Role: Electrical Engineer

Employment Type: Full Time

About the Role: As part of Pixxel’s Electronics team, you will support the design, prototyping, testing, and validation of electrical electronics. You will work on board-level hardware that combines analog, digital, and power electronics for space and payload applications. This is a hands-on role suited for someone who enjoys building and debugging hardware, understands core electrical engineering fundamentals, and wants to grow in the development of flight electronics and high-reliability space systems.

Key Responsibilities

Hardware Design and Development Support

• Support the design and development of mixed-signal electronic hardware for spacecraft and payload systems.

• Assist in schematic development, component selection, engineering calculations, and PCB realization activities.

• Support development of hardware involving power electronics, analog circuits, digital subsystems, and board-level interfaces.

• Participate in trade studies, part evaluation, and technical comparison of candidate components or design options.

Testing and Debugging

• Perform hands-on bring-up, testing, and debugging of prototype and flight electronics.

• Use lab equipment such as oscilloscopes, multimeters, power supplies, electronic loads, and current measurement tools for validation and troubleshooting.

• Support test execution, data capture, analysis, and reporting during board-level and subsystem-level validation.

• Assist in debugging issues related to power-up, interfaces, noise, regulation, signal quality, and functionality.

PCB and System Integration

• Work with senior engineers to review and improve PCB implementations for mixed-signal performance, reliability, and manufacturability.

• Support hardware integration in lab, cleanroom, and system test environments.

• Assist in basic checks related to grounding, cabling, connector usage, and harness interfacing.

Documentation and Engineering Process

• Help generate and maintain documentation such as test procedures, interface notes, design records, and validation reports.

• Support preparation of hardware for design reviews, integration, and release.

• Follow good engineering discipline related to configuration control, ESD handling, documentation quality, and safe lab practices.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or a related field.

• 0–3 years of relevant experience through full-time work, internships, research, or strong project work.

• Good fundamentals in analog, digital, and basic power electronics.

• Hands-on experience with electronics testing and debugging.

• Exposure to schematic design and PCB-based hardware development.

Preferred Skills

• Interest in mixed-signal hardware design and building real electronic systems.

• Familiarity with concepts such as signal integrity, timing, converter efficiency, grounding, filtering, and noise reduction.

• Exposure to protocols such as SPI, I2C, UART, CAN, LVDS, RS422/RS485, or similar digital interfaces.

• Familiarity with standard lab equipment and debugging methods.

• Awareness of ESD precautions and good electronics handling practices.

• Strong learning mindset, attention to detail, and willingness to work hands-on in a fast-paced development environment.

Benefits:

• Health insurance coverage

• Unlimited leaves & flexible working hours

• Role-based remote work and work-from-home benefit

• Relocation assistance

• Professional Mental Wellness Services

• Creche facility for primary caregivers (limited to India)

• Employee Stock Options for all hires

About Pixxel

Pixxel is a space data company and spacecraft manufacturer redefining Earth observation with hyperspectral imaging. The company’s first three commercial hyperspectral satellites—Fireflies—deliver imagery at 5-meter resolution and 135+ spectral bands, providing 50x richer detail than traditional Earth observation systems and unlocking insights across agriculture, climate, energy, environment, and more.

Once fully deployed, Pixxel’s constellation of 18-24 satellites will capture imagery across up to 250 bands in VNIR and SWIR ranges, with a 40 km swath and daily global revisit capability. Pixxel’s most unique strength is its full-stack approach, integrating every layer of the value chain from satellite hardware and manufacturing to AI-powered analytics.

Pixxel’s satellite constellation is complemented by Aurora, its in-house Earth Observation Studio that simplifies satellite imagery analysis and democratises remote sensing for all. Designed to make hyperspectral data more accessible, Aurora by Pixxel combines high-frequency imagery with AI-powered tools to generate actionable insights, even for users without technical backgrounds. The third pillar of Pixxel’s ecosystem is its in-house satellite manufacturing capability. Beyond building its own spacecraft, Pixxel also provides satellite systems and subsystems to other organisations. This dual capacity sets it apart in a sector where most companies focus on either payload design or data operations, but not both.

Pixxel’s team is young but deeply mission-aligned, with a culture rooted in curiosity, speed, and long-term thinking. As the company grows its constellation and expands Aurora, the focus remains on making space-based insights practical, scalable, and genuinely helpful so that the health of the planet becomes measurable and action becomes possible.

Pixxel was the only Indian startup selected for the Techstars Starburst Space Accelerator in Los Angeles and has been recognised in TIME’s Best Inventions of 2023, Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies, and Via Satellite’s Top Innovators list.

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Culture

Pixxel is an organization where we enable our employees to work on world-changing problems that they are passionate about, and a place where they can be their best selves day in and day out while ensuring they have fun every day.

Central to our employee-first ethos is a commitment to ensuring that every team member feels valued and heard. We nurture a healthy and supportive work environment where we prioritise well-being and growth in all aspects of life

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