Role: Associate Product Manager - Ground Segment Software
Employment Type: Full-time
Educational Qualification: Bachelor's degree in Aerospace / Avionics / CS with a solid foundation in Computer Science, or a related technical discipline
Work Experience: 23 years of experience in a technical role, with some exposure to product management, preferably within the space, satellite, or Earth observation industry.
Role Description:
We are looking for an Associate Product Manager to join our Ground Software team to support the execution of mission-critical software projects for satellite operations. The ideal candidate will facilitate collaboration between engineering, operations, and mission teams to help maintain development schedules, clarify requirements, and ensure smooth project tracking through all phases of development.
Responsibilities and Duties:
- Support execution of Ground Software initiatives, helping to ensure timely delivery of application updates and services by tracking progress and unblocking the engineering team.
- Assist GSS engineers in maintaining a healthy backlog by organizing tasks related to satellite tasking, data processing and operational tooling ensuring tickets are ready for development.
- Facilitate agile rituals (daily stand-ups, sprint planning, and retrospectives) to keep the team aligned on immediate deliverables.
- Develop a working understanding of technical concepts (API design, cloud infrastructure, data handling) to follow engineering discussions and capture accurate requirements.
- Monitor and flag risks regarding software integration or timeline delays to the PM or Tech Lead early.
- Serve as a point of contact between engineering, operations, and mission teams ensuring questions are answered and requirements are clarified during development.
- Coordinate communication with Satellite Operations and Mission Planning teams to ensure everyone is aware of upcoming releases and changes.
- Break down high-level requirements provided by leadership into detailed user stories and sub-tasks for the engineering team.
- Document interface specifications and release notes to ensure clarity across frontend, backend, and infrastructure teams.
- Coordinate testing and validation processes, ensuring that firmware updates and software changes pass necessary checks before deployment.
Essential Skills and Certifications:
- Ability to write SQL queries to validate data or troubleshoot issues without relying solely on engineers.
- Ability to read and understand code logic/snippets to follow technical discussions (writing production code is not required)
- Understanding of how APIs work, JSON data structures, and how backend services communicate.
- Strong understanding of Agile/Scrum methodologies and the software development lifecycle.
- Familiarity with Jira/Confluence
- Good technical writing and documentation skills
Candidate Acumen:
- Proactive and self-motivated with a passion for building software solutions and their applications in space.
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to think creatively
- Adaptable and able to thrive in a fast-paced, evolving industry
- Team player with the ability to work effectively across different departments
- Clear communicator with strong documentation skills, able to translate technical inputs into actionable project plans
Benefits:
- Health insurance coverage
- Unlimited leaves & flexible working hours
- Role-based remote work and work-from-home benefit
- Relocation assistance
- Professional Mental Wellness services
- Creche facility for primary caregivers (limited to India)
- Employee Stock Options for all hires
About Pixxel:
Pixxel is a space data company, building a constellation of hyperspectral earth imaging satellites and the analytical tools to mine insights from that data. Pixxel's constellation is designed to provide global coverage every 24 hours, building a health monitor for the planet that allows us to detect, monitor, and predict global phenomena across agriculture, mining, environment and energy use cases.
Pixxel has collaborated with prominent organizations such as the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), NASA JPL, and SpaceX among other leaders in the space industry. The organization is backed by Lightspeed, Radical Ventures, Relativity's Jordan Noone, Seraphim Capital, Ryan Johnson, Blume Ventures, Sparta LLC and Accenture among others.
Recently, Pixxel successfully raised $36 Million in its Series B funding round, with participation from new investors like Google, alongside existing investors, bringing the company's total venture funding to $71 Million.
To know more about us, visit https://www.pixxel.space.
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