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As a leader in Space Surveillance and Intelligence, we deliver real-time, actionable insights to ensure secure and sustainable use of Earth’s orbits. Our cutting-edge platform integrates advanced space-based detection, tracking, and monitoring to provide unparalleled domain awareness across all orbital regimes. At the cutting edge of this technology, Digantara is building hardware and mission-critical software. But behind every successful team is an invisible engine that keeps projects moving with clarity, speed, and precision. Deployment of SSA sensors across various locations and orbital regimes is crucial for obtaining a comprehensive understanding of the near-Earth environment. The mission design engineer will provide expertise in developing and improving software modules for the design, simulation, and operational planning of this sensor infrastructure.\nWhy Us?\nBe part of a collaborative and innovative environment where your ideas and skills make a real difference to the entire space realm.\nPush the boundaries with hands-on experience, greater responsibilities, and rapid career advancement.\nCompetitive incentives, a galvanizing workspace, and a blazing team-pretty much everything you have heard about a startup.\nResponsibilities :\nDevelop and maintain in-house mission design software tools for SSA infrastructure analysis & simulation.\nContinuously upgrade and optimize software programs to add simulation capabilities and enhance computational performance.\nSupport decision-making for the design of space-based and ground-based missions backed by simulation-based results.\nRun sensitivity analyses to understand how design assumptions and asset failures affect overall system performance.\nDevelop delta-V budgets for orbit insertion, station-keeping, phasing, and end-of-life disposal.\nDevelop preliminary link budgets for space-to-ground and ground-station network data downlink feasibility.\nFormulate mission operation plans and CONOPS for optimal utilization of the SSA infrastructure.\nCreate, test, and deploy software scripts for planning and scheduling of sensor operation and management.\nInterface with software and operations teams for successful deployment, testing, and operations of mission software infrastructure.\nParticipate in design reviews and technical presentations to stakeholders.\nSkills & Qualification:\nBachelor’s, Master’s, or Ph.D. in astrodynamics, aerospace, mathematics, physics, software, or a relevant discipline.\n2+years pf experience and need a strong development skills in Python, including computational optimization techniques like NumPy, multithreading, multiprocessing, and GPU acceleration.\nExperience with version control systems like Git.\nKnowledge of orbital mechanics.\nExperience with mission design tools such as STK, FreeFlyer, Orekit, Basilisk or GMAT.\nGood understanding of optimization and scheduling algorithms.\nPreferred Qualities :\nAdvanced proficiency in heuristic scheduling algorithms. 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