Forward Deployment Engineer - Oil, Gas, & Chemicals
Why it's interesting
The clearest sign yet that FDE has escaped software entirely: Picarro is a 65-patent scientific-instruments maker (cavity ring-down spectroscopy for methane and EtO), and its FDE embeds at refineries and chemical plants to make real-time emissions data actually land with Environmental, HSSE, and Operations teams. The tell is the travel band — up to 70% on-site — because the deployment is physical, not a Slack integration. This is the Palantir FDE model rebuilt for smokestacks, and a rare doorway for engineers who know sensor/field data over LLMs.
The role
Forward Deployment Engineer on Picarro’s Oil, Gas & Chemicals team, embedded at customer sites during pilots and early-stage engagements for Picarro’s Fenceline Monitoring solution — continuous, real-time emissions intelligence for refineries and chemical plants. Works directly with Environmental, HSSE, and Operations teams to ensure they understand and integrate the emissions data into their operations, bridging Picarro’s CRDS hardware/software with customer workflows. Remote within the US (CA or TX preferred) with heavy field travel (up to ~70%). Picarro’s instruments are designed/built in Santa Clara, CA and used in 90+ countries. Verified live on Picarro’s own careers site (Greenhouse gh_jid 5225712008).
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