Forward Deployment Engineer - Geospatial Track

Role at a glance

Forward Deployed Engineer - Two Track (Geospatial / Software Developer)

Experience - 2-4 years

Reports to - Deployment Strategist

Streams - Pre-sales evaluation; post-sales sustenance and support

Users - Defence and intelligence

Location - Delhi, with on-site deployment in secure, air-gapped facilities and regular short trips for customer evaluations

Joining - Immediate preferred

Candidates with up to 2 years’ experience join as Associate Forward Deployed Engineer. Candidates with 2-4 years may be considered for Forward Deployed Engineer, in line with our career framework.

About GalaxEye

GalaxEye is a space technology company building OptoSAR, which fuses SAR and EO imagery to strengthen ISR capability for defence and intelligence users. Alongside it, we offer AI-powered image and decision intelligence solutions that fuse multiple sensors into one secure, air-gapped and robust system for intelligence fusion and targeting.

Role Summary

Forward Deployed Engineers at GalaxEye are not desk-bound. They work directly with users on-site, take the product from evaluation or deployment through to live operations, and feed field learnings back into product and engineering. We are hiring across two tracks - Geospatial and Software Developer - both requiring 2-4 years of relevant experience. Candidates should apply to the track that matches their background.

Why this role?

• Work at the frontier: SAR-EO fusion, AI-driven intelligence and air-gapped software deployment are being built now, and few people anywhere get to work on them in the field.
• See your impact: your feedback and ideas go straight into the product, and you see them land with real users.
• Grow in every direction: engineering, analysis, user engagement and product thinking.

Track 1: Geospatial Engineer

Key responsibilities

Your work spans four areas, all grounded in hands-on imagery analysis with users in the field.

• Product development

• Analyze and exploit SAR and EO imagery for object detection, change detection, classification and reporting, and help turn proven analyses into product features
• Tune detection and classification parameters and AI models against real operational data
• Carry out GIS and DEM work: layers, coordinate systems, raster and vector processing
• Test new releases in the field and work with engineering to improve accuracy, usability and performance.

• Direct user interface and feedback

• Act as the first point of technical contact for your assigned user segment
• Run demonstrations, trials and evaluations at user sites, and train users on the platform.
• Keep live deployments running in air-gapped environments, including updates, troubleshooting and regular analysis reports.
• Capture user feedback systematically and escalate platform issues with clear, reproducible detail.

• New product ideas and opportunities

• Spot gaps between what users need and what the platform offers today, and turn them into product ideas
• Identify new user segments and missions where SAR-EO fusion and AI can add value.
• Pitch ideas to the product team with a clear problem statement, user value and supporting evidence.

Requirements

Must-have

Technical

• Degree in remote sensing, geoinformatics, geography, physics, electronics, computer science or a related field
• Hands-on interpretation of SAR and/or EO imagery, through work, projects or research
• Working knowledge of QGIS or ArcGIS
• Python for geospatial processing (e.g. GDAL, rasterio, geopandas)

Professional

Good-to-have

None of these are required. If you have up to 2 years’ experience and meet the must-haves, we encourage you to apply.

• Exposure to InSAR or polarimetry
• Experience with AIS data
• ML-based object detection on imagery
• Dashboarding (e.g. Power BI)

Personal

· Communication:

strong verbal and written communication, with a confident non-verbal presence

(body language, active listening) in front of senior users

·Presentation:

clear briefings and demonstrations for both technical and non-technical

audiences

·Ability to train: can

teach users and colleagues, and explain complex imagery and AI outputs simply

·Adaptability:

comfortable with changing requirements, frequent travel and offline, secure

environments

·Soft skills:

empathy, teamwork, ownership and composure under pressure

·Reporting:

clear, concise written reports

·Problem-solving:

curiosity and a structured approach to problems with no ready answer

Benefits

Benefits

What We Offer

• Fair Compensation in line with current market

standards.

• Start-up Culture: Be part of a high-growth,

innovation-driven team.

• Open Culture:

Freedom to explore, propose, and implement new ideas and processes.

• Leadership Exposure: Opportunity to work

directly with the Founding Team at GalaxEye.

• Industry Mentorship: Work with advisors and

mentors holding senior positions and decades of industry experience.