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Regional Director, Field Engineering

United States

Location
United States
Work
Remote
Employment
Full-time
Level
Director
Function
Engineering
Pay
$245K – $280K a year (read from the ad)
Posted
3 days ago

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The top of this role’s range, $280K a year, is about the median of $275K for director engineering jobs in United States (middle half $226K – $318K, 793 jobs that state pay).

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About the role

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.

REGIONAL DIRECTOR, FIELD ENGINEERING

We're hiring a Regional Director, Field Engineering to build and lead a high impact pre-sales Field Engineering team supporting our fastest growing enterprise accounts. This role sits at the intersection of Sales, Product, and Engineering and is responsible for ensuring our technical pre-sales motion scales with quality, speed, and credibility. As the Regional Director, Field Engineering, you'll manage and develop Field Engineers who partner closely with AEs to run technical discovery, demos, and proofs of concept. You'll also stay close to customers and deals yourself, coaching in real time, unblocking complex evaluations, and ensuring SpaceXSI is positioned as the best AI-native development platform on the market.

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Lead, coach, and scale a team of Field Engineers supporting enterprise opportunities; partner closely with Sales leadership and AEs to drive high quality technical discovery, demos, and POCs
  • Establish best practices for evaluations, proof-of-concept execution, and technical deal strategy
  • Serve as an escalation point for complex customer evaluations and high-stakes enterprise deals
  • Hire, onboard, and develop top-tier Field Engineering talent; set clear expectations and career paths
  • Act as the voice of the field internally, feeding customer and prospect insights back to Product and Engineering
  • Ensure tight handoffs with post-sales teams to support successful customer onboarding and adoption; maintain deep knowledge of SpaceXSI's product, roadmap, and competitive landscape

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

  • 3+ years experience leading Field Engineers, Solutions Architects, or Pre-Sales teams in enterprise software

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

  • Pre-sales leadership for AI/ML platforms, LLM APIs, developer tools, or cloud products sold to engineering, IT and business line leaders
  • Familiarity with software development lifecycles and enterprise AI: AI coding tools, AI agents, and LLM APIs
  • Proven ability to partner effectively with Sales while maintaining technical integrity and customer trust
  • Comfortable operating in customer-facing, high-pressure deal environments and guiding teams through complexity
  • Strong communication skills and executive presence, and able to engage developers, architects, and CTOs
  • A builder mindset: you thrive in fast-moving, startup environments and enjoy creating structure where little exists

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

  • Must be willing to travel to customer sites as needed

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

The expected annual base salary range for this role is $245,000 - $280,000. This role is also eligible for sales commissions or bonuses, with an annual on-target earnings (OTE) range of $350,000 - $400,000. OTE includes base salary plus target incentive compensation, assuming 100% achievement of applicable performance targets. Actual incentive earnings depend on performance and the terms of the applicable plan.

Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills, education, and experience.

Base salary is just one part of our total rewards package at SpaceXSI, which also includes equity, comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, short & long-term disability insurance, life insurance, and various other discounts and perks.

Source

Posted by Cursor on their own hiring page, jobs.ashbyhq.com. OptiTalent shows it as published, read 13 Nov 2026 01:03 UTC; the original is the reference.

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