Scout AI

Mission Operator - Forward Deployed Engineer

We captured this posting once, on 2026-05-22, and did not track it afterwards — so we cannot tell you whether it is still open.

Employer
Scout AI
Location
Paso Robles, CA
Seniority
Not stated
Experience asked for
Not stated
Pay band
$85K – $140K

When we saw it

  • Posted 2026-02-20 — the date the employer published it
  • Archived 2026-05-22 — when we saved this copy

Found via LinkedIn — US keyword pulls.

Skills the posting named

vehicle operationsroboticsfield equipmenttroubleshootingsituational awarenessfield safetycommunicationself-directedadaptability

From the posting

The future of defense will be decided by those who field intelligent machines at scale. At Scout AI, we’re developing Fury, the first robotic foundation model for defense, to give U.S. forces overwhelming, adaptable, and autonomous power across every domain. Fury enables human operators to command fleets of robots through natural language, and empowers those machines to sense, decide, and act together as one. This mission will ask everything of us: urgency, precision, and relentless work. The Role We’re hiring Mission Operators to act as forward-deployed operators and field engineers for our unmanned ground vehicle programs. You’ll own system performance in real-world environments, executing field missions, supporting high-visibility customer demos, and ensuring platforms are mission-ready at all times. …

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