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Satellite Development Roles
Satellite AOCS Designer
Requirements
- Expert command of satellite attitude determination and control, including B-spline/quaternion attitude representation, attitude maneuvers, pointing and stability control;
- Familiar with orbital dynamics and orbit control (orbit establishment, maintenance, phasing, formation flying/constellation networking), and proficient in STK/MATLAB/Simulink;
- Capable of AOCS simulation (sensor/actuator modeling: gyroscopes, star trackers, reaction wheels, magnetorquers, thrusters);
- Able to develop and test AOCS-related code (C/C++ or MATLAB code generation) and work with onboard data handling (OBDH)/housekeeping to close the loop;
- Familiar with aerospace development processes and AOCS subsystem PDR/CDR, hardware-in-the-loop simulation and satellite-level integrated testing;
- 3+ years of AOCS experience (key/senior position); entry-level positions require a degree in navigation, guidance and control, or aerospace dynamics.
Satellite Systems Designer
Requirements
- Expert command of satellite system-level design, able to perform mission analysis, requirements and specification allocation, configuration and layout, and mass/power/data-transmission budgets;
- Familiar with payload architectures for satellite communications/remote sensing, and able to coordinate system-level interfaces between the satellite and the launch vehicle, ground segment and TT&C;
- Familiar with aerospace development processes (concept phase, engineering model, flight model, PDR/CDR, subsystem/system-level integrated testing, launch site, in-orbit testing);
- Able to interface with all subsystems (structure, thermal control, EPS, AIT) and external suppliers, and to produce technical documentation;
- Familiar with standards and specifications (CCSDS, 3GPP NTN, GJB, radiation tolerance, derating design, etc.);
- Proficient in at least 2 of STK/MATLAB/Simulink; 5+ years of experience in system-level aerospace engineering (key/senior position).
Satellite Structural Designer
Requirements
- Expert command of system-level structural design for satellites and their subsystems, with mastery of typical configurations such as primary load-bearing structures, panels, brackets and deployable mechanisms;
- Proficient in at least one finite element software such as NASTRAN/ABAQUS/ANSYS for static, modal, sine, random vibration and shock analysis;
- Familiar with spacecraft mechanical environments (GJB 150, test requirements) and material selection (aluminum/titanium alloys, composites, thermal control coatings);
- Understanding of aerospace development processes (concept phase, engineering model, flight model, PDR/CDR, mechanical testing, assembly), able to independently complete structural design and drawing output;
- Familiar with structure-thermal-mechanism interfaces, able to work with the thermal control and payload teams on layout and mounting constraint design;
- 3+ years of spacecraft structural/mechanism design experience (key/senior position); entry-level positions require a background in mechanics/mechanical engineering with simulation capability.
Satellite Thermal Control Designer
Requirements
- Expert command of the conceptual design of thermal control systems for satellite platforms and onboard payloads, covering product selection, scheme adaptation and application design for passive thermal control (MLI, coatings, heat pipes, OSR, etc.) and active thermal control (heaters, fluid loops, thermal switches, etc.);
- Proficient in at least one thermal analysis software such as Thermal Desktop/Sinda-Icepak/Thermica, able to complete transient/steady-state thermal analysis of the whole satellite and individual units;
- Prepare the full set of thermal control technical documentation, including thermal design reports, thermal analysis reports, thermal vacuum/thermal balance test plans and test summary reports
- Responsible for thermal control implementation during the assembly phase, on-site production supervision, configuration control and closed-loop resolution of technical issues;
- Lead the organization and execution of thermal balance and thermal vacuum tests, carry out test data interpretation and analysis, complete thermal simulation model calibration, and iteratively optimize the thermal control design;
- Familiar with aerospace engineering specifications (the impact of component derating, contamination prevention, radiation tolerance and redundancy design on thermal design);
- 3+ years of aerospace thermal control experience (key/senior position); entry-level positions require a background in engineering thermophysics, or thermal energy and power engineering.
Satellite Onboard Software Designer
Requirements
- Expert command of onboard software architecture, familiar with the functional partitioning of software for onboard data handling (OBDH)/housekeeping, AOCS, TT&C and data management subsystems;
- Proficient in C/C++ for embedded development, familiar with real-time operating systems such as VxWorks/RTEMS/FreeRTOS and the 1553B, SpaceWire and CAN buses;
- Familiar with aerospace software engineering specifications (GJB 2786, software development process, code review, unit testing, third-party evaluation);
- Experience in fault-tolerant design (triple modular redundancy, watchdog, fault diagnosis and reconfiguration, single-event upset tolerance);
- Familiar with PDR/CDR, software phase transitions, hardware-in-the-loop simulation and satellite-level integrated testing processes;
- 3+ years of aerospace onboard/embedded software experience (key/senior position); entry-level positions require a software/computer science degree.
Satellite Integrated Testing (AIT) Designer
Requirements
- Expert command of satellite-level integrated testing processes, familiar with the test items and test coverage at each AIT (assembly-integration-test) stage;
- Experience in automated testing, proficient in developing test software and scripts with LabVIEW/TestStand or Python/C++;
- Familiar with satellite-level electrical testing, subsystem integrated testing, general inspection, and the testing and data interpretation before and after thermal vacuum/mechanical tests;
- Familiar with satellite-level harness, power supply and distribution, TT&C links and ground test equipment (EGSE) interfaces;
- Familiar with quality management and test specifications (GJB, configuration management, closed-loop problem resolution, traceable test records);
- 3+ years of aerospace integrated testing/automated testing experience (key/senior position); entry-level positions require a communications/software degree.
Satellite Electrical Power and Overall Circuit Designer
Requirements
- Expert command of satellite electrical power subsystem (EPS) design, with mastery of solar arrays, battery packs (Li-ion/Ni-H2), power control units (PCU) and power distribution units;
- Able to complete whole-satellite energy balance, power balance, bus voltage (e.g. 28V, 100V) and charge/discharge management design;
- Familiar with whole-satellite harness design, with mastery of power distribution, grounding and bonding, signal integrity and EMC design;
- Familiar with aerospace component selection (derating, radiation tolerance, unit-level component lists) and reliability and lifetime design (GJB 150, GJB 548);
- Familiar with EPS subsystem PDR/CDR, subsystem integrated testing and satellite-level electrical testing processes;
- 3+ years of aerospace EPS/overall circuit experience (key/senior position); entry-level positions require a power electronics/electrical engineering degree.
Why Us · Working Here
Competitive rewards
Compensation and long-term incentives, growing with the company
End-to-end experience
Full participation in satellite development, from design to orbit
Flat and open
A startup culture that respects every idea
Work with the best
Work alongside people who set the bar high
Apply · Send Your CV
We look forward to working with you
Please send your resume to hr@astraforge-sat.com with the subject line “Name + Position”. We also welcome a conversation about what you would like to create.