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 Director, Satellite On-Board Computer (OBC) to join our dynamic team to conceptualize, architect and lead the development of OBC. The candidate will be responsible for leading a team of embedded hardware and embedded software engineers to design, develop and realize state of art OBC for cubesat/microsat bus.
Why Us:Competitive incentives, galvanizing workspace, blazing team, frequent outings—pretty much everything you have heard about a startup + you get to work on space technology.
Hustle in a well-funded startup allowing you to take charge of your responsibilities and create your moonshot.
Ideal Candidate:
Someone with expertise in design, development of OBC for Cubesat/Microsat satellites designed to operate in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), with strong focus on miniaturisation and fault-tolerance.
Responsibilities:
Architect the Cubesat/Microsat OBC and optimize its configuration to meet the satellite bus and payload requirements.
Generate the hardware, flight software requirements in collaboration with subsystem and payload design engineers/customers.
Lead the team of analog, RTL design and firmware engineers to develop an 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.
Review the schematics, software , simulation results and test procedure for subsystem level and satellite level interface tests.
Guide the development of test systems for OBC, evolve comprehensive test philosophy and resolve observations during integration and test phases.
Qualifications:
B.Tech/B.E in Electrical/Electronics Engineering or M.Tech/M.E or PhD degree in VLSI /Electronics design/Microelectronics.
8+ years of demonstrated experience in design, development of OBC for LEO satellites.
Expertise in 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
Experience in Embedded C/C++, software configuration management and defect tracking tools
Strong understanding in data communication protocols such as I2C, UART, SPI, Space wire, and interfaces LVDS, RS422/485, etc
Knowledge in understanding and implementation of EMI/EMC control with best design practices.
Exposure to VHDL/Verilog and high-level synthesis.
Working knowledge of MATLAB/Simulink and PCB design 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 for OBC testing.
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.
What We Do
Digantara is an Indian company specializing in space situational awareness, intelligence, and surveillance. It develops infrastructure and data solutions for monitoring objects and traffic in Earth orbit, and is expanding its capabilities into missile defense.
