Regional Director, Forward Deployed Engineering - Public Sector
Cursor · Washington, D.C.
About this role
## About SpaceX SpaceX was founded on the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is more exciting than one where we are not. Today, SpaceX is developing the technologies to make this possible—ultimately aiming to make life multiplanetary and expand consciousness to the stars. SpaceXSI is building Super Intelligence to help humanity understand the universe. Our teams build the full Super Intelligence stack—from Colossus supercomputers and Grok models to a suite of applications including Grok Bot, Grok Build, Grok Imagine, Grok Voice, and X. ## About the Role Our **Forward Deployed Engineers (FDEs)** don’t advise from the sidelines. They embed with customer teams, build production-grade AI coding workflows alongside them, and leave behind habits that keep paying off after the engagement ends. As **Regional Director, Forward Deployed Engineering – Public Sector**, you will: - Lead and scale the FDE team across SpaceXSI’s most important public sector customers - Own engagements from **technical discovery through delivery** - Build the **partner track** that extends this work through **GSIs and consulting firms** **Success is measured by what’s different in a customer’s organization at day 30**, not just what was shipped. ## Responsibilities - **Build and lead** a team of FDEs in your region: hire, set clear technical performance standards and career paths, and coach the team on scoping and delivery - **Own scoping** for PubSec FDE projects: run discovery and architecture reviews, surface integration/infrastructure constraints, and turn ambiguous problems into time-boxed proposals with clear ROI for six- and seven-figure engagements - Maintain a **high delivery quality bar**: tight scoping, milestone tracking, technical standards, and clean handoffs to customer engineering teams - Serve as **executive technical sponsor** and primary customer point of contact for top-priority engagements, owning delivery and the relationship from IC engineers to the C-suite (and stepping in directly when stakes are highest) - Create a **product feedback loop** with Product and Engineering to drive roadmap decisions, and turn what works into reusable solutions and product surface areas for all customers - Contribute to the launch and scaling of the **Public Sector partner FDE track**: train and enable GSI/consulting partners and hold them to the same quality bar as the in-house team ## Basic Qualifications - Experience directly managing a team of engineers who build and ship production software - Professional software development experience in **Python, JavaScript, or TypeScript** - Experience building and deploying **AI-powered workflows** in production environments ## Preferred Skills and Experience - **U.S. citizenship required** - Active security clearance (**Public Trust, Secret, Top Secret, or TS/SCI**) or ability to obtain one - Leadership experience in forward deployed engineering, data science, machine learning engineering, or software engineering - Experience debugging model failures in production AI systems - Experience scoping six- and seven-figure technical engagements with Sales and presenting to C-suite and engineering leadership - Experience enabling **GSI or consulting partners** to deliver technical engagements
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