ABOUT

Agnikul Cosmos is a company incubated at IIT Madras and we build rockets that can take satellites up to 500 kg to Lower Earth Orbit (LEO). In May 2024, we successfully completed our maiden launch from our own launchpad (India's first private launchpad). The launch has proven all the new technologies developed by Agnikul and also earned recognition from Honourable Prime Minister of India.

We are looking for someone who can take complete ownership of planning and executing hardware testing activities — from creating detailed test matrices that cover all functional requirements, to ensuring tests are conducted safely and systematically.

Key Responsibilities

1. Developing and implementing comprehensive functional qualification and acceptance plans for flight hardware. Collaborate with design and quality assurance teams to integrate hardware qualification activities into the project.

2. Coordinate with designers to evaluate and ensure all pre-test preparations are complete and any identified issues are resolved.



Reports on the readiness status of each subsystem highlighting any risks or areas needing further attention before proceeding with testing.

3. Find creative ways to create, review, and optimise functional test processes/procedures to increase testing capability and rate.

4. Development and implementation of testing protocols and procedures.

5. Address day to day engineering issues during test operations

6. Monitor and manage test checklists to ensure all steps are followed accurately during testing 7. Preparation of reports of the test performed.

8. Identify, log, and track observations during the test using relevant tools.

9. Perform real-time and post-test data review to evaluate the performance of test article and test stand systems (fluid, structural, thermal, electrical)

10. Maintain comprehensive records of test results and performance metrics. Communicate observations and recommendations to relevant design teams.

11. Work to collaborat

📌 Testing Engineer (Chennai)
🏢 AgniKul Cosmos
📍 Chennai