Software Engineering Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering

Join Axon and be a Force for Good.

At Axon, we’re on a mission to Protect Life. We’re explorers, pursuing society’s most critical safety and justice issues with our ecosystem of devices and cloud software. Like our products, we work better together. We connect with candor and care, seeking out diverse perspectives from our customers, communities and each other.

Life at Axon is fast-paced, challenging and meaningful. Here, you’ll take ownership and drive real change. Constantly grow as you work hard for a mission that matters at a company where you matter.

Your Impact

Dedrone protects airspace from drone threats. Each deployment combines our software, our own and partner sensors, and a networking stack that connects the site to DedroneC2 in the cloud. As Engineering Manager for Forward Deployed Engineering, you lead the team that owns the technical outcome at our most critical customer sites.

Your team takes each problem from live triage to a fix in the product. You have the authority to raise defects and to join design reviews with our product teams, based on what your team sees first-hand in the field. One question guides the work: how do we leave the product better than we found it, so nobody has to work this issue again?

What You’ll Do

Location: Onsite at our Sterling, Virginia office 4 days a week, and on the road 50% of time

Reports to: Senior Engineering Manager

Direct Reports: 3

• Hire, coach, and develop software engineers and systems specialists across the US and Europe.
• Lead a team that resolves live site problems with customers and installers as they