Forward Deployed Engineer

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Zürich, CHE
In-Office
Entry level
Artificial Intelligence • Hardware • Robotics • Automation
The Role
Deploys robotic systems from laboratory environments to customer sites. Responsibilities include end-to-end hardware and software integration, interfacing with customer systems, leading field testing, debugging complex failures, collecting real-world data, and collaborating with hardware, AI, research, and customer teams to improve the product.
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About Enact
The next defining technological breakthrough will be in the physical world. We stand at a historical inflection point: bringing general-purpose intelligence into robotics.

At Enact we rethink the entire robotic tech stack from model architectures and data pipelines, to the actuators and sensors that feed the model. Pushing beyond pure vision and language approaches, we build a proprioceptive nerve system, and the cortex that makes sense of it, to solve dexterity through whole-body force-awareness and deploy robots for thousands of tasks in industry and beyond.

We are shaping a company where brilliant and unconventional people thrive together on solving the hardest challenges of our time. We are truth seekers. We reason from first principles, test our beliefs against reality, and trust that the best ideas can come from anyone. We move fast. We care deeply about our work and colleagues and are driven by passion to change the status quo.

If this resonates, we're excited to hear from you.

In This Role You Will

  • Bridge the gap between core research and real-world deployment: Transition our robot working in a lab to it providing value to our end customers.

  • Solve end-to-end integration challenges: Iterate directly with the hardware and AI teams to improve our product and make sure it fits customer needs.

  • Drive field testing and iteration: Lead on-site deployments (travel to customer sites expected), perform in-the-field debugging, and gather crucial real-world data to drive subsequent iterations of our technology.

What We're Looking For

  • Systems Integration proficiency: A track record of navigating and interfacing with complex, foreign systems, APIs, and networks to build the bridges between our stack and the operational environments of our customers.

  • Hands-on deployment experience: Proven track record of taking software and hardware from a simulation/lab environment and successfully deploying it in unpredictable, real-world settings.

  • Excellent problem solving: Ability to debug complex, multi-layered system failures - from hardware communication issues to model performance bottlenecks - without relying on existing documentation.

  • Communication & Collaboration: A collaborative spirit and curiosity to continuously improve our product, together with researchers and customers, bringing physical AI from the lab to the real world.

Bonus Points If You Have

  • Deep Learning deployment experience: Familiarity with deploying models on edge hardware (Jetson Thor).

  • Experience Rust, C++, Python, Bazel, Nix, Linux.

  • The ability to lift 20+ kg.

  • Conversational spoken German, French or Italian.

What we offer

  • The opportunity to make a real impact working on some of the biggest challenges of our time

  • A fast-paced learning environment alongside an outstanding, driven team

  • Ownership from day one, with the ability to iterate quickly and see your impact firsthand in an early-stage startup

  • Visa sponsorship & relocation benefits to hire the best in the world

  • A world-class in-person setup in central Zürich, with excellent prototyping, robotics, and technical infrastructure for hands-on builders

  • Competitive compensation and meaningful equity participation

Skills Required

  • Experience integrating complex external systems, APIs, and networks
  • Experience deploying software and hardware from simulation or laboratory environments into real-world settings
  • Ability to debug complex, multi-layered system failures independently
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills
  • Deep learning deployment experience on edge hardware such as Jetson Thor
  • Experience with Rust, C++, Python, Bazel, Nix, or Linux
  • Ability to lift 20 or more kilograms
  • Conversational German, French, or Italian
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The Company
Year Founded: 2026

What We Do

Enact Intelligence is a Zurich-based robotics company developing an integrated technology stack for dexterous robots. It combines model architectures, data pipelines, actuators, and sensors into a proprioceptive “nerve system” and “cortex” for whole-body force awareness. Its goal is to deploy robots capable of performing thousands of industrial and other tasks, with a team drawn from robotics, AI, and engineering organizations.

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