Forward Deployed Engineer (Customer-Facing Systems) at Digantara

Bengaluru, karnataka, India -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

24 May, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

23 Feb, 26

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

System Architecture, Technical Point of Contact, Demonstrations, Integration, Operational Deployment, Requirements Translation, Product Adaptation, Troubleshooting, Cross-functional Execution, Technical Documentation, Proposal Builds, Systems Engineering, Hardware Engineering, Astrodynamics, Satellite Development, Mission Execution

Industry

Defense and Space Manufacturing

Description

Digantara is a leading Space Surveillance and Intelligence company focused on ensuring orbital safety and sustainability. With expertise in space-based detection, tracking, identification, and monitoring, Digantara provides comprehensive domain awareness across all regimes, enabling end-users to gain actionable intelligence on a single platform. At the core of its infrastructure lies a sophisticated integration of hardware and software capabilities aligned with the key principles of situational awareness: perception(data collection), comprehension(data processing), and prediction (analytics). This holistic approach empowers Digantara to monitor all Resident Space Objects(RSOs) in orbit, fostering comprehensive domain awareness. Why Us? Be part of a collaborative and innovative environment where your ideas and skills make a real difference to the entire space realm. Push the boundaries with hands-on experience, greater responsibilities, and rapid career advancement. Competitive incentives, galvanising workspace, blazing team—pretty much everything you have heard about a startup. Ideal Candidate: You are a technically grounded, execution-focused leader who thrives at the intersection of engineering and real-world operations. You are equally comfortable in front of a customer as you are deep in system architecture discussions with engineers. Responsibilities: Serve as the primary Technical Point of Contact for customers, ensuring seamless demonstrations, integration, and operational deployment of Digantara’s systems. Translate operational challenges into engineering requirements and work with Digantara’s product and R&D teams to drive rapid solution adaptation and iteration. Capture feedback and insights from demonstrations and deployments to shape product evolution and roadmap. Troubleshoot complex technical issues in the field and provide rapid, reliable fixes. Drive cross-functional execution across Engineering, Product, and Strategy, ensuring end-to-end delivery aligned with mission objectives and customer expectations. Qualifications: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Aerospace, Electrical Engineering, or related technical field. Proven experience in deploying and supporting mission-critical systems (preferably in aerospace, defence, or space-tech domains). Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to think on your feet. Strong communication skills, capable of interfacing directly with both operational users and senior strategic stakeholders. Ability to work in dynamic, high-pressure environments with government and defence stakeholders. Build technical documentation, presentations, and proposal builds to support customer requirements Preferred Qualities: Demonstrated experience in Systems Engineering, Hardware Engineering, or Astrodynamics, with exposure to end-to-end system lifecycle considerations. Prior involvement in satellite development, payload integration, or space mission execution. Experience in customer-facing technical roles, particularly within defence or sovereign capability programs. Job Location: Hebbal, Bengaluru

Responsibilities

The role involves serving as the primary technical point of contact for customers, managing demonstrations, integration, and operational deployment of space systems. Responsibilities also include translating operational challenges into engineering requirements and capturing feedback to drive product evolution.