Deployed Engineer

Los Angeles. Posted 17 days ago

The role

This person will support the delivery, integration, and customer adoption of software-enabled non-bus products. They will serve as the primary technical software interface for customers and coordinate with internal engineering teams to resolve issues.

What you will do

Support delivery, integration, and customer adoption of software-enabled non-bus products
Serve as the primary technical software interface for customers
Provide day-to-day support across Apex vehicles and customer integration environments
Support flight software and ground software compatibility
Help customers bring Apex-provided tools online
Answer technical questions
Coordinate with internal engineering teams to resolve software and system-level issues
Work hands-on in lab or integration environments
Travel to customer sites
Help build processes, documentation, escalation paths, and operating models

Required qualifications

U.S. Person status is required
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, electrical engineering, aerospace engineering, or a related technical field
Strong software engineering background with experience building, debugging, integrating, or supporting software-enabled technical products
Experience troubleshooting complex technical systems in lab, integration, production, field, or customer environments
Ability to support software compatibility across flight software, ground software, test tools, and customer integration environments
Experience with Linux, Python, C/C++, networking, test automation, APIs, or similar technical tools
Ability to read, interpret, and support implementation of software Interface Control Documents, system diagrams, test procedures, and other technical documentation
Strong customer-facing communication skills
Comfortable operating in ambiguous, fast-moving environments
Willingness and ability to travel to customer sites as needed

Nice to have

Experience with aerospace, spacecraft, satellites, avionics, ground systems, EGSE, or mission operations
Experience supporting customer operation of virtual flatsats, bus emulators, EGSE test racks, or similar lab-based engineering systems
Experience supporting hardware/software integration, system test, or field deployment of technical products
Prior experience in a field applications engineering, solutions engineering, deployed engineering, systems engineering, or customer-facing technical role
Familiarity with spacecraft bus architectures, flight software, ground software, telemetry, command and control systems, or electrical ground support equipment
Experience resolving customer technical questions by coordinating clarifications with internal software, systems, avionics, or product engineering teams
Experience tracking changes, clarifications, and updates needed to software-related customer documentation
Interest in helping define and grow a new technical function from the ground up

Benefits

Equity in Apex
100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision for you and your dependents
$100k life insurance at no cost
Starting at 15 days vacation, growing to 20+ days annually
10 paid holidays
100% match on first 3% of 401(k), 50% match on next 2%
8 weeks paid parental leave
Childcare reimbursement up to $350/day for work-related travel
Daily catered lunch and unlimited snacks
Monthly office socials, pickleball tournaments, run club, and gatherings

Before you apply

U.S. Person status is required to access export controlled data
Must qualify as a U.S. Person or be able to obtain required export authorizations

About the company

Apex manufactures satellite buses at scale using software, vertical integration, and hardware. They are a fast-growing startup that has raised more than $500M in funding.