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Role: Calibration Engineer Employment Type: Full Time Educational Qualification: BS/MS in Mechanical or Optical Engineering or Quality Engineering; plus strong industry experience

Work Experience: Minimum 4 years of space quality experience, including a strong “hands-on”

background with optical or optomechanical assemblies

Role Description:
Camera Calibration Engineer responsible for developing and implementing algorithms to accurately calibrate camera systems for optimal image quality and geometric precision.

Responsibilities & Duties:

• Develop new testers/critical optical components to meet design requirements for calibration and test.

• Participate in Pre flight calibration including geometrical, spatial and radiometric calibration, aberration characterisation, stray light test etc.

• Develop and lead alignment and integration of the payload to the bus

• Develop and deploy software that calibrates and tests imaging systems.

• Assist in Commissioning and in flight calibration

• Analyse volume data to provide mentorship on engineering decisions.

• Assist QA in formulating milestone based checks and verification procedures for

the payload.

Desirable Skills & Certifications:

• Experience with working in an optical laboratory and familiarity with optical metrology tools an advantage

• Deep understanding of imaging systems & camera technology.

• Mechanical/HW/SW problem solving and optimisation skill.

• Experience in lens characterisation methodology and calibration.

• Experience in image processing or software development, programming experience with C++ / Matlab / Python preferred.

• Exposure/knowledge about thermal properties, space-qualified materials and adhesives.

• Test plan, procedure, and report preparation for different environmental tests performed on spacecraft

• Well conversant with quality standards defined by different space agencies and organisations

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Must be able to read and interpret data, information, and documents

Candidate Acumen:
Demonstrates strong analytical and mathematical acumen with deep understanding of camera models, calibration algorithms, and system-level integration for high-precision imaging.

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.