K to $300K per year
- Equity
- Flexible time off
- Medical, dental and vision coverage
- Retirement plan
Location and work model
- San Jose, California, United States
- On-site, 5 days in-office
- Full-time