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Field Engineer, Public Sector

Posted Sep 4, 2026

Role at a glance

Job function
Construction & Architecture Construction Management & Field Engineering
Salary
Not Disclosed
Location
Remote - United States Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Work arrangement
Remote
Employment
Full-time
Experience
You have experience in Field Engineering, Solutions Architecture, Pre-Sales, or Consulting, ideally in federal, defense, or highly regulated tech

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Role Summary

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The Field Engineer partners with prospective and strategic Public Sector customers evaluating Cursor for federal civilian and defense agency workflows. The role works with Sales, Product, and Engineering to validate technical fit, demonstrate the value of agentic coding, and support customer adoption.

What You'll Do

  • Partner with account executives on technical discovery, demonstrations, proofs of concept, and technical validation for new deals and...
  • Build relationships with engineering, security, product, and IT stakeholders.
  • Work through developer workflows, AI tooling, and complex or constrained environments in mission-critical and high-security settings.
  • Connect Cursor to customer outcomes such as developer productivity, secure software delivery, and mission velocity.
  • Deliver technical presentations, whiteboards, and workshops for technical and executive audiences.
  • Represent customer needs internally with Product and Engineering, and partner with post-sales teams on handoffs and onboarding.

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Qualifications

Strong communication skills and executive presence; understanding of the SDLC and ability to connect technical detail to mission and operational impact; hands-on technical fluency with workflows, AI tooling, and complex or constrained environments; strategic deal-partner instincts and ability to navigate complex stakeholder maps; experience in Field Engineering, Solutions Architecture, Pre-Sales, or Consulting; enthusiasm for Public Sector and ability to learn agency buying motions, security expectations, and partner ecosystems; holds or can obtain a federal security clearance.

Required

  • Experience in Field Engineering, Solutions Architecture, Pre-Sales, or Consulting

Preferred

  • Experience ideally in federal, defense, or highly regulated tech
  • Active federal security clearance

Original job description

Content provided by the employer

SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today, SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of making life multiplanetary and expanding consciousness to the stars.

SpaceXSI is building Super Intelligence to help humanity understand the universe. Our teams are building the full Super Intelligence stack: from our Colossus supercomputers, to Grok models, to our suite of applications, including Grok Bot, Grok Build, Grok Imagine, Grok Voice, and X. We're creating a powerful flywheel where more compute trains better models, better models power more useful products, and what we learn from people using those products shapes what we build next.

About the Role

We're hiring Field Engineers to partner with prospective and strategic customers across Public Sector. You'll be the technical face of SpaceXAI for the federal civilian and defense agencies modernizing how software gets written for the mission: helping developers, engineering leaders, and program teams evaluate Cursor, running proofs of concept, and making sure they see the full value of agentic coding in their real workflows.

You'll work hand-in-hand with Sales, Product, and Engineering as a deal partner, not a demo resource. You'll scope solutions, demonstrate capabilities, and act as a trusted advisor across the stakeholders that matter in PubSec: engineering leaders, architects, developers, security, procurement, and program leads. This is a highly customer-facing role where deep technical fluency, commercial instinct, and clear communication drive adoption and influence product direction.

What you'll do

  • Partner with AEs to own technical discovery, demos, POCs, and technical validation for new deals and expansion

  • Build trusted relationships across engineering, security, product and IT stakeholders

  • Go deep in mission-critical and high-security environments: developer workflows, AI tooling, complex / constrained setups

  • Help customers connect Cursor to outcomes that matter: developer productivity, secure software delivery, and mission velocity

  • Deliver technical presentations, whiteboards, and workshops for technical and executive audiences

  • Act as the customer's technical advocate internally with Product and Engineering

  • Partner with post-sales to hand off cleanly and set up onboarding for success

You may be a fit if

  • You have strong communication skills and executive presence, equally comfortable developing alongside engineers or presenting to CTOs, CISOs, and program leaders

  • You understand the SDLC and can connect technical detail to mission and operational impact

  • You have hands-on technical fluency (not full-time eng): workflows, AI tooling, complex / constrained environments

  • You have deal-partner strategic instincts: co-own with AEs and navigate complex, multi-threaded stakeholder maps

  • You have experience in Field Engineering, Solutions Architecture, Pre-Sales, or Consulting, ideally in federal, defense, or highly regulated tech

  • You're excited by Public Sector and comfortable learning agency buying motions, security expectations, and partner ecosystems fast

  • You hold or can obtain a federal security clearance (active clearance is a plus)

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About the company

Cursor

Startup

Cursor is an innovative technology company specializing in software development and digital solutions tailored for businesses of all sizes. With a focus on enhancing user experience and operational efficiency, Cursor offers a range of products, including custom applications, cloud services, and data analytics tools. The company prides itself on its collaborative approach, working closely with clients to understand their unique needs and deliver effective solutions. Committed to driving digital transformation, Cursor strives to empower organizations through cutting-edge technology and exceptional service.