Sr. Avionics Engineer

Employment Type: Full Time

Educational Qualification:BE/BTech or ME/MTech/MSc Electrical/Electronics Engineering or related discipline.

Work Experience: 6+ yrs

Responsibilities & Duties:

1. As a part of Pixxel’s Electronics group, you will be responsible for the design, prototyping, testing, assembly, and validation of the spacecraft/payload digital hardware. 
2. You’ll perform analysis and trade studies on digital avionics subcomponents and work on their procurement from vendors.
3. You’ll also be responsible for the design and realization of PCBs for all digital electronics, that will fly to space and perform critical operations onboard our satellites, as well as handle high data-rate applications on the payload.
4. You’ll work closely with other subsystems to generate software requirements and interface control documents.
5. You’ll work on test plans and test procedures and develop spacecraft and equipment operating procedures for the safe, efficient, and reliable operation of the systems, during all phases of spacecraft design, development, integration, testing, and the launch and post-launch operations, in various environments including inside labs, cleanrooms and test facilities.
6. You’ll be working on component selection, FMECA, derating and worst-case analysis for internal AVI parts as well as board level schematic designs.

Basic Qualification:

1. 8+ years of experience working hands-on with projects that involve building robust digital electronics systems in terms of schematics design, component selections, PCB realization, and testing.
2. Experience in designing high-reliability and fail-safe hardware is preferred.

Desirable Skills/Requirements:

1. Proficiency in PCB design - should enjoy getting their hands dirty working with electronics hardware. 
2. Thorough understanding of concepts involved in designing digital systems for electronics (timing analysis, signal integrity etc)
3. Knowledge of digital and communication protocols such as SPI, I2C, SpaceWire, LVDS, RS422/RS485 etc.
4. Strong understanding of Digital Electronics and RTL design, including customizations of IP blocks for Encryption etc.
5. Strong experience in testing and debugging circuits, and proficiency in using test equipment, including but not limited to, power supplies, oscilloscopes, current monitors, loads, multimeters.
6. Knowledge of ESD phenomena and best practices to prevent ESD

Candidate Acumen:
A strong desire to work in an unstructured, high-growth, fast-paced start-up environment. The ideal candidate brings a track record of success in a similar role, strong interpersonal skills and a can-do attitude.

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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