# Forward Deployed Engineer (Sports & Entertainment)

**Company:** [Sweep360](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/sweep360)
**Location:** New York, NY
**Role:** Solutions Architecture
**Salary:** Up to $180k/yr
**Experience:** 2+ years
**Skills:** Wi-Fi, Ble, Iot, Robotics, Embedded Systems, Software, Networks, Hardware, Sdrs, Packet Capture, Rf Survey Tools, LLMs
**Posted:** 2026-02-21

> Forward Deployed Engineer embeds with sports and entertainment teams to identify and neutralize cyber-physical threats like rogue Wi-Fi and IoT devices, developing real-time countermeasures and scalable product features. Requires 2-5 years in high-stakes environments with strong engineering across software, networks, and hardware; involves ~40-50% global travel.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Work directly with customers to understand workflows, constraints, and ground truth.
- Deploy globally for short, high-intensity engagements (~40–50% travel).
- Operate reachback support between deployments — rapidly responding to reported threats and converting those interactions into system improvements that compound globally.
- Diagnose threats on-site, developing countermeasures in real time, and brief stakeholders clearly under pressure.
- Capture patterns and failure modes so improvements scale beyond any single deployment.
- Shape how Forward Deployed Engineering works (rituals, playbooks, org design).
- Contribute to core product strategy and roadmap.

## Requirements
- 2–5 years working in environments involving real-world cyber-physical risk (Wi-Fi, BLE, rogue access points, IoT, robotics, embedded systems).
- Strong architectural thinking across mobile, backend, data, and infrastructure.
- Comfortable operating in ambiguous, high-stakes environments.
- Ability to prototype quickly and iterate based on field feedback.
- Engineering fluency — able to reason across software, networks, hardware, and adversarial behavior without supervision.
- Clear communicator — able to translate messy field observations into structured product changes.
- U.S. Person status (may involve export-controlled environments).

## Nice-to-Haves
- Worked in elite sports, live production, or national-level events.
- Used SDRs, packet capture, RF survey tools, or similar instrumentation.
- Been forward-deployed or customer-embedded.
- Built automation using LLMs or data-driven workflows.
- Operated in an early-stage, high-ownership startup.

## Compensation
- Base salary up to $180,000, depending on qualifications, experience, and impact.
- Total compensation includes equity, premium insurance, and individual benefits.

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