Forward Deployed Engineer, Applied AI

About the Position

Join SE3 Labs as Forward Deployed Engineer, Applied AI

Help bring applied AI into the real world by building Python and LLM-powered solutions for defence customers, owning client relationships and turning real operational needs into software that works.

About SE3

SE3 Labs builds spatial intelligence and autonomy software for unmanned systems. We combine 3D computer vision, state estimation and AI to help autonomous platforms perceive their surroundings, know where they are and operate when GPS and other sensors become unreliable. Defence is a core application of our work today.

We are growing to a team of 100+ people. Join at a stage where you can shape our Forward Deployed team, help build the team and grow your responsibilities as the company expands.

Our founding team’s research has received more than 90,000 citations. You will work closely with technical founders and engineers with deep experience in computer vision and autonomous systems, turning that research depth into systems that work in the field.

Responsibilities

• Applied AI Development: Build, test and integrate applications in which LLMs and other AI technologies play a central role, to solve practical customer problems. Python is our main language, but we care about the right solution, not the language. Turn emerging capabilities into usable software that can be deployed in real operational environments.
• Customer Discovery & Project Ownership: Work directly with customers to understand their workflows and to distinguish between what they ask for and what they actually need. Own your projects from scoping and realistic planning through development, testing and delivery. Coordinate with the Forward Deployed Team, handle changing requirements and keep customers informed.
• Field Testing & Troubleshooting: Test our solutions under realistic conditions, at our facilities in Erding but also at customer sites, training areas and exercises together with the armed forces. Observe how users actually work with the software, investigate issues on the spot and adapt quickly, so that you can show something better the next day.
• Customer Integrations: Develop and adapt our codebase to specific client requirements and integrate new functionality into existing systems, while keeping solutions maintainable and reusable for future customers.
• Demonstrations & Delivery: Prepare and run technical demonstrations, gather feedback and iterate. Make sure that what we build works in practice, not just in a demo.
• Relationship Building: Become a trusted technical point of contact for your customers. Identify emerging needs and potential follow-on projects.

Requirements

• Experience in a client-facing technical role, such as technical consulting, professional services, applied AI engineering or software implementation.
• Comfortable discussing requirements, explaining technical decisions and working directly with customers.
• Strong software development skills and a solid grasp of software architecture.
• Fluent or professional level in German.
• Ability to think on your feet, adapt when requirements change and work through unfamiliar technical or operational challenges.
• Curiosity about how customers operate and ability to translate ambiguous problems into practical solutions.
• Interest in working in defence and applying AI to real operational challenges.
• Enjoyment of hands-on development and presenting demos or discussing problems with customers.
• Comfortable working on-site in Munich and travelling regularly, primarily within Germany.

Nice to Have

• Defence Experience: Previously worked with defence or military customers.
• Applied AI & LLMs: Built and delivered LLM-powered applications or integrated AI capabilities into production software.
• Customer Relationship Development: Grown existing customer relationships and identified new opportunities.
• End-to-End Solution Delivery: Taken a solution from an ambiguous customer problem through scoping, implementation, demonstration and deployment.

We Offer

• Real Ownership: Participate in SE3’s growth through our employee participation programme.
• Work Environment to Excel at: High-quality and modern toolset, flat hierarchy and a skilled, driven team.
• AI-boosted workplace: Empowered with best-in-class AI tools and agents.
• 31 Paid Days Off: 30 vacation days plus your birthday off.
• Well-being Access: Free membership to gyms, yoga, and wellness through EGYM Wellpass.
• Team Offsites: 2 company retreats per year.
• Mentorship: Work closely with experienced engineers and get paired with a professional mentor.

About the Company

SE3 Labs builds spatial intelligence and autonomy software for unmanned systems. We combine 3D computer vision, state estimation and AI to help autonomous platforms perceive their surroundings, know where they are and operate when GPS and other sensors become unreliable. Defence is a core application of our work today.