AVEVA is a global leader in industrial software. Our cutting-edge solutions are used by thousands of enterprises to deliver the essentials of life – such as energy, infrastructure, chemicals and minerals – safely, efficiently and more sustainably.
We’re the first software business in the world to have our sustainability targets validated by the SBTi, and we’ve been recognized for the transparency and ambition of our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We’ve also recently been named as one of the world’s most innovative companies.
If you’re a curious and collaborative person who wants to make a big impact through technology, then we want to hear from you! Find out more at AVEVA Careers.
For more information about our privacy policy and how to manage cookies, visit our Privacy Policy.
Job Title: Forward Deployed Solutions Engineer - AIM
Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE
Employment Type: Full-time, hybrid (50% office presence)
The Job
The Forward Deployed Solution Engineer – AIM independently owns significant, complex technical workstreams within a defined FDE engagement. Working within agreed architecture, governance, and engagement priorities.
The role translates customer domain workflows, requirements, data, integrations, and deployment constraints into reliable working thin-slice solutions. The role is accountable for technical quality, schedule, customer value, reusable outputs, contributor coordination, and timely escalation of broader architecture or portfolio trade-offs.
Key Responsibilities
- Own significant, complex FDE technical workstreams from discovery and planning through validation and handover.
- Define the workstream approach, delivery plan, quality measures, and acceptance criteria within agreed architecture and governance.
- Translate customer requirements, data, integrations, workflows, and constraints into reliable working thin-slice solutions.
- Build, configure, integrate, prototype, test, troubleshoot, and validate AVEVA solutions in real customer environments.
- Make practical implementation decisions and resolve non-routine technical issues across APIs, data flows, configuration, AI, security, performance, scalability, and deployment.
- Balance customer value, technical feasibility, delivery velocity, quality, reuse, and production readiness.
- Coordinate engineers and cross-functional contributors to deliver measurable workstream outcomes.
- Lead technical discovery, demonstrations, testing, acceptance, performance checks, and production-readiness activities for assigned workstreams.
- Create reusable connectors, configurations, templates, components, AI patterns, accelerators, and implementation playbooks.
- Capture technical learning, product gaps, constraints, and improvement opportunities for Product, R&D, Leads, Architects, and future engagements.
Essential Skills
- Typically around 8-10 years of relevant experience, or equivalent demonstrated capability in industrial technology implementation and complex technical delivery.
- Deep hands-on capability in AVEVA solution configuration, integration, testing, troubleshooting, validation, and handover.
- Strong working knowledge of AVEVA products, customer domain workflows, industrial data, customer systems, APIs, cloud/edge, security, performance, and deployment constraints.
- Brings unique blend of Software development using various AI techniques and models along with Application Engineering expertise.
- Ability to apply domain context to technical scoping, solution fit, trade-off decisions, value framing, and validation outcomes.
- Strong software design, implementation, programming, connector, data-flow, scripting, and system-integration capability.
- Developing AI Agents, Skills, Tools, Plugins etc. using any one of the agentic frameworks preferably MAF
- AI tools for SDLC like Copilot & practical awareness of AI/ML and Generative AI use cases within agreed technical, safety, and governance guidance.
- Sound judgment in resolving non-routine technical issues and making implementation trade-offs within agreed architecture and policy.
- Strong customer-facing technical communication and ability to translate complex needs into practical implementation approaches.
- Ability to coordinate cross-functional contributors and coach less-experienced engineers while remaining hands-on and accountable for workstream outcomes.
What Success Looks Like
- Complex FDE technical workstreams are delivered independently, with clear ownership of technical quality, timelines, validation, and customer-value outcomes.
- Customer workflows, data, integrations, and constraints are translated into reliable working thin-slice solutions that demonstrate measurable value.
- Implementation trade-offs are made with sound judgment, balancing feasibility, speed, quality, reuse, security, performance, and production readiness.
- Reusable connectors, configurations, templates, components, AI patterns, accelerators, and implementation playbooks improve future FDE delivery.
- Product, R&D, Leads, Architects, and future engagement teams receive clear, practical learning on product gaps, constraints, and improvement opportunities.
Services at AVEVA
Our dynamic global team of 700+ engineers, developers, consultants, solution architects and project managers are at the forefront of delivering AVEVA cutting-edge solutions to customers. The work is complex and technical, but immensely rewarding: we empower customers to harness the full transformative potential of AVEVA’s solutions. If you’re analytical, pragmatic, and driven to make a tangible impact on the sustainability of the industrial sector, our team is the perfect place for you.
Find out more: https://www.aveva.com/en/about/careers/
AVEVA requires all successful applicants to undergo and pass a comprehensive background check before they start employment. Background checks will be conducted in accordance with local laws and may, subject to those laws, include proof of educational attainment, employment history verification, proof of work authorization, criminal records, identity verification, credit check. Certain positions dealing with sensitive and/or third party personal data may involve additional background check criteria.
AVEVA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to being an exemplary employer with an inclusive culture, developing a workplace environment where all our employees are treated with dignity and respect. We value diversity and the expertise that people from different backgrounds bring to our business.
Come and join AVEVA to create the transformative technology that enables our customers to engineer a better world.
