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[소프트웨어/엔지니어] Lead Customer Engineer (FDE)

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An international software company is looking for a is looking for a Lead Customer Engineer (FDE). The chosen candidate will lead customer engineering programs for enterprise customers, driving successful delivery and long-term customer success.

Responsibilities:

  • Execute end-to-end account strategy for major enterprise customers
  • Serve as the primary customer-facing point of contact, managing executive and leadership relationships
  • Lead large, multi-workstream customer programs, coordinating delivery across simulation, validation, and autonomy workstreams toward key milestones
  • Drive cross-functional coordination across engineering, product, and sales teams to ensure customer needs are met through effective prioritisation
  • Prioritise and delegate across competing workstreams and engineering teams to maximise customer impact
  • Navigate ambiguity and complex customer situations, including incident response and high-stakes escalations, with sound judgment
  • Communicate program status, risks, and recommendations clearly to executive-level customer stakeholders
  • Engage customers to identify pain points and opportunities for additional project engagements
  • Evaluate project timelines with customers and adjust resource requirements based on their feedback

Requirements:

  • More than 7 years of experience working with external enterprise customers to integrate complex systems, troubleshoot issues, and drive problems to resolution
  • Demonstrated ability to lead multi-workstream programs and coordinate cross-functional teams
  • Excellent executive-level and technical communication skills, with a clear focus on solving customer problems
  • Strong grounding in large-scale software development, with baseline knowledge of software systems
  • Business level Korean and English

Preferred Requirements:

  • Background in sensors, ADAS/AD, automotive, or a closely related field
  • Experience directly managing or leading teams of engineers in a formal leadership capacity
  • Proficient in (JIRA, etc.)
  • Proven track record of leading complex programs involving 15+ software and hardware engineers

About the Company:

Based in the United States, this software development company specialises in autonomous vehicle development. World-leading OEMs depend on this firm’s solutions.

Keywords:

Job Ref: 9E4BEL

Contract Type: Perm

Specialism: Tech & Transformation

Focus: IT Management

Industry: IT

Salary: ₩100,000,000 - ₩400,000,000 per annum

Workplace Type: On-site

Experience Level: Senior Management

Language: Korean - Professional working

Second Language: English - Professional working

Location: Seoul Capital Area

Job Reference: 9E4BEL-07ED317B

Date posted: 30 June 2026

Consultant: Lucas Choi