Job Description
The role involves designing, developing, and validating spacecraft subsystems, including hardware and software, for Planet's satellite constellation, with responsibilities spanning architecture definition, testing, troubleshooting, and performance analysis in a dynamic environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, define, specify, and validate spacecraft subsystems including power, payload data processing, command and control radios, high-speed downlink radios, and avionics.
- Own architecture definition of spacecraft subsystems, including hardware and software partitioning and specification.
- Oversee hardware and software development of spacecraft subsystems.
- Conduct end-to-end validation testing of spacecraft subsystems, including hardware-in-the-loop tests.
- Perform anomaly response, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis for on-orbit spacecraft issues.
- Analyze spacecraft subsystem performance using in-orbit data.
Requirements
- Ten (10) years of experience in spacecraft avionics systems design and or operation.
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field of study.
- Experience designing on-board software and hardware for spacecraft.
- Ability to dig deep and drive anomaly investigation in a structured way to reach root cause identification.
- Experience in defining end-to-end validation test plans, and executing them.
- Experience reviewing embedded application software code, and electrical schematics.
- Fluency in Python or other scripting languages to control automate test facility.
- Data analysis skills to process large amounts of telemetry data and extract insights on spacecraft subsystem performance.
- Experience leveraging generative AI tools to accelerate development of test software, data analysis tools.
Benefits & Perks
Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision plans
Health Savings Account (HSA) with a company contribution
Generous Paid Time Off in addition to holidays and company-wide days off
16 Weeks of Paid Parental Leave
Wellness Program and Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Home Office Reimbursement
Monthly Phone and Internet Reimbursement
Tuition Reimbursement and access to LinkedIn Learning
Equity
Commuter Benefits if local to an office
Discretionary short-term and long-term incentives bonus and equity
Salary range of $205,000 - $257,200 USD (dependent on experience, skills, and location)
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