Senior Application Engineer, Aerospace & Defense
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Job Location:
Los Angeles, CA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
About Lumafield:
Founded in 2019 Lumafield has developed the worlds first accessible X-Ray CT scanner for engineers. Our easy-to-use scanner and cloud-based software give engineers the ability to see their work clearly inside and out at an extremely affordable price.
Engineers make million-dollar decisions every day and they need tools that give them the greatest possible insight into their products. By offering unprecedented visibility into products as well as AI-driven tools that highlight problems and generate quantitative data Lumafield promises to revolutionize the way complex products are created manufactured and used across industries.
We are an impact driven company obsessed with providing the best value to our customers keeping their needs at the center of our evolution. Our team today includes world-class researchers and industrial designers PhDs creators founders of successful startups and zero egos. We are backed by top venture capital funds like Kleiner Perkins Lux Capital DCVC Spark Capital and others.
Our marketing program addresses both technical audiences made up of mechanical and manufacturing engineers and broader popular audiences; our scans have repeatedly made it to the front pages of Reddit and Hacker News been featured by YouTube stars and even earned more than a million views on TikTok.
The company is headquartered in Cambridge MA and has an office in San Francisco CA.
About the role:
Application engineers at Lumafield are experts in our industries and/or our product features. They work closely with the engineering product and research teams to understand what our products are capable of and communicate and configure those features successfully for customers. An Application Engineer begins by bringing a solid foundation in engineering and industry experience then excels by diving head-first into our product portfolio and quickly becoming the internal Lumafield expert in their vertical. Forward-deployed engineers spend most of their time in our offices building their skills and mastering our products but will also spend significant time on customer calls and at customer facilities to ensure that our customers can achieve their goals with our products.
If you love solving some of the hardest problems in manufacturing and product design working with customers and learning new skills and technologies this role is for you!
What youll do:
- Specialize in understanding how Lumafields products can best serve our Aerospace and Defense customers
- Spend most of your time in pre-sales contexts either speaking to our capabilities during calls and visits or demonstrating our products live or in structured evaluations
- Work closely with product engineering and research teams to build expertise
- Quickly become the Lumafield expert and point person for technical Aerospace and Defense knowledge
- Work closely with Account Executives on pre-sales calls to communicate our product capabilities scope deals and become an expert resource
- Work closely with Customer Success on post-sales calls deployments and set-up to ensure customers in your specialization are reaching their goals and expectations
- Spend most of your time in our Lumafield Los Angeles (El Segundo) office (80% of time on average) while also regularly traveling to customers to support their missions (20% of time on average). Travel will be less frequent but up to a few weeks at a time depending on customer and role.
About you:
- 8 years of experience which can include technical experience in engineering or manufacturing and client facing experience such as in account management consulting or program management
- Engineering B.S. degree or similar
- Familiar with the business models products and manufacturing processes in aerospace and defense
- Knowledge of common standards such as AS9100
- Excellent verbal and written communication that flexes to be effective across levels of an organization
- Ability to independently create and deliver executive level presentations
- Organized and are ready to dive head first into a rapidly scaling startup environment
Bonus points for:
- MBA or equivalent business experience
- Project or program management experience
$140000 - $165000 a year
The salary range listed here represents the anticipated low and high ends of the base salary. Actual salaries may vary and may be above or below the range based on various factors including but not limited to work location experience and performance. All full-time employees receive an equity grant.
Lumafield is committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds perspectives and skills because the more inclusive we are the better our work will be. Do you feel like your skills dont meet every single requirement listed We encourage you to apply anyway If youre excited about our technology the opportunity and are eager to learn more wed love to hear from you!
In keeping with our beliefs and goals no employee or applicant will face discrimination or harassment based on: race color ancestry national origin religion age gender marital domestic partner status sexual orientation gender identity disability genetic information or veteran status.
Reach out if you want to be a part of what we are building.
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process such as reviewing applications analyzing resumes or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed please contact us.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
- Aerospace Engineering
- Clearance
- Engineerig support
- FAA
- Fortran
- Nasa
- C#
- C++
- Matlab
- Electrical Systems
- Project Management
- Java
- Structural Analysis
- CAAD
- Technical Reports
About Company
Accelerate product development with the Neptune industrial X-ray CT scanner, Voyager analysis software, and Atlas AI co-pilot for manufacturing.
