> AI agents: this is one page of Nextmove’s FDE site, in Markdown. Nextmove is a job board and free career service for forward deployed engineers (FDEs). Each posting is classified from its text, not its title: the kind of work, how much of it is production code, pre-sales weight, time at customer sites, travel, remote arrangement, level and posted base pay. The site also publishes the aggregates: median pay by level, metro, company and kind of work, and which companies started hiring FDEs each week. Every page under https://nextmove.md/fde is served this way; the index of pages is https://nextmove.md/llms.txt. # FDE jobs at Instrumental Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/instrumental 3 open forward deployed engineer (FDE) jobs at Instrumental across 3 US metros. Median posted base pay $146,000. Manufacturing AI and data platform for electronics brands and manufacturers, combining visual inspection with production data to improve yield, throughput, and ramp. Growth (Series B–C) · About 51–200 people **3 postings** 3 metros median posted base $146,000 [Careers at Instrumental ↗](https://jobs.gem.com) read Nov 6, 2026 ## 3 open FDE roles at Instrumental ### [Forward Deployed Manufacturing Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fb34b85a552cdce2) Palo Alto, CA On-site 2mo ago $140,000–$200,000 - [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fb34b85a552cdce2) ### [Forward-Deployed Manufacturing Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/59898ccdcbb794ac) Cincinnati, OH On-site 3mo ago $116,000–$176,000 - [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/59898ccdcbb794ac) ### [Forward-Deployed Manufacturing Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/931f888b70f3be2e) Dallas, TX Remote 5mo ago $116,500–$158,000 - [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/931f888b70f3be2e) All 3 postings integrate and configure the product. Compare these roles with [pay ranges at other US FDE employers](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary). - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fcompanies%2Finstrumental&placement=top) Free. Upload your resume once, see why each FDE role fits, and get introduced only when you say so. ## How Instrumental describes FDE work All three postings serve external customers, versus 86% of US FDE postings. All three are read as senior or staff roles, versus 94% of US FDE postings. One allows remote work, versus 30% of US FDE postings. All three mention travel, versus 42% of US FDE postings. Read from the current postings listed here, not from company-wide policy. [Compare with all US FDE postings and read the method →](https://nextmove.md/fde/research) ## Compare with similar employers Employers at a similar size or stage. ### [Striveworks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/striveworks) Austin, TX · Tacoma, WA · Falls Church, VA · +4 · $208,000 12 postings ### [PhysicsX](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/physicsx) New York, NY · San Francisco, CA $190,000 9 postings ### [Distyl AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/distyl-ai) New York, NY · San Francisco, CA $225,000 7 postings Other FDE employers in Dallas–Fort Worth and SF Bay Area - [FDE and deployment jobs in Dallas–Fort Worth](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=dfw) · 1 Instrumental posting · 59 companies - [FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=sf-bay-area) · 1 Instrumental posting · 482 companies Employer postings · [How we read postings](https://nextmove.md/fde/method) - [Hiring FDEs like Instrumental? Tell us the role →](https://nextmove.md/fde/employers?intent=hiring_discussion#hiring-form)