Location: Onsite, Rosemead, CA
Schedule: 24/7/365 rotation; 12-hour shifts on a rotating 2-2-3 schedule, including nights, weekends, and holidays
Reports to: Echo (Forward Deployed Strategist)
Direct reports: None
Travel: 0–10%
Pay range: Based on experience
The Role
PVM is hiring a Junior Forward Deployed Engineer to support Southern California Edison's environments in Palantir Foundry. These systems support wildfire mitigation, Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) operations, and regulatory reporting.
You will build and maintain Foundry applications, pipelines, and dashboards under the guidance of senior engineers. You will work a rotating shift on a team that keeps mission-critical utility systems running during live operational events. This is a role for someone early in their career who wants to learn Foundry and operational delivery quickly.
What You'll Do- Build and maintain Workshop applications, dashboards, and workflows under direction from Mid and Senior engineers
- Support data pipelines that integrate SAP, OMS, GIS, weather, customer, and operational data
- Monitor production systems during your shift and escalate issues quickly to the right engineer
- Help with incident response, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis during critical events
- Perform functional, regression, and user-acceptance testing on new features and releases
- Write and update technical documentation, operational runbooks, and support procedures
- Take part in operational readiness exercises and tabletop events
- Participate in PVM's peer mentorship program
- Associate's degree in computer science, engineering, information systems, or a related field, plus at least 1 year of software engineering, data engineering, or systems integration experience
- In lieu of a degree: at least 3 years of relevant experience
- Working knowledge of Python, TypeScript, or Java
- Willingness to work 12-hour rotating shifts onsite in Rosemead, CA, including nights, weekends, and holidays
- Strong problem-solving skills and clear communication under pressure
- Bachelor's degree in a technical field
- Exposure to Palantir Foundry, or a similar data platform, through work, coursework, or certification
- Familiarity with utility operations, wildfire mitigation, emergency management, outage management, or other operational environments
About PVM & Benefits
At PVM, we mean it when we say we value diversity. As a PVM team member, you will work with people from all different backgrounds that are passionate about the problems we solve for our customers and are focused on delivering value for our clients. Our culture encourages problem solving, leadership, and innovation, and creates an environment that will support your professional and personal growth.
Here are a few highlights of the advantages of being a part of the PVM community:
- Opportunities for growth and advancement
- Tuition/Training reimbursement
- Peer bonus program
- Remote and on-site positions available
- Unlimited PTO
- Flexible work schedule
PVM, Inc. is an SBA 8(a)-certified, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business and Palantir USG Vanguard Partner. PVM is an equal opportunity employer.
Skills Required
- Associate's degree in computer science, engineering, information systems, or a related field, plus at least 1 year of software engineering, data engineering, or systems integration experience
- At least 3 years of relevant experience in lieu of a degree
- Working knowledge of Python, TypeScript, or Java
- Willingness to work 12-hour rotating shifts onsite in Rosemead, California, including nights, weekends, and holidays
- Strong problem-solving skills and clear communication under pressure
- Bachelor's degree in a technical field
- Exposure to Palantir Foundry or a similar data platform through work, coursework, or certification
- Familiarity with utility operations, wildfire mitigation, emergency management, outage management, or other operational environments
What We Do
PVM delivers digital services that help public sector teams unlock the power of their data for good, and maximize the value of their investments in Palantir systems. As a Palantir services provider, PVM connects its clients to the information and insights they need to solve their most complex challenges – whether that’s by building data pipelines and integrations, completing data migrations, or developing solutions tailored for our clients within the Palantir environment. PVM’s experienced team of engineers is Palantir-certified, cleared to work in secured spaces including PVM’s own SCIF. PVM is a certified black- and service-disabled veteran-owned small business that was founded by a retired Naval officer out of frustration with the status quo. PVM was founded with one goal in mind: solving the hard, data-driven problems Sailors were facing every day. Today, we continue to be driven by that same goal, and are focused on taking on our clients’ missions as our own to make a difference in the communities we serve.
