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 detailoriented
Junior Hardware Test Engineer to own board bring-
up, hardware qualification and production test execution for satellite payload electronics. The
candidate is also responsible to develop Python-based test automation and maintaining
lab/GSE readiness to improve test coverage, robustness, and production workflows.
Ideal Candidate
Someone with 1 to 3 years of hands-on experience in end-to-end hardware testing and
automation for Satellite payload/bus/launch vehicle avionics or high-reliability embedded
systems.
Responsibilities
- Carryout acceptance and qualification testing campaigns for satellite payload
electronics and generate test reports, qualification documents, and non-conformance
reports.
- Develop and maintain Python-based automated test sequences and data-logging
pipelines for board bring-up, functional, regression, and environmental tests.
- Collaborate with systems, hardware and firmware design teams to define integrated
test sequences, checklists, automation, and lab workflows and capture lessons learned,
and drive continuous improvements to procedures.
- Maintain electronics lab and Ground Support Equipment infrastructure (equipment
configuration, calibration schedules, cabling, ESD-safe workstations) to ensure
continuous readiness for qualification and production.
- Perform basic PCB assembly, soldering, rework, and test fixture builds to support
prototyping and board-level repairs.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor's/Master's degree in Electronics /Electrical/Instrumentation, or a relavent
technical discipline.
- 1 to 3 years(maximum) of hands-on experience in electronics hardware testing,
validation, or production in satellite/launch vehicle avionics, or other high-reliability
domains preferred.
- Proficiency in using lab equipment i.e., oscilloscopes, power supplies, electronic
loads, and digital multimeters for board bring-up, debug and functional testing.
- Understanding of data communication protocols SPI, I2C, UART, RS422/485,
LVDS, Camera link and Gigabit Ethernet.
- Experience in executing structured test plans and documenting results with strong
traceability and attention to detail to identify the anomalies.
- Working proficiency in Python for test automation and data handling.
- Hands-on soldering and rework skills including through-hole and surface-mount
components for prototyping, repair, and test fixture assembly.
Preferred Skills
- Experience in end-to-end life cycle of Satellite payload/bus subsystem testing campaign
is a significant plus.
- Certification in IPC-A-610/IPC J-STD-001/IPC-7711/7721 is an advantage.
- Experience with thermal vaccum/thermal cycling and environmental tests on the
hardware.
- Familiarity with version control (Git) and basic configuration management for test
scripts and setups.
- Familiarity with the cleanroom protocols and handling optical payload is an added
advantage.
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.
Work Type: WFO.
