Director Satellite OBC

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.

Preferred Skills:

• 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.

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.

Job Location: Hebbal, Bengaluru.