Forward Deployed Software Engineer

🔥 13 minutes ago

🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🧑‍💻 Full-stack Engineer

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UFORCE

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501 - 1000 employees

🎖️ Defense

🔧 Hardware

🚀 Aerospace

🔥 Funding within the last year

💰 $50M Seed Round on 2026-03

Defense • Hardware • Aerospace

UFORCE is a developer and supplier of combat‑proven unmanned systems and integrated command-and-control/autonomy solutions for air, land, and sea operations. Their platforms are presented as battle-tested in Ukraine with thousands of combat missions and validated operational performance; the company emphasizes rapid iteration, sovereign production, and lower-cost deterrence compared with traditional military platforms. Offerings referenced include unmanned air (UAV), land, and sea platforms, C2/autonomy, intercept capabilities, and remote weapon station (RWS) integrations.

📋 Description

• Deploy, configure, and support UFORCE systems during trials, demonstrations, training, and customer activity • Manage deployment software baselines, versions, configuration control, release notes, validation checks, rollback, and recovery procedures • Diagnose faults across software, hardware, networks, communications, power, sensors, configuration, operators, and environmental causes • Read logs, reproduce issues, test hypotheses, capture evidence, and provide actionable context to Engineering • Write scripts and small tools to automate checks, validate configuration, parse logs, and reduce manual field work • Prepare equipment, cabling, compute setups, spares, tools, checklists, and documentation for field activity • Support system setup and compute swaps and improve deployment preparation • Translate field observations into feedback for Software, Product, Operations, and Engineering • Support operators and customers during demonstrations and training and explain technical issues to specialist and non-specialist audiences • Improve software readiness through observability, release discipline, documentation, and knowledge transfer

🎯 Requirements

• Strong software engineering ability as the primary discipline • Skills in Python and/or C++ for debugging, log analysis, and system maintenance • Ability to read, write, and debug code and scripts • Comfortable with version control, APIs, services, and logs • Experience deploying and configuring Linux-based software systems, including package management, services, containers, updates, rollbacks, and repeatable deployment methods • Practical field troubleshooting experience in deployed or operational settings, such as military or global operations, motorsport, field engineering, remote production, customer sites, maritime, robotics, aerospace, or automotive environments • Working knowledge of TCP/IP, VLANs, routing, VPNs, DNS, DHCP, firewalls, and software/connectivity/sensor/data-link fault diagnosis • Operational discipline, including thorough preparation, checklist use, risk management, sensible escalation, and composure under pressure • Clear technical communication and structured, unambiguous reporting • Ability to work with a small, multidisciplinary team during extended deployments • Willingness to travel regularly and support field activity • Nice to have: experience with robotics, uncrewed systems, autonomy or mission software, sensors, telemetry, operator interfaces, or defence trials • Nice to have: experience deploying software to edge compute or disconnected environments, including containers, orchestration, CI/CD, infrastructure automation, observability, and controlled updates • Nice to have: familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Ansible, or Terraform • Nice to have: experience representing a technical team in customer demonstrations, trials, training, or deployments • Nice to have: experience in security-sensitive or controlled environments

🏖️ Benefits

• Regular travel to field sites and customer locations locally and internationally • Remote-based role • Opportunity to work with engineers, operators, and customers during trials, demonstrations, training, and deployments

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