India Deep-Tech Hiring Report — Q3 2026
Snapshot taken 1 October 2026. Figures are frozen for this period.
- 2,001
- open roles
- 199
- companies hiring
- 13
- deep-tech sectors
- +656
- open roles vs Q2 2026
- +81
- companies vs Q2 2026
Key takeaways
- India's deep-tech companies had 2,001 open roles across 13 sectors at 199 companies as of 1 October 2026.
- Space, Defense & Drones led hiring with 830 open roles, up 64% from Q2 2026.
- Python was the most in-demand skill, appearing in 350 roles, up 46% from Q2 2026.
- MATLAB was the fastest-rising skill, up 119% since Q2 2026, climbing 10 places to #5.
- Disaster & Infrastructure Technology grew fastest, up 633% since Q2 2026.
Open roles by sector
| Sector | Open roles | QoQ |
|---|---|---|
| Space, Defense & Drones | 830 | +64% |
| Mobility & Smart Cities | 301 | +56% |
| Robotics & Industrial Automation | 207 | +73% |
| Artificial Intelligence & Computing | 200 | +63% |
| Semiconductor & Chip Design | 199 | — |
| Healthcare & Medical Technology | 83 | -17% |
| Climate & Clean Energy | 76 | +171% |
| Biotechnology | 47 | +88% |
| Disaster & Infrastructure Technology | 22 | +633% |
| Communications & Networking | 17 | -26% |
| Advanced Materials | 10 | — |
| AgriTech & FoodTech | 6 | +20% |
| Marine & Ocean Technology | 3 | -86% |
Top companies hiring
| Rank | Company | Sector | Open roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Ather Energy | Mobility & Smart Cities | 88 |
| #2 | Ubifly Technologies | Mobility & Smart Cities | 81 |
| #3 | GalaxEye | Space, Defense & Drones | 70 |
| #4 | Axonwise (Sarvam AI) | Artificial Intelligence & Computing | 59 |
| #5 | ideaForge | Space, Defense & Drones | 58 |
| #6 | Digantara Industries | Space, Defense & Drones | 55 |
| #7 | Exponent Energy | Mobility & Smart Cities | 47 |
| #8 | Garuda Aerospace | Space, Defense & Drones | 42 |
| #9 | Mirafra Technologies | Semiconductor & Chip Design | 41 |
| #10 | Tessolve | Semiconductor & Chip Design | 38 |
Top companies adding roles in Q3 2026
| Rank | Company | Sector | Roles added |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Ubifly Technologies | Mobility & Smart Cities | 81 |
| #2 | Ather Energy | Mobility & Smart Cities | 55 |
| #3 | GalaxEye | Space, Defense & Drones | 42 |
| #4 | ideaForge | Space, Defense & Drones | 30 |
| #5 | Axonwise (Sarvam AI) | Artificial Intelligence & Computing | 24 |
| #6 | Gnani AI | Artificial Intelligence & Computing | 23 |
| #7 | CynLr | Robotics & Industrial Automation | 21 |
| #8 | Pravaig Dynamics | Mobility & Smart Cities | 21 |
| #9 | QNu Labs | Artificial Intelligence & Computing | 17 |
| #10 | Genrobotics | Robotics & Industrial Automation | 16 |
Most in-demand skills
Open roles requiring each skill, against the Q2 2026 snapshot.
| Rank | Skill group | Skill | Open roles | Q2 2026 | QoQ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Languages | Python | 350 | 239 | +46% +111 |
| #2 | Languages | C++ | 197 | 126 | +56% +71 |
| #3 | Defence & Avionics | UAV / Drone | 167 | 117 | +43% +50 |
| #4 | Defence & Avionics | Avionics / DO-178C | 166 | 113 | +47% +53 |
| #5 ▲10 | Languages | MATLAB | 151 | 69 | +119% +82 |
| #6 ▼1 | Aerospace & Space | Remote Sensing | 150 | 98 | +53% +52 |
| #7 | Embedded & Firmware | Embedded C | 132 | 90 | +47% +42 |
| #8 ▲1 | Embedded & Firmware | CAN/LIN | 129 | 84 | +54% +45 |
| #9 ▲2 | Aerospace & Space | Propulsion | 126 | 77 | +64% +49 |
| #10 ▲2 | Defence & Avionics | Systems Engineering | 122 | 77 | +58% +45 |
| #11 | Hardware & PCB | PCB Design | 118 | — | New |
| #12 ▼4 | Automotive & EV | Functional Safety | 118 | 88 | +34% +30 |
| #13 ▼3 | Robotics | Control Systems | 115 | 77 | +49% +38 |
| #14 ▼1 | Mechanical & CAD | DFM / DFMA | 113 | 73 | +55% +40 |
| #15 | Mechanical & CAD | SolidWorks | 112 | — | New |
Left the top 15 since Q2 2026: Linux, C.
Methodology & citation
A point-in-time census of currently-open roles discovered directly from the career pages of indexed Indian deep-tech companies — not job-board aggregates. Numbers are frozen for Q3 2026 and will not change.
Trend figures compare this quarter's frozen snapshot to the previous quarterly one — like with like, and unaffected by missing posting dates. Changes reflect both real hiring activity and growth in the number of companies we track — newly indexed companies add to a quarter's count even where the underlying roles predate it.
A role counts towards every skill detected in it, so skill totals overlap and do not sum to the open-role count. Trends compare against the Q2 2026 top 15 only — a skill marked New was outside that list, so its earlier total isn't recorded and is not treated as zero.
Roles whose posting date falls inside Q3 2026 — a measure of new hiring activity, not standing headcount. Only roles published with a posting date are considered; a future revision will rank on the date we first saw each role.
Deep-tech Work India — India Deep-Tech Hiring Report, Q3 2026. https://deeptechwork.in/reports/2026-q3/