Ground Station Engineer

Dhruva Space is a National Award-winning Space Technology startup focused on building full-stack Space engineering solutions. The company is based out of Hyderabad, India, and Graz, Austria. We have been actively involved in building application-agnostic Satellite platforms.

Our vision is to offer Satellites coupled with Earth stations and Launch services as an integrated solution or individually as a technology solution to power Space-based applications on Earth & beyond. The founding team comprises business & technology leaders who formerly worked with Exseed Space, ams AG, Cisco & KPMG.

Job Description

We are looking for an analytical, knowledgeable Ground Station Engineer to assemble, integrate, and operate our Ground Station. Take the lead in establishing a Ground Station tracking LEO/GEO/MEO satellites.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Work with RF Engineers, Antenna, Feed experts to establish the entire Ground Station from scratch.

• Understanding the Rx as a whole chain from the Antenna, Feed, LNA to the receiver.

• Operating the Ground Station and Tracking data. Identifying the loopholes in the entire chain.

• Identify the right components for the Rx chain and work with vendors in setting them up.

• Writing design proposals, reports, manuals, and other technical documents.

Qualifications: 

• Bachelors / Diploma or equivalent degree in Electronics / RF Engineering or equivalent field.

• Knowledge in Antennas, Power Amplifier, LNA, Feed, Receivers, and other Ground Station Equipment.

• Strong understanding of electronics, mathematics, science.

• Excellent research, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills.