Field Engineer, Life Sciences

Cursor is hiring a Field Engineer, Life Sciences for a remote role open to applicants in United States. It pays $165k-$224k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Cursor.

Level's read on this job

On Level's scale, this role is Works on AI ●●●○: the daily work is on AI products, without building the model.
The posting lists this role as remote.
Tools and skills the posting cites include Grok.
Level lists 120 other open roles at Cursor.
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AI in this role

Grok

SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today, SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of making life multiplanetary and expanding consciousness to the stars.

SpaceXSI is building Super Intelligence to help humanity understand the universe. Our teams are building the full Super Intelligence stack: from our Colossus supercomputers, to Grok models, to our suite of applications, including Grok Bot, Grok Build, Grok Imagine, Grok Voice, and X. We're creating a powerful flywheel where more compute trains better models, better models power more useful products, and what we learn from people using those products shapes what we build next.

FIELD ENGINEER, LIFE SCIENCES

We're hiring Field Engineers to partner with prospective and strategic enterprise customers across Life Sciences. You'll be the technical face of SpaceXSI for the scientific organizations shortening the path from lab to market: helping programmers, researchers, scientists, and commercial teams evaluate SpaceXSI, running proofs of concept, and making sure they see the full value of agentic coding in their real workflows. You'll work hand-in-hand with Sales, Product, and Engineering as a deal partner, not a demo resource. You'll scope solutions, demonstrate capabilities, and act as a trusted advisor across the stakeholders that matter in Life Sciences: engineering leaders, architects, developers, scientific computing, R&D, and commercial IT.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Partner with AEs to own technical discovery, demos, POCs, and expansion with technical validation; build trusted relationships across engineering, scientific computing, R&D, and commercial IT
Go deep in research-heavy and regulated environments: developer workflows, AI tooling, complex setups
Help customers connect SpaceXSI to outcomes that matter: faster R&D cycles and a shorter path from lab to market
Deliver technical presentations, whiteboards, and workshops for scientific and commercial audiences
Act as the customer's technical advocate internally with Product and Engineering; partner with post-sales to hand off cleanly and set up onboarding for success
Stay sharp on SpaceXSI and the competitive landscape so you can go toe to toe in the room

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

Experience in Field Engineering, Solutions Architecture, Pre-Sales, or Consulting for enterprise software

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

Strong communication skills and executive presence, equally comfortable coding alongside developers or presenting to CTOs and scientific leaders
Understand the SDLC and can connect technical detail to business and scientific impact
Hands-on technical fluency (not full-time eng): workflows, AI tooling, complex environments
Deal-partner instinct: co-own with AEs and navigate complex stakeholder maps
Customer-obsessed and can translate technical detail into why it matters for the organization
Excited by Life Sciences and comfortable learning regulated / research-heavy orgs fast
Motivated by putting AI in the hands of people accelerating benefits for humanity

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

Remote role (United States)

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS:

The expected annual base salary range for this role is $164,500 - $224,000. This role is also eligible for sales commissions or bonuses, with an annual on-target earnings (OTE) range of $235,000 - $320,000. OTE includes base salary plus target incentive compensation, assuming 100% achievement of applicable performance targets. Actual incentive earnings depend on performance and the terms of the applicable plan.

Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills, education, and experience.

Base salary is just one part of our total rewards package at SpaceXSI, which also includes equity, comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, short & long-term disability insurance, life insurance, and various other discounts and perks.

How we rate this

Field Engineer, Life Sciences at Cursor rates 71 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Works on AI (AI Level 3 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Works on AI. The daily work is on AI products, without building the model.

●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Read the description and count the AI tools, models and workflows it names.

Key facts

Field Engineer, Life Sciences is an open job at Cursor.
Level rates this role AI Level 3 of 4: Works on AI.
The listed salary is $165k-$224k a year.
The role is based in Remote and is marked remote.
The job was posted on November 9, 2026.
Applications are handled by Cursor. Apply on Cursor

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Grok

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