Space Optical Payload AIT Lead

GALAXEYE SPACE SOLUTIONS PRIVATE LIMITED; Bangalore Rural; On-site; INR 3,800,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fair Compensation

Startup Culture

Flexible Working Hours

Open Culture

Leadership Exposure

Industry Mentorship

Job summary

GALAXEYE SPACE SOLUTIONS PRIVATE LIMITED in Bangalore North is seeking a Space Optical Payload AIT Lead to drive end-to-end integration, test readiness and anomaly closure for a flight instrument. You will own AIT plans, coordinate cross-disciplinary teams and ensure traceability from requirements to test data, while delivering compliant flight hardware on schedule.

The role requires hands-on shop-floor execution and system-level decision making within a startup culture, with opportunities to

Qualifications

• Bachelors or Masters in Optical, Mechanical, Aerospace, Electronics, Physics or related field.
• 8+ years in precision optical, electro-optical or space hardware integration and test.
• Hands-on optical alignment and metrology experience.
• Experience with quality practices (ECSS/ISRO/NASA-like).
• Python-based test automation or data analysis.

Responsibilities

• Own the payload AIT plan, integration flow, verification matrix and test schedule.
• Lead optical and opto-mechanical assembly, alignment and metrology.
• Lead AIT of payload to Satellite structure with high precision.
• Coordinate functional, vibration and TVAC campaigns with traceability from requirements to data.
• Lead anomaly investigation, root-cause analysis and re-test closure.

Skills

AIT leadership

Optical alignment

Test & verification

Space hardware

Python testing

Education

Bachelors or Masters in Optical/Mechanical/Aerospace/Electronics/Physics

Tools

CMM/laser tracker

Calibration equipment

Test data analysis software

Job description

GALAXEYE SPACE SOLUTIONS PRIVATE LIMITED | Full time

Space Optical Payload AIT Lead

Banglore North, India | Posted on 08/17/2026

Lead the controlled assembly, integration, verification and environmental-test readiness of a flight optical payload from precision optical/mechanical subassemblies through telescope-Camera integration, payload characterization and delivery. The role owns AIT execution, technical readiness, configuration traceability, test evidence and anomaly closure for a high-performance Earth-observation imaging instrument.

About the Team

You’ll join a tight, multidisciplinary payload group that owns the MSI instrument end-to-end: mission-driven requirements, optical/opto-mechanical design, camera + control electronics, firmware/FPGA, and hands-on integration & testing. We operate like a true startup engineering squad: direct communication, rapid problem-solving, and shared ownership. Decisions are made with a systems mindset, and plans turn into hardware quickly. Expect deep collaboration with data, business, and spacecraft teams as we mature the payload from prototype to flight-ready hardware.

This is a dynamic, hands-on role. Priorities, interfaces and test plans will evolve as hardware and programme maturity advance. The successful candidate is adaptable, calm under pressure, comfortable moving between detailed shop-floor execution and system-level decision-making, and able to create practical structure without slowing development momentum.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the payload AIT plan, integration flow, verification matrix, test schedule, resource/GSE readiness and risk register.
• Lead optical and opto-mechanical assembly, precision alignment, shimming, bonding, torque-controlled installation, cleanliness control and as-built metrology.
• Lead AIT of the payload to Satellite structure with high precision.
• Lead telescope and camera performance verification: wavefront/interferometry, focus, boresight, MTF, PSF, EFFL, distortion, resolution, radiometry/RSR and image-quality characterization.
• Lead OFE-to-CE integration: FPA alignment, thermal/mechanical interfaces, harnessing, grounding/bonding, detector checkout, timing/data interfaces, firmware compatibility and image acquisition.
• Plan and execute functional, vibration, shock and TVAC campaigns, including pre-/post-environmental baselines and optical re-verification.
• Define, review and execute controlled procedures, travellers, test data sheets and reports; ensure traceability from requirement to raw data and acceptance result.
• Chair or support TRRs, MRRs, pre-test/post-test reviews and daily AIT reviews; make evidence-based go/no-go recommendations.
• Lead anomaly containment, NCR/discrepancy investigation, root-cause analysis coordination, corrective actions and re-test closure.
• Coordinate closely with optical, mechanical, electronics, thermal, software/FPGA, quality, spacecraft, supplier and external test-house teams.
• Build a disciplined but agile AIT culture: identify issues early, prioritise non-destructive diagnostics, communicate directly and adapt plans while protecting flight configuration and quality.
  

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Optical, Mechanical, Aerospace, Electronics Engineering, Physics or related discipline.
• 8+ years in precision optical, electro-optical or space-hardware integration and test; demonstrated leadership of complex AIT/AIV activities preferred.
• Hands-on experience in optical alignment, opto-mechanical assembly, optical metrology and test-data analysis.
• Working knowledge of telescope/imaging metrics: WFE, MTF, PSF, EFFL, distortion, focus, boresight, radiometry and spectral response.
• Experience with cleanroom practice, contamination control, calibrated test equipment, configuration management and formal test documentation.
• Strong systems thinking, practical troubleshooting ability, clear technical writing and confidence leading multidisciplinary technical reviews.
• Experience with space telescope systems.
• Interferometry, CGH/null testing, autocollimators, alignment telescopes/theodolites, CMM/laser tracker metrology.
• Detector and FPGA/electronics integration.
• Ground support equipment design and selection
• TVAC and vibration testing.
• ECSS/ISRO/NASA-derived quality and verification practices.
• Python-based test automation or data analysis.

What We Offer

Fair Compensation in line with current marketstandards.

Start-upCulture: Be part of a high-growth, innovation-driven team.

Flexible Working Hours to support work-life balance.

OpenCulture: Freedom to explore, propose, and implement new ideas and processes.

LeadershipExposure: Opportunity to work directly with the Founding Team at GalaxEye.

Industry Mentorship: Work with advisors and mentorsholding senior positions and decades of industry experience.