Forward Deployed Hardware Engineer
München · Full-time
€70K–€100K
Why join Furo?
Envision a fleet of factory batteries trading power and trimming peak costs unattended, and Furo of Munich, a battery software company, is building the brain for it. Utilities and manufacturers would rely on it every hour, a lot of daily dependence on one software layer. Neo and TQ Ventures are among 4 backers of its $5M seed, and 5 open roles across 3 teams give it room to scale.
JustBacked's take, based on Furo's own site and its funding and hiring data.
Our software decides every 15 minutes what a battery should do. You make sure it actually does it:
Integrate our optimizer with battery controllers over Modbus, MQTT and vendor APIs
Commission systems on site until the battery follows the plan to the kW
Build our own edge box on standard hardware (think Raspberry Pi on a DIN rail)
You Will Have Fun If You Are
Builder with agency
Get-shit-done mentality: you'd rather drive to the site than wait for a support ticket
High ownership, from the vendor call to go-live
Mission-driven
Passionate about energy transition and climate impact
Thrive in early-stage chaos (e.g. "Can you be in Ingolstadt tomorrow at 8?")
You Won't Have Fun If You
Like to follow processes. We don't have any.
Want to work remotely. We're in the office 5 days/week, and regularly on site at customers.
Want to stay on one side of the wall. This is half software, half hardware.
Qualifications
Solid Python and embedded Linux (networking, VPN, remote updates)
Industrial protocols: Modbus TCP/RTU, MQTT, REST
Electrical basics: inverter, BMS, grid connection point. Bonus: PV/battery commissioning
Fluent German, because installers and customers speak German
Don't worry if you don't have all of the above. We prefer fast learners over high experience.
Perks
Super small team, super early: you shape the culture
You define the hardware: which box we ship and how it's built is your call
Direct customer access: see your code move a megawatt-hour battery
€70–100K salary + equity as full time · €24/h as working student