Deployment Engineer (San Diego)

Key Responsibilities: The Advanced Forward Deployment Engineer works inside a customer's development program as software developer, systems engineer, and deployment lead in one role, and ships production code. This person independently determines and develops the approach to assigned deployment problems, diagnosing issues deep within the protocol stack (Layer 1 to Layer 3), modifying software, validating fixes, and delivering controlled releases during a customer's early development, integration, and regression cycles. This is a customer-facing software engineering role where you will embed directly within a customer environment to customize, integrate, and deploy technology into real-world production systems.

Act as a feedback loop to the core product and engineering teams, translating field problems into engineering requirements and defects for product management and R&D Qualifications Typically requires a Bachelor's or Master's degree (or equivalent) and 4-5 years of relevant software/systems engineering experience. Strong software-development experience across multiple software stacks Preferred expertise in at least one domain (PHY/L1, MAC/RLC/PDCP and L2, or RRC/NAS and L3), plus working knowledge of adjacent layers and end-to-end 4G, 5G, and 5G-Advanced system behavior Proficiency in C/C++ and Python (including API development), Linux, embedded or real-time software, and automated testing Experience debugging protocol interactions through logs, traces, packet captures, call flows, and timing analysis Familiarity with 3GPP specifications and the practical differences among standards compliance, interoperability, and implementation behavior Experience in design and test instrumentation and test emulation tools Ability to produce production-quality code that ships in a customer's build The judgment and customer presence to operate inside confidential development programs Excellent communication skills; able to explain technical trade-offs to both engineers and non-technical stakeholders Willingness to relocate or travel to a specific customer site as required by the assignment Travel Requirement: Up to 50% travel to local client sites. Occasional international travel may also be required.