Satellite System Engineer

ULOOK; Bengaluru Urban; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Job summary

ULOOK is assembling India's autonomous RF-intelligence satellite stack and expects a Satellite Systems Engineer to own end-to-end integration. You will turn subsystem designs and vendor deliverables into a spacecraft that clears reviews, withstands tests, and performs on orbit.

You will collaborate daily with subsystem leads, payload engineers, AIT, and mission operations, reporting to the CTO, maintaining the whole-vehicle picture across mechanical, electrical, thermal, and software interfaces.

Qualifications

• Engineering degree with hands-on flight spacecraft experience.
• Strong systems engineering fundamentals with traceability.
• Experience across multiple subsystems and bus–payload integration.
• Ability to produce ICDs, compliance matrices, and test reports.
• Proficiency in MATLAB/Python for systems modelling, SWaP and link budgets.

Responsibilities

• Own system requirements flow-down and traceability from mission requirements to subsystem specs and compliance matrices.
• Establish and defend spacecraft resource budgets (mass, power, thermal, data, link) with margins.
• Run system-level trade studies to select configurations and subsystems.
• Lead design reviews: SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, FRR.
• Support AIT: testing, TVAC, vibration, EMI/EMC, and root-cause analysis.
• Coordinate interfaces with subsystem suppliers and the launch provider through launch campaign and commissioning.

Skills

Systems engineering

Requirements management

Verification planning

Interface definition

Configuration control

MATLAB

Python

SWaP analysis

Link budget analysis

Education

Engineering degree (Aerospace/Electronics/Mechanical/Avionics)

Tools

STK

GMAT

Orekit

SysML

Cameo

Capella

Job description

Our spacecraft only succeed when every subsystem- power, thermal, ADCS, comms, C&DH & payload works as one machine. That's your job.

As our Satellite Systems Engineer, you'll own end-to-end systems integration, turning subsystem designs and vendor deliverables into a spacecraft that clears its reviews, survives its test campaign, and performs on orbit.

You'll work daily with subsystem leads, payload engineers, AIT, and mission operations, reporting to the CTO, and you'll be the person in the room who holds the whole-vehicle picture.

What you'll do:

• Own system requirements flow-down and traceability, from mission requirements to subsystem specs, ICDs, and compliance matrices that engineers actually trust
• Establish and defend the spacecraft resource budgets (mass, power, thermal, data, link), tracking margins and allocations through the full lifecycle
• Run system-level trade studies that let the team choose configurations and subsystems with confidence
• Carry the system through its design reviews , SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, FRR.
• Support Assembly, Integration & Test: functional testing, environmental campaigns (TVAC, vibration, EMI/EMC), and anomaly resolution through to root cause
• Coordinate technical interfaces with subsystem suppliers and the launch provider, from compatibility assessments through launch campaign, LEOP, and commissioning.

What we're looking for:

• Engineering degree (Aerospace, Electronics, Mechanical, Avionics, or related) with hands-on experience on at least one flight spacecraft programme through development, AIT, and ideally launch
• Strong systems engineering fundamentals: requirements management, verification planning, interface definition, and configuration control
• Working fluency across multiple spacecraft subsystems and bus–payload integration. You are able to speak credibly to mechanical, electrical, thermal, and software interfaces
• Proven ability to produce documentation that holds up - ICDs, compliance matrices, test reports with meticulous attention to detail
• Analytical comfort with the tools of the trade: MATLAB/Python for systems modelling, plus SWaP and link budget analysis

Nice to have:

• Mission analysis tools (STK, GMAT, Orekit) and MBSE tools (SysML, Cameo, Capella)
• Familiarity with international standards and practices (ECSS, CCSDS, NASA or equivalent)
• Launch vehicle interface experience, FE model exchanges, interface verification, readiness reviews

About ULOOK:

ULOOK is building India's autonomous RF-intelligence stack from orbit satellite swarms that turn faint electromagnetic signals into real-time intelligence. We detect, geolocate, and fingerprint what other sensors can't even see. At the intersection of defense, space, and intelligence, we give partners unmatched situational awareness, anywhere on Earth.