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# Forward Deployed Engineer

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Knightscope posts a FDE role to integrate and configure the product in Sunnyvale, CA, at $130,000–$170,000 base, below the senior FDE median of $190,000 across 1,864 postings with pay. This forward deployed engineer owns client-site deployment of autonomous security machines and sensing infrastructure, from site surveys and technical scoping through integration and field troubleshooting. Read from the employer’s posting on November 8, 2026.

- [Knightscope](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/knightscope)

First seen Oct 23, 2026 · open on BambooHR as of Nov 8, 2026

**$130,000–$170,000** *annualized* Sunnyvale, CA On-site Full-time

This forward deployed engineer owns client-site deployment of autonomous security machines and sensing infrastructure, from site surveys and technical scoping through integration and field troubleshooting.

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## At a glance

### Posted base pay

$130K–$170K Below the median

Midpoint $150K · median $190K

This job $130K to $170K. Senior FDE postings, 1,864 postings: the middle 50% of posted pay is $160K to $220K, median $190K.

### The work

Integrates and configures it

Balance **Mostly building**

Project stages

1. Pre-sales
2. Proof of concept
3. Implementation
4. Operations

Travel **Required, amount not stated**

- **Coding**: Configuration only

- **Builds for**: External customers

- **Level**: Senior

- **Role**: Individual contributor

### What they ask for

Experience

- **10+ years** Sales engineer or technical architect role

Background

- **Solutions and customer engineering**

### Do you meet what the posting states?

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## Conditions

- **Location**: Sunnyvale, CA

- **Work arrangement**: On-site

- **Employment type**: Full-time

- **Travel**: Travel required, amount not stated

- **Pay**:

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## The job description from Knightscope

About Knightscope

Knightscope (NASDAQ: KSCP) is a security technology company building the nation's first Autonomous Security Force — autonomous machines, AI-driven software, and elite security professionals operating as one integrated managed service. The Company is on a mission to make the United States of America the safest country in the world. One Team. One Force.

Job Summary

The Forward Deployed Engineer is the technical operator embedded at client sites and inside the deal - surveying terrain, engineering deployments, integrating with client systems, and making autonomous security work in the real world. You own problems end to end across hardware, software, and networking, and drive field learnings back into engineering.

Location: ONSITE - Sunnyvale, CA HQ

About the Role

The Forward Deployed Engineer works with the Mission Advisor and the client where the Force meets the ground. You are the technical operator embedded at the client site and inside the deal - surveying the terrain, engineering the deployment, integrating with the client’s systems, and making autonomous security work in the real world, not on a slide. When something breaks at the seam between hardware, software, network, and client environment, you own it until it is fixed - and you carry what you learned back to engineering so the Force gets better every autonomous hour.

Key Responsibilities

- Conduct site surveys and deployment engineering for autonomous machines and sensing infrastructure - coverage, connectivity, power, terrain, and escalation paths.
- Commission, configure, and integrate Knightscope technology in client environments - networks, video management systems, access control, and security operations workflows.
- Partner with Mission Advisors during the sales cycle: technical scoping, site architecture, and proving the deployment works before the client signs.
- Troubleshoot in the field across hardware, software, and networking - own the problem end to end, no handoffs.
- Close the loop: document field learnings and drive them back into engineering, product, and operations so every deployment is better than the last.
- Represent Knightscope on the client’s property, in the client’s view - held to the same standard as any member of the Force.

Required Qualifications

- 10+ years in sales engineer or technical architect role
- Engineering degree or equivalent hands-on experience - electrical, computer, mechanical, mechatronics, robotics, or field systems engineering.
- Strong networking fundamentals: LTE/5G, Wi-Fi, VPN, and the patience to debug connectivity in a parking garage at 2 a.m.
- Comfort working hardware and software in the same day - scripting, log analysis, diagnostics, and a toolbag.
- Client-facing composure: you explain technical reality in plain language and bring answers, not problems.
- Willingness to travel extensively to client sites nationwide. Based in the United States.
- Preferred: robotics or autonomous systems deployment; physical security systems (VMS, access control, sensors); field service or deployment leadership; experience supporting government or regulated environments.

Compensation & Benefits

- Base Salary: $130,000 – $170,000 (DOE)
- Equity: Stock options
- Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, 401(k), paid time off
- Location Requirement: Full-time, field-based with extensive nationwide travel; anchored to Sunnyvale HQ.

### Pay range

$130,000 – $170,000 (DOE)

[View posting at Knightscope](https://knightscope.bamboohr.com/careers/173)

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