Role: Sr. AOCS Engineer

Employment Type: Full Time

Educational Qualification: Bachelors / M.Tech / MS / Ph.D in Aerospace Engineering, Physics, Controls or equivalent

Work Experience: 8+ years of relevant work experience (as a GNC or an AOCS engineer)

Role Description:
This role will contribute towards the development of attitude and orbit control subsystems for a LEO imaging satellite constellation. If you love working at the cutting edge of technology and want to contribute towards making the world a better place by bringing down the benefits of space down to earth, this is the place for you.

Responsibilities & Duties:

• Design, model and develop Attitude Determination and Control system for LEO spacecrafts

• Collaborate with systems and mission teams to scope capabilities and requirements for the AOCS system

• Perform trade studies and select the necessary sensor and actuator suites to meet the subsystem requirements

• Design and implement algorithms to support various pointing modes and attitude control scenarios

• Implement control algorithms into modular, scalable and maintainable mathematical models

• Work with the flight software team to deploy the models against the simulation software

• Developing plans for end-to-end integration, test, and calibration.

• Develop and maintain technical documentation for spacecraft AOCS architecture definition, design, and development.

• Take end-to-end ownership of the subsystem development from design through implementation, testing, deployment and commissioning

Desirable Skills & Certifications:

• Strong understanding of satellite systems, orbital mechanics, classical dynamics and the low-earth orbit environment

• Strong understanding of spacecraft control and determination hardware and its implementation

• Experience with orbital manoeuvring theory, flexible body control, sensor/navigation filters, and flight software development.

• Proficiency and Practical experience developing in Matlab & Simulink, and Python

• Strong programming skills in at least one high level programming language (Python preferred)

• Ability to understand, break down, and solve complex problems independently

• Good communications skills (verbal and written), ability to work collaboratively in a team environment

• Mission design and orbit simulation experience using software tools (STK, FreeFlyer, Orekit, GMAT etc.) or custom software is preferred

• Full lifecycle development experience of LEO spacecraft

• Hardware-in-the-loop and monte carlo simulation experience

• Knowledge of Development tools

• Version control (Git)

• Project Management (Jira)

Candidate Acumen:
A strong desire to work in an unstructured, high-growth, fast-paced start-up environment

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.

Culture

Pixxel is an organisation where we enable our employees to work on world-changing problems that they are passionate about, and a place where they can be their best selves day in and day out while ensuring they have fun every day.

Central to our employee-first ethos is a commitment to ensuring that every team member feels valued and heard. We nurture a healthy and supportive work environment where we prioritise well-being and growth in all aspects of life

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