Principal Forward Deployed Engineer

Principal Forward Deployed Engineer

About Us

Adeia Inc. (Nasdaq: ADEA) the technology company known for developing foundational innovations that enable next-generation solutions for the semiconductor and media industries, headquartered in San Jose, CA, with approximately 150 employees, primarily in North America. Adeia invents, develops, and licenses fundamental innovations that shape the way millions of people explore and experience entertainment in an increasingly connected world. From TVs to smartphones, and across all types of entertainment experiences, Adeia’s technologies allow users to manage content and connections in a way that is smart, immersive, and personal. Adeia is proud to be recognized by U.S. News & World Report as one of the “Best Companies to Work For" in 2025 - 2026.

Position Summary

The Principal Forward Deployed Engineer provides enterprise technical leadership for Adeia’s AI and automation platform, setting its long-term direction while owning the architecture, multi-year roadmap, and standards for how the company builds, deploys, and governs AI agents. Partnering with the Director of Business Technologies, this role translates executive priorities into scalable AI solutions that enable business transformation across the organization. As Adeia’s technical authority for AI engineering, the role shapes technology investments, establishes enterprise standards, mentors technical talent, and enables business units to successfully build with AI.

Key Responsibilities

Set the direction for delivering AI Agents at Adeia. Own the architecture and multi-year roadmap for how the company builds, deploys, and governs AI agents, partnering with the Director of Business Technologies to translate executive priorities into technical strategy.

Own the AI agent platform end to end. Lead architecture, environment management, deployment and release practices, cost and consumption awareness, and vendor relationships across LangChain, Workato One, and Google Cloud Platform.

Build and ship AI agents. Deliver AI agents and automations across the company from the scoped use-case pipeline through to production, with fully unattended operation as the goal.

Build alongside business units. Support and coach teams developing their own AI agents, establish reusable patterns and guardrails, and grow the enablement library while mentoring IT engineers and business technologists building with AI.

Own agent quality in production. Lead evaluations, monitoring, tracing, regression testing, and incident response to ensure reliable and scalable AI solutions.

Build agent-serving integrations. Develop the APIs, connectors, and middleware required for AI agents to integrate with ERP and business systems, including NetSuite and Salesforce.

Shape where Adeia invests in AI and Automation. Evaluate emerging AI technologies and platforms, manage the investment strategy for the AI stack, and provide evidence-based recommendations to the Director of Business Technologies.

Operate within Adeia’s AI governance framework. Ensure AI solutions align with approved tools, approved data, governance standards, and appropriate oversight.

Key Competencies

• AI agents and automations operate reliably in production.
• Business units successfully adopt and build with AI.
• Enterprise AI platform is scalable, secure, and governed.
• Multi-year AI roadmap is successfully delivered.
• AI engineering standards are consistently adopted.
• Technical capability across IT and business teams continues to grow.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical discipline.
• Extensive experience building and deploying AI agents and middleware automations in production environments.
• Strong background in DevOps, infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD, observability, and production operations.
• Experience integrating enterprise business systems such as NetSuite and Salesforce.
• Experience partnering directly with business stakeholders to design and deliver AI and automation solutions.
• Experience setting technical direction, evaluating emerging technologies, and mentoring engineers or technical contributors.

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree in a related discipline.
• Cloud platform or AI-related certifications.
• Experience with Workato or similar integration platforms.
• Experience with AI observability and evaluation tooling.
• Experience with identity management and AI governance.
• Experience working in a SOX-regulated or public company environment.

Location: US Remote

National Range: $184,000 - $200,000

Bonus Target: 15% of annualized base pay

Restricted Stock Units Target (as a % of annualized base pay): 60%

The base compensation is based on the primary work location, as ranges are location-specific. Actual compensation will depend on factors such as skills, experience, and qualifications.

Benefits include medical, dental, vision, 401(k), paid time off, and other company programs.

Life @ Adeia:

At Adeia, we are dedicated to creating a workplace where all employees have a voice and

sense of belonging, feel safe and valued, and are acknowledged for how their unique

differences contribute to organizational culture and business outcomes.

Our employees and their families are important to us, and our comprehensive pay, stock,

and benefits programs reflect that. Adeia supports personal well-being, builds financial

security, and enables employees to share in our collective success.

Rewards include:

• Competitive compensation (salary, equity, and bonuses) and comprehensive benefits are designed to foster work-life balance, care for your health, protect your finances, and help you save and invest for the future.
• Generous paid time away from work, including flexible time off, holidays and sick time, health and wellness initiatives, and a charitable match program to help you give back to your community.
• Great benefits, which vary by location and can be site-specific: employee discounts, transportation reimbursements, and fitness facilities.
• A flexible, hybrid work environment combining the best of in-office collaboration and community-building along with the benefits of working from home.