Teams at Kela Technologies

Forward Deployed Engineer serving as the technical bridge between engineering teams and end users. Owns system development, integration, fielding, troubleshooting, optimization, and operational delivery in high-pressure environments. Translates mission and business requirements into project plans, coordinates resources, supports testing, and drives rapid hardware and software iteration. Requires systems or software engineering experience in defense, aerospace, robotics, or technical deployment, plus U.S. citizenship and security-clearance eligibility.

Own mechanical product development from concept and CAD through prototyping, qualification, and production transfer. Design rugged, safety-critical assemblies; define mechanical safety architecture; specify materials, tolerances, finishes, and fasteners; build prototypes; create manufacturing packages; execute environmental and mechanical qualification testing; and manage BOM, weight, and center-of-gravity budgets while collaborating with hardware and software engineers.

Own end-to-end firmware for safety-critical ARM Cortex-M systems, including drivers, state machines, communication protocols, hardware bring-up, qualification, testing, and programming flows. Build host-testable simulation layers and define firmware safety cases. Collaborate closely with hardware and mechanical engineers through environmental testing and board iterations. Rust, C, and C++ embedded experience are accepted, with emphasis on bare-metal systems, peripheral debugging, testability, and safety-relevant development.