What you will do
- Map and build relationships with the operational units running Edge Run trials — points
- of contact, commanders, end users, and the people who actually fit and wear the
device.
- Spend significant time at units and training grounds: deliver and fit equipment, run short training sessions, and observe real use.
- Design and own the feedback intake: the questions you ask after a field session, how
you log responses, and how they become engineering work items.
- Triage problems in the field — distinguish operator error from a fitting issue from an
actual hardware fault, and escalate cleanly to the bench team.
- Represent Edge Run on the ground: with brigades, military medics, defense-tech
ecosystem contacts, and partner foundations.
- Feed the engineering team a steady, written stream of what soldiers complain about,
what they ignore, and what they ask for.
What we need
- 3+ years of relevant experience. Two profiles fit well: (a) a technically literate engineer with strong people skills, or (b) a recently demobilized officer or NCO with an engineering education or signals, UAV, or EW operator background.
- Comfort with frontline units: prior service, prior work with a military unit, or well-developed instincts for how to behave around soldiers and commanders.
- Enough technical literacy to read a basic schematic, recognise common failure modes, and explain a hardware issue clearly to both a soldier and an engineer.
- Native Ukrainian; working English (B1+) — written reports go to a non-Ukrainian-speaking team.
- Excellent written communication. Field notes that engineers can act on without a follow-up call.
- Willing and able to travel across Ukraine, including periodic visits to areas under threat.
- Based in Kyiv or willing to relocate. Office days when not travelling.
Strongly preferred
- Officer or NCO command experience in a combat or combat-support role since 2022.
- Existing trusted relationships with operational units.
- Experience running training, courses, or technical hand-overs to military end users.
- Familiarity with the Ukrainian defense-tech ecosystem (Brave1, Defence Builder,
Veteran Hub) and the procurement and trial pathways inside it.