Forward Deployment Engineer Lead

Job Description Overview: We are reimagining the software development lifecycle by integrating AI-assisted workflows into our core engineering process. Our team builds products while also improving how products are defined, prototyped, validated, tested, and delivered. We believe tools such as Cursor, GitHub Copilot, AI agents, Claude AI, Replit, Lovable, Perplexity and other emerging development platforms can help engineers and product teams move faster, reduce repetitive work, and make better technical decisions. This role is designed for a builder who enjoys high ownership, fast iteration, cross-functional collaboration, and practical problem-solving. The ideal candidate can work close to the market, understand customer and sales feedback, translate needs into product and engineering direction, and help accelerate development between the U.S. market and Taiwan-based engineering teams. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: - This role is currently structured as a Professional Pathway / Senior Individual Contributor role with cross-functional leadership responsibility. - The candidate may lead projects, contractors, vendors, testing initiatives, and cross-functional stakeholder alignment. Direct people management is not necessarily required at the beginning, but the role may evolve into a direct team management position depending on business needs, organizational growth, and future scope. ### • AI-Augmented Development - Design and manage AI-assisted development workflows that improve engineering productivity, code quality, documentation, prototype quality, and delivery speed. Evaluate and apply tools such as GitHub Copilot, Cursor, AI agents, Claude AI, Replit, Lovable, Perplexity, and other emerging platforms where they can create measurable value. - Forward-Deployed Product Execution - Work close to the U.S. market, customers, sales teams, and field feedback to identify real product needs, clarify technical requirements, and translate business opportunities into actionable product and engineering direction. - ISP / Router Compatibility Validation - Support testing and validation of ASUS router products across different U.S. Internet Service Provider environments. Help identify compatibility issues, collect field data, document findings, and translate market-specific network conditions into clear engineering feedback. - End to End Product Execution - Take ownership of product development from early concept and proof-of-concept through high-fidelity prototypes, technical validation, and production handoff. Work closely with engineering, product, design, QA, sales, and business stakeholders to ensure solutions are scalable, stable, and aligned with business goals. - Rapid Prototyping and Validation - Build, test, and iterate quickly using a build-measure-learn approach. Create prototypes, functional demos, workflow simulations, and validation materials to test product logic, user workflows, technical feasibility, and market fit before full-scale implementation. - User-Centered Product Concept Development - Create practical and innovative product concepts based on user-centered design methods, customer insights, market needs, and technical feasibility. Translate user problems into clear product opportunities, interaction flows, feature ideas, validation plans, and development direction. - Cross-Domain Integration - Work on technical challenges involving hardware-software integration, firmware, web UI, mobile applications, cloud services, networking products, and connected-device ecosystems. Help ensure smooth communication, data consistency, and reliable performance across endpoints. - Product-to-Engineering Translation - Partner with product, design, sales, marketing, and engineering stakeholders to clarify requirements, user flows, edge cases, technical constraints, market expectations, and implementation priorities. Help reduce ambiguity before development and support smoother execution from prototype to production. - Cro…