Configurations Systems Engineer - Satellite System Development

Role: Configurations Engineer - Satellite System Development

Employment Type: Full Time

Educational Qualification: Master’s Degree in Systems Engineering, Mechanical or Electrical/Electronics Engineering

Work Experience: Minimum of 4 years’ experience in systems engineering

Role Description:
A Configuration Engineer in Satellite System Development ensures proper documentation, management, and control of satellite system designs throughout the development lifecycle. They maintain configuration integrity and support seamless integration across engineering teams.

Responsibilities & Duties: 

• Management of a project for the development and qualification of a satellite system
• End to end product realization process including design, integration, verification & validation, and transition to operational team
• Engineering and verification of system requirements 
• Engineering trade study and compliances, technical trade-offs and risk management
• System design and interface control (mechanical, electrical, electronics, software)
• Subsystem selection, procurement and qualification
• Engineering configuration and change management and tracking
• Setting up reviews and planning milestones and gateways to track design progress
• Planning and reviewing Concept of Operations
• Management support of the activities of system Manufacture, Assembly, Integration & Test and satellite qualification, including that of the ground support equipment
• Interface with customers, subcontractors and suppliers as per program requirements

Desirable Skills & Certifications:

• A proactive approach, with initiative and ability to work independently
• Synthesize, summarize and draw conclusions
• Familiarity with space systems, including knowledge of orbits, LEO environments etc.
• Adhere to strict standards of confidentiality
• Work in distributed international teams
• Strength to cope with schedules and deadlines
• Excellent organizational and communication skills

Candidate Acumen:
The ideal candidate for Configuration Engineer possesses a strong understanding of satellite systems, engineering processes, and configuration management tools. They excel in attention to detail, cross-functional collaboration, and maintaining design integrity.

Benefits:
Health insurance coverage
Unlimited leaves & flexible working hours
Role-based remote work and work-from-home benefit
Relocation assistance
Professional Mental Wellness services
Creche facility for primary caregivers (limited to India)
Employee Stock Options for all hires

About Pixxel

Pixxel is a space data company, building a constellation of hyperspectral earth imaging satellites and the analytical tools to mine insights from that data. Pixxel’s constellation is designed to provide global coverage every 24 hours and help detect, monitor, and predict global phenomena across agriculture, mining, environment and energy use cases.

Pixxel is on a mission to build a health monitor for the planet through a constellation of cutting-edge hyperspectral small satellites. This unique hyperspectral capability will be the key to unearth underlying, unseen problems that are invisible to satellites in orbit today. 

Pixxel has collaborated with prominent organizations such as the Indian Space Research Organization, NASA JPL, and SpaceX among other leaders in the space industry. The organization is backed by Lightspeed, Radical Ventures, Relativity's Jordan Noone, Seraphim Capital, Ryan Johnson, Blume Ventures, Sparta LLC and Accenture among others.

Recently, Pixxel successfully raised $36 Million in its Series B funding round, with participation from new investors like Google, alongside existing investors, bringing the company's total venture funding to $71 Million.

To know more about us, visit https://www.pixxel.space.

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