Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE)

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ManevaManufacturing
Workable locations: Montreal, Canada. Québec City, CanadaFull-TimeSenior
Salary not disclosed
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Languages
Professional working proficiency in both French and English
Experience
6+ years of experience
Required Skills
AWSDockerPythonGCPGitAzureLinuxMLOpsComputer Vision

Requirements

  • 6+ years of experience combining production software engineering with industrial automation and/or applied AI
  • Proven experience shipping and supporting production software systems deployed into customer infrastructure
  • Production Python development experience with hands-on use of Linux, Docker, and Git in production environments
  • Cloud deployment and operations experience with at least one major platform (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
  • Hands-on experience with at least one of: OPC-UA/Modbus/PLC integration, NVIDIA Jetson (or equivalent) edge platforms, or GenICam/industrial vision systems
  • Networking fundamentals for industrial deployments, including TCP/IP, VLANs, and firewalls
  • Experience in a customer-facing engineering role as the primary technical contact for external stakeholders
  • Professional working proficiency in both French and English
  • Professional experience working in industrial automation or manufacturing environments involving OT/IT integration

Responsibilities

  • Own the end-to-end lifecycle of AI deployment for manufacturing clients, from scoping and integration to production hardening and handover.
  • Embed with customer operations and IT teams, serving as the main technical advisor and point of contact.
  • Integrate AI vision systems with OT/IT/cloud stacks, including OPC-UA/Modbus/PLCs, NVIDIA Jetson edge inference, ERP, and customer cloud platforms.
  • Build and iterate data pipelines and customer-side data flywheels, covering edge-to-cloud capture, model deployment, monitoring, and feedback loops.
  • Troubleshoot software, networking, and integration issues in live production environments.
  • Document architectures and configurations, producing formal handover artifacts for long-term support.
  • Train customer operators and engineers in both French and English to ensure successful adoption and operation of deployed systems.
  • Participate in pre-sales scoping calls and contribute field learnings to the product and engineering roadmap, helping shape reusable deployment patterns and internal tooling.
  • Support on-site data collection and annotation as needed.
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