PVM, Inc.

Oct 21, 2026

Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE)

United States

Rosemead, California, United States

The Role

Senior Forward Deployed Engineer

PVM is hiring a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer to serve as a technical lead for Southern California Edison's environments in Palantir Foundry. These systems support wildfire mitigation, Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) operations, and regulatory reporting.

You will lead architecture, ontology design, application delivery, and overall platform health. You will own complex implementation efforts from design through production support. You will mentor engineers and keep solutions scalable, supportable, and aligned to enterprise governance standards.

About PVM & Benefits

At PVM, we mean it when we say we value diversity. As a PVM team member, you will work with people from all different backgrounds that are passionate about the problems we solve for our customers and are focused on delivering value for our clients. Our culture encourages problem solving, leadership, and innovation, and creates an environment that will support your professional and personal growth.

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

What You'll Do

Serve as technical lead for platform architecture and environment health across PSPS CDP and WiSDM

Design and govern enterprise ontology objects, relationships, and business logic across multiple operational use cases

Own complex implementation efforts end to end: architecture, build, test, deployment, and production support

Lead incident response and root cause analysis during critical operational events

Set governance processes for ontology lifecycle management, object reuse, and platform scalability

Lead release management, deployment promotion, and environment governance

Partner with utility stakeholders, operations teams, and enterprise architecture to turn operational needs into scalable Foundry solutions

Mentor engineers on ontology design, Workshop development, operational architecture, and Foundry best practices

Provide performance feedback on Junior and Mid-Level engineers

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, information systems, or a related field, plus at least 6 years of software engineering or systems integration experience

In lieu of a degree: at least 10 years of relevant experience

Deep expertise with Palantir Foundry Ontology Manager, Workshop, Actions, Pipeline Builder, and operational application development

Experience designing enterprise ontologies and governing reusable data models across multiple applications

Experience supporting production operational platforms with strict uptime and response requirements

Strong grasp of operational governance, release management, and platform support models

Willingness to work 12-hour rotating shifts onsite in Rosemead, CA, including nights, weekends, and holidays

Preferred Qualifications

Experience on Foundry implementations with 50+ ontology objects and multiple operational applications

Experience conducting ontology reviews, governance assessments, and platform architecture evaluations

Experience working directly with executive stakeholders and enterprise architecture organizations

Familiarity with utility operations, wildfire mitigation, public safety, outage management, or regulatory reporting

Here are a few highlights of the advantages of being a part of the PVM community:

Opportunities for growth and advancement

Tuition/Training reimbursement

Peer bonus program

Remote and on-site positions available

Unlimited PTO

Flexible work schedule

PVM, Inc. is an SBA 8(a)-certified, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business and Palantir USG Vanguard Partner. PVM is an equal opportunity employer.

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