Senior Thermal Engineer

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Responsibilities & Duties:

• Thermal design of a LEO microsatellite with frequent imaging and high-speed data downlink operations.
• Thermal design validation via thermal balance tests and other unit-level thermal properties determination.
• Develop thermal implementation plans and work closely with the assembly, integration, and testing teams to ensure workmanship.
• Develop thermal operations plans and collaborate with the flight software team to derive software requirements for active thermal control elements, and with the ground software team to derive operations plans.

Desirable Skills & Certifications:

• NX - Simcenter / Femap: TMG solver (Space systems thermal).
• Experience in test plan, procedure, and report preparation; design documentation.
• Familiarity with space thermal materials such as MLI, thermal pads, and thermal grease.

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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:

Once fully deployed, Pixxels constellation of 1824 satellites will capture imagery across up to 250 bands in VNIR and SWIR ranges, with a 40 km swath and daily global revisit capability. Pixxels most unique strength is its full-stack approach, integrating every layer of the value chain from satellite hardware and manufacturing to AI-powered analytics.

Aurora

Pixxels 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 TIMEs Best Inventions of 2023, Fast Companys Most Innovative Companies, and Via Satellites Top Innovators list.

For more information, see our Careers page or follow Pixxel on LinkedIn and X/Twitter .

Culture:

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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