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 regimes, allowing end users to have 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.
We are hiring a Manager/Lead – HRBP to build High performing Engineering Organization.
Why Us?Build and scale the core Engineering team of a space-tech company solving real-time surveillance, intelligence, and sustainability challenges on a planetary scale.
Work directly with function heads to build mission-critical High-performance Team.
High-autonomy, mission-first culture with opportunities for rapid personal and professional growth.
End-to-end HRBP for the Hardware Engineering BU - hiring, onboarding, performance, promotions, exits, Employee Experience on key moments.
Drive productivity initiatives - work with engineering leads on org structure, workflow bottlenecks, capacity planning.
Own people programs for the BU - engagement, L&D, career frameworks, Productivity.
Drive culture on the ground - regular floor/lab time with engineers, not just calendar syncs.
Partner with BU leadership on org design and workforce planning, backed by data and outside in pov.
Ensure every employee experience reflects Digantara’s core values and future-forward vision.
3-7 years as HRBP/HR Generalist.
Experience in hardware engineering, manufacturing, or another build/product environment - not only software/IT.
Startup or fast-paced company background.
Strong stakeholder management with engineering leadership and ICs.
Prior experience in space-tech, defense, high-performance R&D, or dual-use technology startups.
Personal passion for space, national security, or sustainability.
Skills Required
- 3-7 years of experience as an HR Business Partner or HR Generalist
- Experience in hardware engineering, manufacturing, or another build/product environment
- Experience working at a startup or fast-paced company
- Strong stakeholder management with engineering leadership and individual contributors
- Prior experience in space technology, defense, high-performance R&D, or dual-use technology startups
- Personal passion for space, national security, or sustainability
What We Do
Digantara is an Indian company specializing in space situational awareness, intelligence, and surveillance. It develops infrastructure and data solutions for monitoring objects and traffic in Earth orbit, and is expanding its capabilities into missile defense.
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