Remote
US
$110K–$152K
💼Sales
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Forward Deployed Engineer
At CoLab, we help mechanical engineering teams bring life-changing products to market years sooner.
We build AI for engineers designing cars, medical devices, and jet engines. Products this complex aren't sketched and sent to production. Teams spend months on iterations, reviews, and tests, predicting how every part performs before anything is built. CoLab is where those reviews happen, and we capture the rationale behind every change. Other tools show what changed between versions. Only CoLab knows why. That's how our AI helps manufacturers like Bobcat, Triumph Motorcycles, and GE Appliances make better decisions, eliminate rework cycles, and get to market faster.
Proudly based in St. John’s, Newfoundland, CoLab started with one customer in 2018. Since then we’ve raised a $72M Series C, been named the 57th fastest growing company in North America by Deloitte (Fast 500™), signed multi-year AI partnerships with companies like Bombardier, and grown to a team of 250+.
We’re hiring a Forward Deployed Engineer to embed within our strategic customers and deliver on high-impact, technically complex customer projects. This includes scoping, building, and deploying complex integrations, product features and AI product features that connect customer systems to CoLab, accelerate adoption and increase customer return on investment.
You’ll own delivery of key customer initiatives, working closely with our customer success, product, design and engineering teams, as well as leadership team stakeholders to remove blockers and deliver results.
Unlike a traditional software development role, FDEs must manage significant ambiguity, external team dynamics, and timeline pressure. If you like working directly with customers and shipping code to solve real, complex user problems with a high level agency and autonomy, then you will thrive in this role.
Frequently cited statistics show that people who identify with historically marginalized groups are likely to apply to jobs only if they meet 100% of the qualifications. We encourage you to help us break that statistic and apply even if you don’t meet every single qualification - your potential is what matters most to us.
Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Mental Health Benefits
Fitness Stipend
401(k) Match
Stock Options
Unlimited PTO
Home Office Stipend
Company Offsites / Retreats
Parental Leave
Learning & Development Budget
Mentorship Program
Team Events & Social Budget
Employee Referral Bonus
Employee Recognition Awards
Most of CoLab's open roles are remote-tagged for Canada, with several also open to the United States and broader North America. CoLab also lists two Europe-remote roles (Industry Strategy Manager and Key Account Executive) and one hybrid role based in St. John's, NL or Toronto, ON.
CoLab's careers page highlights health and dental coverage with the employer paying up to 100% of premiums, RRSP and 401(k) matching, stock options, unlimited PTO, a mental health benefit up to $1,000 per year, a home office stipend up to $1,000, and parental, maternity, or adoption top-up to 80% for 15 weeks.
CoLab raised a $72M USD Series C in November 2025, led by Intrepid Growth Partners, following a $21M Series B and a $17M Series A. That gives it a stable base for continued hiring and growth.
CoLab is hiring across engineering (Mechanical Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineer, Senior Back End Developer, Senior Full Stack Developer), sales (Key Account Executive, Director of Sales, Major Account Director), customer success (Strategic CSM, Senior Implementation Specialist), and marketing (Senior Director Growth Marketing, Senior Product Marketing Manager).
CoLab runs a CoLaborator of the Week program, announced by the CEO at the company-wide weekly meeting with a gift card, alongside quarterly performance reviews and a referral bonus of $750 to $9,000.
