{"id":4081450,"url":"https://alion.io/job/galaxeye-space-forward-deployment-engineer-geospatial-track","title":"Forward Deployment Engineer - Geospatial Track","company":{"id":59381,"name":"GalaxEye Space","domain":"galaxeye.space","url":"https://alion.io/company/galaxeye-space","size_band":"11-50","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Zoho Recruit","truth_index":null},"role":"Solutions","role_family":"Solutions","seniority":"junior","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["New Delhi, India"],"countries":["IN"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":2,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"GDAL","optional":false},{"name":"Python","optional":false},{"name":"QGIS","optional":false},{"name":"Power BI","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-11-11T17:26:29Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-11-11","last_verified_at":"2026-11-11T23:19:41Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":0,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":0},"description":"Role at a glance\nForward Deployed Engineer - Two Track (Geospatial / Software Developer)\nExperience - 2-4 years\nReports to - Deployment Strategist\nStreams - Pre-sales evaluation; post-sales sustenance and support\nUsers - Defence and intelligence\nLocation - Delhi, with on-site deployment in secure, air-gapped facilities and regular short trips for customer evaluations\nJoining - Immediate preferred\nCandidates 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.\nAbout GalaxEye\nGalaxEye 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.\nRole Summary\nForward 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.\nWhy this role?\nWork 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.\nSee your impact: your feedback and ideas go straight into the product, and you see them land with real users.\nGrow in every direction: engineering, analysis, user engagement and product thinking.\nTrack 1: Geospatial Engineer\nKey responsibilities\nYour work spans four areas, all grounded in hands-on imagery analysis with users in the field.\nProduct development\nAnalyze and exploit SAR and EO imagery for object detection, change detection, classification and reporting, and help turn proven analyses into product features\nTune detection and classification parameters and AI models against real operational data\nCarry out GIS and DEM work: layers, coordinate systems, raster and vector processing\nTest new releases in the field and work with engineering to improve accuracy, usability and performance.\nDirect user interface and feedback\nAct as the first point of technical contact for your assigned user segment\nRun demonstrations, trials and evaluations at user sites, and train users on the platform.\nKeep live deployments running in air-gapped environments, including updates, troubleshooting and regular analysis reports.\nCapture user feedback systematically and escalate platform issues with clear, reproducible detail.\nNew product ideas and opportunities\nSpot gaps between what users need and what the platform offers today, and turn them into product ideas\nIdentify new user segments and missions where SAR-EO fusion and AI can add value.\nPitch ideas to the product team with a clear problem statement, user value and supporting evidence.\nRequirements\nMust-have\nTechnical\nDegree in remote sensing, geoinformatics, geography, physics, electronics, computer science or a related field\nHands-on interpretation of SAR and/or EO imagery, through work, projects or research\nWorking knowledge of QGIS or ArcGIS\nPython for geospatial processing (e.g. GDAL, rasterio, geopandas)\nProfessional \n\nGood-to-have\nNone of these are required. If you have up to 2 years’ experience and meet the must-haves, we encourage you to apply.\nExposure to InSAR or polarimetry\nExperience with AIS data\nML-based object detection on imagery\nDashboarding (e.g. Power BI)\nPersonal\n· Communication:\nstrong verbal and written communication, with a confident non-verbal presence\n(body language, active listening) in front of senior users\n·Presentation:\nclear briefings and demonstrations for both technical and non-technical\naudiences\n·Ability to train: can\nteach users and colleagues, and explain complex imagery and AI outputs simply\n·Adaptability:\ncomfortable with changing requirements, frequent travel and offline, secure\nenvironments\n·Soft skills:\nempathy, teamwork, ownership and composure under pressure\n·Reporting:\nclear, concise written reports\n·Problem-solving:\ncuriosity and a structured approach to problems with no ready answer\nBenefits\nBenefits\nWhat We Offer\nFair Compensation in line with current 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