The Role
Owns satellite assembly, integration, and testing from mechanical and electrical integration through qualification and flight readiness. Leads troubleshooting, environmental testing, documentation, quality compliance, configuration control, and non-conformance resolution. Manages and mentors AIT technicians while developing repeatable processes, tooling, work instructions, and quality checkpoints for constellation-scale production. Coordinates schedules, materials, facilities, systems engineering, quality, and payload teams.
Summary Generated by Built In
Satellite AIT Ownership
- Own and drive all AIT activities for the Drishti Gen-2 satellite — mechanical assembly, electrical integration, harnessing, and functional/performance testing.
- Develop and maintain AIT plans, schedules, procedures, and test flow for satellite-level integration, in coordination with systems engineering.
- Lead troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and non-conformance resolution during integration and test.
- Ensure test readiness reviews, test result reviews, and sign-offs are completed per program milestones.
Scaling to Constellation Build
- Transition AIT processes from a single-satellite, prototype-style build to a repeatable, higher-cadence constellation build process.
- Define and implement standardized work instructions, travelers/routers, and quality checkpoints suited to serial production.
- Identify and drive improvements in tooling, jigs/fixtures, and test consoles to reduce AIT cycle time per satellite as volume increases.
Team & Floor Leadership
- Lead, mentor, and manage a team of AIT technicians on the shop floor — planning daily/weekly work, ensuring safety, and maintaining build discipline.
- Train technicians on assembly, integration, and test procedures, and build bench strength as the team grows with constellation ramp-up.
Cross-functional Coordination
- Partner with the Operations Manager to align AIT schedules with the overall production plan.
- Work with the Inventory Manager to ensure parts, sub-systems, and consumables are available and traceable for each build (kitting, GRN/issue tracking, shortage escalation).
- Align with the Ground Floor Manager on facility, cleanroom, EGSE/GSE, and safety requirements against the AIT schedule.
- Coordinate with Tech Heads, Project Managers, systems engineering, system leads, quality, and payload/sensor teams to resolve interface and requirement issues surfaced during integration.
Documentation & Compliance
- Maintain AIT documentation — test procedures, test reports, non-conformance reports, and traveler/router records — per applicable quality standards (e.g., ISO 9001; ECSS-Q-ST or equivalent space-quality framework, as adopted internally).
- Support configuration control and traceability of build records for each flight unit
Requirements
Must-have
- 8+ years of hands-on experience in satellite/spacecraft (or closely related aerospace/defense electro-optical systems) Assembly, Integration & Testing.
- Demonstrated experience owning AIT for a satellite or major sub-system through to qualification/flight readiness — not just component-level test.
- Experience with environmental qualification testing (vibration, thermal/thermal-vacuum, EMI/EMC).
- Prior experience leading a technician team on the floor, including planning, training, and mentoring.
- Experience working within a documented quality system (ISO 9001, ECSS, DO-254-equivalent, or similar), and comfort maintaining traceable build/test records.
- Ability to operate in a fast-paced startup environment and help build repeatable processes as the program scales from one satellite to a constellation.
Nice to have
- Prior exposure to serial/repeat production rather than one-off builds, given the constellation scale-up ahead.
- Direct satellite AIT experience (as opposed to only ground/defense electro-optics).
- Experience setting up or improving AIT floor processes from scratch — facilities, tooling, work instructions — for a scaling program.
Benefits
- Fair compensation will be provided as per market standards
- Experience rapid growth and start-up culture
- Flexible Working Hours
- Open to exploring, discussing and implementing new ideas and processes
- Opportunity to work closely with the Founding Team at GalaxEye
- Get a chance to work with Advisors holding senior positions and decades of experience.
Skills Required
- 8+ years of hands-on experience in satellite, spacecraft, aerospace, or defense electro-optical systems assembly, integration, and testing
- Experience owning AIT for a satellite or major subsystem through qualification or flight readiness
- Experience with vibration, thermal or thermal-vacuum, and EMI/EMC environmental qualification testing
- Experience leading, planning, training, and mentoring a technician team on the production floor
- Experience working within a documented quality system such as ISO 9001, ECSS-Q-ST, DO-254-equivalent, or similar
- Ability to work in a fast-paced startup environment and develop repeatable processes for constellation-scale production
- Exposure to serial or repeat production
- Direct satellite AIT experience
- Experience establishing or improving AIT floor processes, facilities, tooling, and work instructions
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The Company
What We Do
GalaxEye is an Indian space-tech startup developing advanced Earth-observation technologies. Its flagship Drishti Mission uses a multisensor imaging satellite combining optical and Synthetic Aperture Radar data to produce high-resolution imagery, including through cloud cover and at night. The company applies artificial intelligence, computer vision, and geospatial analysis to support governments, defense organizations, and industries with actionable insights.
