Junior Forward Deployed Engineer
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
Required Qualifications
- 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
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in a technical field
