Role Purpose
Lead the controlled assembly, integration, verification and environmental-test readiness of a flight optical payload from precision optical/mechanical subassemblies through telescope–Camera integration, payload characterization and delivery.
The role owns AIT execution, technical readiness, configuration traceability, test evidence and anomaly closure for a high-performance Earth-observation imaging instrument.
About the Team
You’ll join a tight, multidisciplinary payload group that owns the MSI instrument end-to-end: mission-driven requirements, optical/opto-mechanical design, camera + control electronics, firmware/FPGA, and hands-on integration & testing. We operate like a true startup engineering squad: direct communication, rapid problem-solving, and shared ownership. Decisions are made with a systems mindset, and plans turn into hardware quickly. Expect deep collaboration with data, business, and spacecraft teams as we mature the payload from prototype to flight-ready hardware.
This is a energetic, hands-on role. Priorities,



interfaces and test plans will evolve as hardware and programme maturity advance. The successful candidate is adaptable, calm under pressure, comfortable moving between detailed shop-floor execution and system-level decision-making, and able to create practical structure without slowing development momentum.
Key Responsibilities
Own the payload AIT plan, integration flow, verification matrix, test schedule, resource/GSE readiness and risk register.
Lead optical and opto-mechanical assembly, precision alignment, shimming, bonding, torque-controlled installation, cleanliness control and as-built metrology.
Lead AIT of the payload to Satellite structure with high precision.
Lead telescope and camera performance verification: wavefront/interferometry, focus, boresight, MTF, PSF, EFFL, distortion, resolution, radiometry/RSR and image-quality characterization.
Lead OFE-to-CE integration: FPA alignment, thermal/mechanical interfaces, ha

📌 Space Optical Payload AIT Lead (India)
🏢 GALAXEYE SPACE SOLUTIONS PRIVATE
📍 India