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.

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 compliance of 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 knowledge of 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
• Hardware‑in‑the‑Loop (HIL) testing
• CAN
• SpaceWire
• RS‑422