Digantara is a leading Space Surveillance and Intelligence company focused on ensuring orbital safety and sustainability. With expertise in space-based detection, tracking, identification, and monitoring, Digantara provides comprehensive domain awareness across regimes, allowing end users to have actionable intelligence on a single platform. At the core of its infrastructure lies a sophisticated integration of hardware and software capabilities aligned with the key principles of situational awareness: perception (data collection), comprehension (data processing), and prediction (analytics). This holistic approach empowers Digantara to monitor all Resident Space Objects (RSOs) in orbit, fostering comprehensive domain awareness.

Digantara is seeking a highly skilled Senior Satellite Onboard Computer (OBC) engineer to join our dynamic team to conceptualize and architect OBC. The engineer will be responsible for leading a team of analog, embedded hardware and embedded software engineers to design, develop and realize state of art OBC for cubesat/microsat bus.

Why Us?

Be part of a collaborative and innovative environment where your ideas and skills make a real difference to the entire space realm
Push the boundaries with hands-on experience, greater responsibilities, and rapid career advancement
Competitive incentives, galvanizing workspace, blazing team—pretty much everything you have heard about a startup

Ideal Candidate

Someone with expertise in leading the design, development of OBC for Cubesat/Microsat satellites designed to operate in Low Earth Orbit(LEO), with strong focus on high performance and fault-tolerance.

Responsibilities

Architect the Cubesat/Microsat OBC and optimize its configuration to meet the satellite bus and payload requirements.
Generate the OBC hardware, flight software requirements in collaboration with subsystem and payload design engineers.
Lead the team of analog, embedded hardware and software engineers to develop OBC capable of telemetry, telecommand handling, AOCS interface and payload data management.
Develop the robust flight software architecture, FDIR requirements and software verification and validation strategy.
Mentor the engineers in designing OBC, payload interface units and review the schematics, simulation results.
Develop the comprehensive test procedures for subsystem level, satellite level interface tests and resolve observations during integration and test phases.

Qualifications

B.Tech/B.E in Electronics Engineering or M.Tech/M.E or PhD degree in Electronics design/Microelectronics/VLSI.
6 to 10 years of demonstrated experience in design, development of onboard computer/payload interface unit for LEO satellites.
Experience of implementing fault-tolerant embedded systems with knowledge of CCSDS standards for telemetry, telecommand and payload data handling.
Strong proficiency in bare-metal and RTOS programming for embedded systems, with expertise in real-time scheduling and interrupt handling.
Proficiency in Embedded C, C/C++ programming languages.
Strong understanding in data communication protocols such as I2C, UART, SPI, Gigabit Ethernet, LVDS, RS422/485 etc.
Strong expertise in understanding and implementation of EMI/EMC control with best design practices.
Knowledge of standards for cubesat/microsat hardware development.

Preferred Skills

Experience in VHDL/Verilog and high-level synthesis.
Working knowledge of MATLAB/Simulink and PCB design tools.
Experience in software configuration management tools and defect tracking tools.
Knowledge of the latest trends in miniaturization of avionics for cubesat/microsat.
Good understanding of satellite subsystems and systems-first development approach.
Familiarity with satellite electrical ground support equipment to test OBC and payload interfaces.

General Requirements

Ability to work in a mission-focused, operational environment.
Ability to think critically and make independent decisions.
Interpersonal skills to enable working in a diverse and dynamic team.
Maintain a regular and predictable work schedule.
Writing and delivering technical documents and briefings.
Verbal and written communications skills as well as organizational skills.
Travel occasionally as necessary.

Join Digantara and be part of dynamic team pushing the boundaries of satellite technology!