$140,000–$220,000
FDE and deployment jobs on-site with ongoing operations
646 postings · 367 companies · 432 state pay: median $200,000, half $163,000–$238,000
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$130,000–$200,000
Member of Technical Staff, Forward Deployed
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1On-site
$140,000–$260,000
$120,000–$200,000
$190,000–$210,000
$170,000–$250,000
Pay not posted
$220,000–$240,000
$175,000–$240,000 · OTE
Pay not posted
$140,000–$200,000
$135,000–$200,000
Pay not posted
$180,000–$400,000
$160,000–$300,000
$100,000–$200,000
$135,000–$200,000
$170,000–$280,000
$125,000–$200,000
$135,000–$200,000
$135,000–$200,000
$110,000–$145,000
Internship: Forward Deployed Engineer, Test
Los Angeles, CA · San Francisco, CALos Angeles, CA +1On-site
Pay not posted
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$83,200–$124,800
Pay not posted
$159,000–$184,000
$138,000–$160,000
$120,000
$170,000–$275,000
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$138,000–$160,000
$120,000
$120,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$135,000–$200,000
$135,000–$145,000
357 of 646 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs on-site with ongoing operations pay?
432 of 646 postings state a pay range. The median is $200,000, and half of them sit between $163,000 and $238,000, from 239 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs on-site with ongoing operations require?
Of 646 postings, 309 state a minimum number of years, from 214 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 176 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (67), 6 to 9 years (54) or 10 or more years (12).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs on-site with ongoing operations?
These 646 postings come from 367 companies. The employers with the most postings are Palantir (38), Sierra (17), Agile Defense (14), Decagon (11) and CGS Federal (Contact Government Services) (8).
Are FDE and deployment jobs on-site with ongoing operations remote?
0 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 646 are on-site. Travel is mentioned in 243 of the 646 postings.
Counted over the 646 postings in this search. Postings read on November 6, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
Employer postings · Coding scope, project stages and who the work serves are our reading of each job description. · How we read postings