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 all regimes, enabling end-users to gain 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.
We are seeking proficient Systems Engineers to join our team. This person is expected to be passionate about the way various components and independent subsystems can be put together to achieve final system/product goals. In this role, you will be expected to contribute to the systems engineering of Ground-based and Space-based sensors for SSA applications.
Why Us:Join a well-funded, fast-growing startup at the forefront of space technology. At Digantara, you’ll work on groundbreaking projects that ensure orbital safety and sustainability. We offer competitive incentives, a collaborative environment, and opportunities to innovate from day one.
Ideal Candidate:Prior experience in systems engineering across space and ground-segment systems, including ground stations, optical/RF observatories, spacecraft, or launch vehicle platforms.
Responsibilities:Define, document, and manage system requirements throughout the product life cycle.
Plan, configure and allocate requirements to subsystems, ensuring coherence and traceability throughout the design process.
Perform system-level trade-off studies to optimize performance, reliability, and cost.
Develop and maintain system-level documentation, including specifications, interface control documents, and system design descriptions.
Conduct requirements analysis, verification, and validation activities to ensure compliance with customer needs and industry standards.
Develop risk mitigation plans and monitor their implementation.
Facilitate customer and stakeholder engagement to capture and understand their needs and expectations. Communicate technical concepts, requirements, and issues clearly and concisely to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Bachelors or Masters in Aerospace, Mechanical, Electronics or a relevant discipline.
2+ years of professional experience in Space industry or affiliated industries.
Understanding of all the critical subsystems and segments that make up a satellite mission.
Experience in engineering project management, ensuring timely delivery, resource allocation, risk management and effective team collaboration.
End-to-end design and realisation experience (or) Systems integration experience in a subsystem/system in the Space industry.
Skilled in creating detailed technical reports, contents, manuals, and operational guidelines.
Experience with SysML and ECSS standards or similar.
Professional certification in Systems Engineering (Ex. INCOSE).
Have a can-do spirit and good problem-solving skills.
Ability to take direction and work independently.
Interpersonal skills to enable working in a diverse and dynamic team.
Maintain a regular and predictable work schedule.
Good verbal and written communication skills as well as organizational skills.
Travel occasionally as necessary.
Skills Required
- Bachelors or Masters in Aerospace, Mechanical, Electronics or a relevant discipline
- 2+ years of professional experience in Space industry or affiliated industries
- Understanding of all critical subsystems and segments that make up a satellite mission
- Experience in engineering project management
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.
