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GalaxEye aims to shape the future of Satellite Image Acquisition, providing the most meaningful datasets, thus helping businesses and governments make data-driven decisions based on insights from satellite imagery. We design and build advanced remote-sensing satellites and develop value-added services for geospatial analytics and infrastructure customers.

As Lead Space Systems Engineer, you will own the systems engineering lifecycle for an entire mission—from concept and ConOps through design, AIT/IV&V, launch, and on-orbit operations. You’ll be the principal technical integrator across satellite bus and payload, driving requirements, interfaces, budgets, risks, verification, and technical trade-offs. You’ll partner closely with the Program Manager, Engineering Heads (Satellite bus and Payload Heads), and Mission Operations to deliver mission success.

Responsibilities:

1. Mission definition: Lead ConOps, mission architecture, and requirements hierarchy; flow down to subsystems with full traceability and change control.
   
2. Budgets & performance: Own mass, power, data-rate, thermal, pointing/ADCS, and reliability budgets; drive system trades to meet mission KPIs.
   
3. Interfaces & configuration: Create and maintain ICDs, data schemas, timing and command/telemetry interfaces; run CCBs and configuration management.
   
4. Technical integration: Orchestrate cross-discipline design integration (bus ↔ payload ↔ ground segment), including link budgets and data pipelines.
   
5. Verification & validation: Author the V&V/IVVQ plan; build test matrices; lead flatsat/HIL/SIL, environmental (TVAC, vibe, EMI/EMC), functional, and end-to-end tests; manage Program Milestone readiness (eg PDR, CDR).
   
6. Risk, reliability & safety: Drive hazard analysis, FMEA/FTA, FDIR strategies, and redundancy/cross-strapping; own system reliability goals.
   
7. AIT leadership: Plan assembly/integration flows, procedures, and test scripts; resolve test anomalies with rapid root-cause and closure.
   
8. Ground & ops: Define ground segment and mission ops requirements; coordinate LEOP, commissioning, calibration, and in-orbit validation plans.
   
9. Suppliers & partners: Lead make/buy trades, vendor selection, and performance management for critical avionics and payload interfaces.
   
10. Team leadership: Mentor other systems engineers; set crisp deliverables and cadences; elevate engineering quality and documentation standards.
    

Requirements

Must Haves

1. 6–10+ years in spacecraft/space systems or comparable complex systems; at least one program taken through CDR and integration (flight heritage ideal).
   
2. Hands-on systems engineering: requirements decomposition/traceability, ICDs, budgets, risk management, and V&V planning/execution.
   
3. Strong cross-discipline literacy: OBC/OBDH, EPS, ADCS/GNC, TT&C/Comms, payload integration, and ground segment basics.
   
4. Excellent communication; able to turn ambiguity into clear technical plans and lead multi-discipline reviews.
   
5. Strong debugging and analytical skills, verification and validation of systems
   

Good to Haves

1. Experience with smallsat/CubeSat architectures and flatsat benches; environmental and EMC test campaigns.
   
2. Knowledge of reliability in space environments (radiation, thermal, EMC) and fault-tolerant architectures/FDIR.
   
3. Familiarity with ISRO/ECSS/NASA lifecycle, mission assurance, and flight readiness processes.
   
4. Launch vehicle integration exposure (separation system ICDs, environments, constraints).
   
5. Prior startup experience or greenfield mission bringing up processes from scratch.
   

Traits We Value

1. Systems thinker with strong analytical and debugging skills.
   
2. Calm under test pressure; exceptional debugging and synthesis skills.
   
3. Inclusive leader who can mentor a diverse, distributed team. Someone who can bring in the culture of ownership and responsibility to the team while by giving them technical and creative freedom with necessary guidance.
   
4. Clear, concise communicator who builds trust across hardware, software, and operations.
   
5. Ready to learn new concepts, stay up-to-date with the state-of-the-art in the field and implement them
   
6. Ability to work within deadlines and dynamic projects
   

Benefits

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
  

Next Step

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