Platform Systems Verification & Validation Engineer

About the role

The Platform Systems Verification and Validation (V&V) Engineer focuses on the satellite bus, ensuring the core infrastructure subsystems are fully verified and ready to support the payload. This role focuses on the functional verification of the utility subsystems that keep the satellite alive and oriented. It ensures the core platform—including power, thermal control, propulsion, and pointing—operates flawlessly and responds correctly to the onboard flight software.

Key responsibilities

• Bus Subsystem Verification: test and validate critical platform subsystems such as ADCS, EPS, TCS, and propulsion.
• Hardware‑in‑the‑Loop (HIL): use HIL testbeds to simulate orbital dynamics and sensor inputs for ADCS pointing accuracy.
• Power & Harness Validation: perform power budget verification, battery charge/discharge cycle testing, and solar array simulator integration.
• Flight Software (FSW) Interfacing: test command routing, telemetry packet generation, and fault detection, isolation, and recovery loops.
• Subsystem Interface Control: verify physical, data (CAN, SpaceWire, RS‑422), and electrical interfaces between platform subsystems.

Required profile

• 5+ years experience verifying aerospace subsystems, embedded robotics, or satellite platform architectures.
• Strong technical breadth in power electronics, orbital mechanics, thermal management, or control systems.
• Experience with automated test scripting (Python/MATLAB) to control power supplies, loads, and simulated sensor inputs.
• Familiarity with space‑industry data protocols and avionics testing architectures.

Required skills

• Python
• MATLAB
• Power electronics
• Orbital mechanics
• Thermal management
• Control systems
• CAN
• SpaceWire
• RS‑422
• Space‑industry data protocols
• Avionics testing architectures