Mission Design Engineer

Digantara is looking for a mission design engineer to work on the modelling and simulation of its ground-based and space-based SSA infrastructure.
Digantara is building the world’s first maps for space, Space-Mission Assurance Platform™ (Space-MAP™). Space-MAP™ represents a revolutionary end-to-end infrastructure for sustainable space operations, offering a comprehensive space situational awareness solution that simplifies and strengthens satellite operations in the face of the rapidly expanding commercialization of space.
Deployment of SSA sensors across various locations and orbital regimes is essential towards obtaining a comprehensive picture of the near-earth environment. The mission design engineer will provide expertise to develop and improve software modules for the design, simulation and operational planning of this sensor infrastructure.
Why Us?

• Competitive incentives, galvanising workspace, blazing team, frequent outings—pretty much everything that you have heard about a startup + you get to work on space technology.
• Hustle in a well-funded startup with a flat hierarchy that allows you to take charge of your responsibilities and create your own moonshot.

Responsibilities 

• Develop and maintain in-house mission design software tools for SSA infrastructure analysis & simulation.
• Continuously upgrade and optimize software programs for the addition of simulation capabilities and improving computational performance.
• Support decision-making for the design of space-based and ground-based missions backed by simulation-based results.
• Formulate mission operation plans and conops for optimal utilization of the SSA infrastructure.
• Create, test and deploy software scripts for planning and scheduling of sensor operation and management.
• Interface with software and operations teams for successful deployment, testing and operations of mission software infrastructure.
• Participate in design reviews and technical presentations to stakeholders.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s, Master’s or Ph.D. in astrodynamics, aerospace, mathematics, physics, software or a relevant discipline.
• Strong development skills in Python, including computational optimization techniques like NumPy, multithreading, multiprocessing and GPU acceleration.
• Experience with version control systems like Git.
• Knowledge of orbital mechanics.
• Good understanding of optimization and scheduling algorithms.

Preferred Qualities 

• Experience with mission design tools such as STK, FreeFlyer or GMAT.
• Advanced proficiency in heuristic scheduling algorithms.
• Exposure to software development, API integrations, cloud computing (AWS), containerization (Docker) etc.

General Requirement

• 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 communication skills as well as organizational skills.
• Travel occasionally as necessary.

Job Location: Hebbal, Bengaluru
Work Type: Full Time