Instrumental Inc. · 17 hours ago
Forward-Deployed Manufacturing Engineer
Houston, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Mid Level
$134K/yr - $147K/yr
3+ years expInstrumental Inc. is a technology company that utilizes AI to enhance electronics manufacturing processes for major brands. They are seeking a versatile Forward-Deployed Engineer to join their Customer Experience team, responsible for executing equipment deployments, training algorithms, and building relationships with customers in the manufacturing sector.
Consumer ElectronicsManufacturingSoftware
Responsibilities
Own a Mission and Deliver on It. In this role, you’ll travel to customer factory sites, primarily in North America, with a specific, company-critical mission. Common missions may include setting up and integrating physical equipment and accelerating customer “time to value” by hand-tuning Instrumental algorithms and software. You’ll have support from our global team, but you’ll be the engineer on the ground who will own mission success
Build Relationships with Customer and Factory Stakeholders. While onsite, you’ll endeavor to understand and build rapport with the various stakeholders who are critical to Instrumental’s success and pave the way for further adoption. You’ll leverage these relationships to complete your missions quickly and effectively. You’ll cement a strong technical and dependable reputation for yourself and Instrumental at large
Leverage Instrumental’s Software to Drive Value. You’ll quickly become an expert in Instrumental’s software and technology, including many non-customer-facing functionalities. This will enable you to quickly identify how to get the most performance out of the system – whether that’s by making a physical tweak in the real-world, adding training labels, or replicating customer tests. You’ll use your engineer’s understanding of how our customer derive value to rapidly achieve results
Qualification
Required
3+ years of professional experience in electronics manufacturing doing engineering or operations – either on the 'brand' or EMS side
Understanding of factory environments, processes, and politics
Ability to complete missions despite unforeseen or challenging circumstances
Excellent written and spoken English communication skills
Ideally, communication skills in Mandarin or Spanish
Willingness to travel frequently to customer factory sites, primarily in North America, with a travel ratio that may be as high as 80%
Benefits
Health
Vision
Dental
Public Transit/Commuter Plans
Parental Leave
Company
Instrumental Inc.
Instrumental was founded by ex-Apple product design engineers Anna-Katrina Shedletsky and Samuel Weiss with a mission to eliminate $8T in electronic manufacturing waste.
51-200 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$80.3MKey Investors
BAM ElevateCanaan Partners
2022-01-04Series C· $50M
2020-07-29Series B· $20M
2017-06-21Series A· $7.5M
Leadership Team
Anna-Katrina Shedletsky
CEO, Founder
Samuel Weiss
CTO, Founder
Recent News
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