Hardware Design Engineer

catalyx space; Ahmedabad District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Provident fund

Job summary

Catalyx Space in Ahmedabad, India is seeking a Hardware Design Engineer to design, develop, and qualify spacecraft avionics hardware from concept to flight readiness. You will work on OBC, EPS, communications, ADCS, and payload interfaces, ensuring space-grade reliability and compliance.

Responsibilities include PCB lifecycle ownership, FMECA, vendor qualification, and cross-functional reviews with mech/thermal teams. On-site role with growth in a cutting-edge space hardware program.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in digital/analog hardware design and space-grade considerations.
• Experience with EMI/EMC, grounding, and signal integrity best practices.
• Hands-on with space-grade components and reliability analyses.

Responsibilities

• Design schematics for OBC, EPS, communications, ADCS, and payload interfaces.
• Develop power regulation, signal conditioning, and interfaces.
• Own PCB lifecycle: schematic, layout, BOM, and docs.
• Perform FMECA and worst-case analyses on hardware.
• Procure space-grade components and manage vendor qualification.
• Lead design reviews against mission requirements.
• Collaborate with mechanical/thermal teams for integration.
• Create and validate test procedures across TVAC, vibration, EMI/EMC.
• Interface with software teams for HW-SW co-design.
• Maintain traceability and mission heritage documentation.

Skills

Digital/Analog design

Microcontrollers

Sensor interfaces

Documentation

Configuration-control

Education

B.E./B.Tech or M.E./M.Tech in ECE/EE/Avionics

Tools

Altium

KiCad

OrCAD

Cadence Allegro

LTspice

PSpice

Job description

Hardware Design Engineer

Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India (On-site)

Full-time

Space Technology

About Catalyx Space

Catalyx Space is building the world's best reentry systems. Our reusable ReX vehicles return payloads from orbit at unprecedented scale, up to 12 tons and 60m3 of cargo, while operating the full mission lifecycle from launch to recovery. Our core innovation is a Origami-inspired deployable heat shield that combines the scalability of an inflatable system with the robustness of a rigid structure. Built from commercial off-the-shelf components, it enables the world's widest heat shields, the largest payload return volumes, and a scalable pathway for returning everything from commercial cargo to future space nuclear assets.

Role

Design, develop, and qualify spacecraft avionics hardware end-to-end - taking designs from concept through schematics, PCB layout, testing, qualification, and flight readiness - while ensuring compliance with space standards and mission requirements.

What you'll do

• Design schematics for OBC, EPS, communications, ADCS, and payload interfaces.
• Develop, simulate, and validate power regulation, signal-conditioning, and digital/analog interfaces.
• Own PCB lifecycle: schematic capture, layout, component selection, BOM, and documentation.
• Perform FMECA and worst-case analysis on all designed hardware.
• Procure components (space-grade/Hi-Rel), manage vendor qualification, and track availability.
• Run internal/cross-functional design reviews against mission & system requirements.
• Collaborate with mechanical/thermal teams for board integration into spacecraft structure.
• Create test procedures; validate via functional, TVAC, vibration, and EMI/EMC testing.
• Interface with software teams for hardware-software co-design and integration.
• Maintain complete design, test, and results documentation for traceability and mission heritage.

Minimum qualifications

• B.E./B.Tech or M.E./M.Tech in ECE/EE/Avionics (or equivalent experience).
• 2-6 years designing hardware for aerospace/defense/embedded systems.
• Strong digital/analog design, microcontrollers, and sensor interfaces.
• Hands-on with Altium/KiCad/OrCAD/Cadence Allegro.
• Circuit simulation with LTspice/PSpice (or equivalent).
• EMI/EMC, grounding, and signal-integrity best practices.
• Knowledge of space-grade/radiation-tolerant parts, derating, and reliability analysis.
• Proficiency with FMECA, worst-case analysis, and component reliability assessment.
• Lab instrumentation: oscilloscopes, logic/spectrum analyzers, power supplies.
• Strong documentation and configuration-control discipline.

Nice to have

• FPGA/CPLD design and hardware-software co-design.
• Familiarity with ECSS/NASA/IPC standards for space hardware.
• System-level avionics integration and bring-up.
• CubeSat/smallsat avionics experience.
• CAD exposure (SolidWorks/Fusion 360) for board-mechanical integration.

Compensation & benefits

• Competitive salary (details will be shared with shortlisted candidates),
• health insurance
• Provident fund.

Equal Opportunity

Catalyx Space is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on any protected characteristic.