The Company
Revel is revolutionizing how the world’s most critical hardware is controlled across aerospace, automotive, energy, and manufacturing. Their next-generation software stack combines an intuitive command/control interface, a specialized programming language built for hardware control, and a high-performance runtime environment — empowering engineers to build, test, and deploy critical systems rapidly, reliably, and safely.
Note: The description below is for a Software-focused FDE; we are also hiring a customer-facing test engineer under Revel's Forward Deployed team, titled Forward Deployed Test Engineer. This application serves both roles.
Why This Role is Exciting
- Most embedded role in the company: You'll be Revel's front line with customers — on-site, integrating the platform with their hardware, and writing code alongside their engineering teams.
- Direct product influence: What you learn in the field feeds straight into the product roadmap — this isn't a support role, it's a technical seat at the strategy table.
- Mission-critical impact: Your work connects Revel to systems running across aerospace, automotive, energy, and manufacturing.
- High ownership: You own deployments end-to-end and grow your own portfolio of deep technical customer relationships.
Responsibilities
- Write production-quality code and build custom dashboards alongside customer engineering teams
- Own end-to-end deployment of Revel at customer sites — connecting to test stands, sensors, actuators, and existing infrastructure
- Build and grow deep technical relationships with your customer portfolio, understanding their hardware, product goals, and expanding the Revel partnership over time
- Translate field learnings into product feedback with the Head of Product
- Partner with internal software engineering teams to implement improvements from customer engagements
- Travel 30–50% to customer sites, primarily California with broader domestic and international travel
Is This You?
- 5+ years of post-college engineering experience; CS background preferred
- Proficiency in C, C++, or Python; Rust is a strong plus
- High-level system design understanding — how software, firmware, and hardware interact end-to-end
- Comfort operating in hardware environments and communicating with hardware engineers as peers
- Strong communicator who builds lasting trust with customer engineering teams and technical stakeholders
- Comfortable troubleshooting complex problems quickly and confidently in real-world, ambiguous field environments
- Willingness to travel and work hands-on with cutting-edge hardware teams
- US citizen, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee (ITAR requirement — see note below)
Ideal Candidate
- Experience with DAQ systems, PLCs, control systems, NI software suite, TwinCAT, or CodeSys
- Hands-on experience in embedded systems, robotics, aerospace, automotive, or similar hardware domains
- Prior FDE, field engineering, or applications engineering experience
- Startup experience and passion for aerospace, advanced manufacturing, or robotics
Benefits
- Work on hardware that matters — customers build aerospace systems, advanced manufacturing lines, and critical infrastructure
- Real ownership — field work directly shapes the product roadmap
- Competitive salary, substantial equity, and fast personal growth in a deeply technical career [TBD: no specific range/equity % given in source posting]
- Small, ambitious team where impact is immediate and visible
ITAR Note
To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicants must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. lawful permanent resident (green card holder), Refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157, or Asylee under 8 U.S.C. 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.