A new shortage is forming in the Ukrainian market of tech specialists — this time not of developers, but of narrowly focused engineers for hardware and defense technologies.
A new shortage is forming in the Ukrainian market of tech specialists — this time not of developers, but of narrowly focused engineers for hardware and defense technologies.
This opinion was expressed by Oleksandr Mostovy, Head of Recruitment, who specializes in recruiting talent in miltech and R&D.
According to him, today there are at least four categories of specialists who are critically lacking:
It is these specialists who create solutions without which modern defense technologies are impossible — from communication systems to electronic warfare and anti-drone systems.
«The market competes not for the number of candidates, but for the number of people who have already gone through this path,» Mostovy notes.
The key problem, he says, is that this experience cannot be scaled quickly. It is not provided by online courses or a classic software background. Such engineers are formed over years — through working with a real signal, field tests, and expensive mistakes.
Against the backdrop of growing demand for defense tech — including electronic warfare systems, drones, and complex embedded solutions — competition for such specialists is only intensifying.
Mostovy also called on engineers with practical experience to get involved in the development of hardware products and defense solutions, and the market to think about why the shortage is only growing: due to education, the difficulty of entry, or the specifics of the engineering roles themselves.
