Field Application Engineer - Defense

Defense Field Application Engineer (FAE)

Location: Washington, DC (U.S.-based, Remote with Travel)

Point One Navigation is building the future of precise location. Our mission is to deliver a unified location platform that enables autonomy, safety, and operational superiority across industries — and increasingly, across mission-critical defense environments.

Our technology powers autonomous systems and physical AI with resilient, high-accuracy Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) in environments where traditional GPS alone is insufficient. We are a high-performance, high-collaboration team that thrives on solving complex problems, moving fast, and delivering measurable impact.

Role Outcome

We are looking for a Defense Field Application Engineer (FAE) to support technical adoption and mission success of our GNSS/PNT platform across U.S. military and government programs.

As a Defense FAE, you will serve as the technical lead in support of defense sales pursuits and customer programs. You will architect mission-aligned PNT solutions, guide system integrations, support evaluations and demonstrations, and cultivate technical champions within program offices, primes, and integrators.

Success in this role means:

• Owning technical wins across defense pursuits and programs
• Driving successful PoCs, evaluations, and prototype integrations
• Building deep technical trust with government engineers and program managers
• Translating mission requirements into actionable product feedback

You will work with defense customers across land, air, maritime, and autonomous platforms. From capture support to onsite test events to post-award integration, you will be instrumental in ensuring Point One technology performs in real-world mission environments.

Immediate Areas of Focus

Pre-Sales Technical Engagement & Capture Support

• Partner closely with the Defense Sales Director to support capture strategy and opportunity shaping
• Conduct technical discovery conversations with military engineers and program stakeholders
• Deliver technical presentations, mission-aligned demos, and onsite proof-of-concepts (PoCs)
• Support RFI/RFP responses with technical narratives, architectures, and evaluation criteria
• Develop tailored defense reference architectures and integration guides

Solution Architecture & System Design

• Lead customers through architecture reviews and deployment planning across:
• GNSS corrections
• Sensor fusion and PNT filtering
• INS integration
• RF environments and degraded GPS conditions
• Design scalable integration strategies for embedded systems, autonomy stacks, and edge deployments
• Assist with system integration checkpoints, test plans, and validation criteria for government evaluations
• Support prototype integrations under OTAs, SBIRs, and pilot programs

Post-Award Technical Enablement & Mission Success

• Support integration, onboarding, and field deployment of Point One solutions within defense programs
• Provide hands-on debugging, troubleshooting, and root-cause investigation in complex environments
• Act as the technical liaison between defense customers and internal Engineering
• Ensure successful long-term product usage and contribute to technical success planning

Cross-Functional & Global Collaboration

• Work closely with Sales, Product, Engineering, and Executive Leadership to align technical strategy with market demand
• Bring structured field feedback to influence roadmap priorities for defense use cases
• Contribute to reusable demo environments, integration assets, training materials, and technical documentation
• Serve as a bridge between customer mission needs and the global engineering organization

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Electrical, Systems, Aerospace, Computer Science, or related field)
• 5+ years in a customer-facing engineering role, preferably supporting defense or federal customers
• 3+ years working in GNSS, GPS, INS, PNT filtering, RF systems, or navigation technologies
• Strong systems-level understanding of embedded systems, autonomy stacks, and real-time positioning
• Experience debugging complex hardware/software integrations
• Excellent communication skills — able to influence both technical engineers and program leadership
• Ability to travel regularly to military bases, test ranges, and integration sites

Preferred

• Experience working with DoD customers (Army, Air Force, Navy, DoD labs)
• Active security clearance or ability to obtain one
• Experience operating in GPS-denied or contested RF environments