Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (AI for Semiconductors)
ScrumAID
San Francisco, CA · Posted November 2, 2026
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About the job
An early-stage company that sells an AI agent platform to semiconductor makers needs a technically deep engineer to run customer deployments. You would troubleshoot a complex platform on live calls inside tightly controlled, air-gapped customer networks. Chip-design experience is not necessary, so this can be a way into the semiconductor industry.
Day to day
Take full ownership of one or two large enterprise customer engagements, from evaluation through rollout and expansion, each lasting several months
Diagnose problems live in a Python backend, React frontend and AI agents across Linux, containers, networking and file systems
Drive adoption by delivering training, logging and documenting issues, and confirming fixes reach the customer
Contribute to the core product between customer escalations and pass field insights to the roadmap
Make occasional trips to visit customers, both domestic and international
Qualifications
Experience carrying a technical customer rollout from kickoff to completion, whether as a forward deployed engineer, an early engineer or a founder
Deep Linux and Unix knowledge, including hands-on Podman or Docker setup, networking, NFS, symlinks and permissions
Strong Python and a knack for quickly learning a large codebase well enough to debug it
A computer science, electrical or computer engineering education (or a close relative) from a well-regarded school
On-site in the San Francisco Bay Area, five days a week. Visa transfers considered.