(RA-I / Senior Project Associate)

Project Area: Astrodynamics and Space Situational Awareness (SSA) Software Development

Principal Investigator: Dr. Sanat K Biswas, IIIT Delhi Space Technology Centre

Duration: 12 months

Overview

The IIIT Delhi Space Technology Centre is recruiting Simulation Specialists (RA-I / Senior Project
- Associate) to contribute to the development of an advanced astrodynamics and Space Situational
- Awareness software suite. This role focuses heavily on scenario building, validation, and
- performance verification of trajectory tracking and estimation algorithms.

Key Responsibilities
- Design and execute complex, realistic simulation scenarios for astrodynamics and space
- Conduct comprehensive validation and performance verification of physics-based software

systems and associated tracking algorithms.
- Analyze simulation results and prepare detailed technical documentation and performance

reports.
- Travel Requirement: Frequent travel is required for this position. Please note that up to 6





months of the 12-month appointment duration will be based in Bangalore.
Qualifications & Skills
- Minimum Educational Qualification (as per DST guidelines):
For Research Associate-I (RA-I): Ph.D degree in Aerospace Engineering or in alied
areas or having 3 years of research, teaching and design and development
- experience after M.Tech Aerospace Engineering or in alied areas with at least one
- research paper in Science Citation Indexed (SCI) journal.
- For Senior Project Associate: M.Tech Aerospace Engineering or in alied areas or

bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering or in alied areas from a recognized
- University or equivalent AND Four years' experience in Research and Development
- in Industrial and Academic Institutions or Science and Technology Organisations and
- Scientific activities and services.
- Robust background and hands-on experience in orbital mechanics simulations and

astrodynamics.
- Proven ability in the validation and

📌 Simulation Specialist (Delhi)
🏢 Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology
📍 Delhi