Embedded Software Lead - Satellite Payload

Digantara is redefining space safety and sustainability. As a leader in Space Surveillance and Intelligence, we deliver real-time, actionable insights to ensure secure and sustainable use of Earth’s orbits. Our cutting-edge platform integrates advanced space-based detection, tracking, and monitoring to provide unparalleled domain awareness across all orbital regimes. At the cutting edge of this technology, Digantara is building hardware and mission-critical software. But behind every successful team is an invisible engine that keeps projects moving with clarity, speed, and precision.

Digantara is looking for a passionate Embedded Software Lead to design and develop satellite payload electronics. The engineer will be responsible for end-to-end development of payload electronics, which is capable of image acquisition and edge processing, catering to Space Situational Awareness (SSA).

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 end-to-end design and development of satellite payload electronics/ground-based imaging systems.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with satellite electrical, mechanical and optical engineers to translate the system requirements into specifications of the Payload electronics.

• Design and develop the hardware and software architecture of the Payload electronics

  to accomplish on-board image capture and processing.

• Review the hardware requirements, bill of materials and guide the PCB design engineers to generate high quality layout with efficient thermal management.

• Lead a team of FPGA and embedded software developers to develop RTL/Firmware design requirements, architecture, and verification plans.

• Review the verification and validation, board-level test results throughout the development lifecycle.

• Plan and execute the hardware realization and interact with external vendors to realize high-quality payload electronics.

Qualifications:

• B.Tech/B.E in Electronics Engineering or M.Tech/M.E. or PhD degree in Microelectronics/Embedded Systems/Electronics Systems/VLSI

• 8+ years of demonstrated experience in end-to-end design and development of electronics systems/satellite payload electronics life cycle, which is built around high-speed FPGA/SoC

• Strong proficiency in VHDL/Embedded C with expertise in FPGA/SoC design flow using Vivado/Libero EDA tools

• Deep understanding of FPGA, ARM Cortex processor architecture, and techniques for resource-optimal RTL/firmware implementation

• Strong expertise in troubleshooting hardware and firmware issues during the hardware development lifecycle

• Proficiency in working with FPGA/SoC development kits and electronic test equipment

Preferred Qualities:

• Experience in developing reliable and robust FPGA/SoC designs for satellite payloads is a significant plus.

• Knowledge of the latest advancements in FPGA/SoC-based satellite payload electronics development.

• Familiarity with the standards for satellite hardware development is an advantage.

• Familiarity with digital image processing techniques.

• Knowledge of algorithm implementation in MATLAB/Python.

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 communication skills, as well as organizational skills.

• Travel occasionally as necessary.

Job Location: Hebbal, Bengaluru