Senior VNV Engineer

Department

Payload Avionics

Job posted on

Sep 04, 2025

Employment type

Full-Time

Role: Verification & Validation Engineer

Employment Type: Full Time

Educational Qualification: BE/BTech or ME/MTech/MSc Computer Science/Electrical/Electronics Engineering or related discipline.

Work Experience: 4+ years

Role Description:

This role will contribute towards owning, developing, deploying & managing verification & validation pipelines along with planning, generating, automating & executing test procedures required for qualification of payload avionics products. You will be the sole owner of the Verification and Validation programs for the payload for Pixxel's missions.

Responsibilities & Duties:

• Own verification and validation of Payload Avionics for Pixxel missions.
• Develop and manage Continuous Integration (CI) pipelines for verification setup, execution, bug tracking, and report publication.
• Build the infrastructure for validation of payload embedded systems by developing test scripts, frameworks, and test rigs/emulators.
• Drive efforts with the Verification and Validation subsystem to develop strategies for validating Payload Avionics firmware against integrated system requirements, perform analysis, and document outcomes.
• Investigate, reproduce, and analyze bugs to aid Root Cause Analysis (RCA).
• Ensure system requirements are properly translated into subsystem specifications and that these specifications are met by the design.

Desirable Skills & Certifications:

• Ability to understand embedded system design: gateware/RTL written in SystemVerilog and software written in C programming language.
• Experience with writing test benches in SystemVerilog and unit-level tests in C programming language.
• Experience in developing and managing CI systems
• Proficiency in scripting (using C, Python, or similar languages)
• Familiarity with linux operating system and Git for version control.
• Experience with building automation infrastructure to test embedded systems is desirable.
• Ability to quickly and accurately document test reports and results.
• Good written and interpersonal skills for effective collaboration with a proven track record as a team player

Candidate Acumen:

A strong desire to work in an unstructured, high-growth, fast-paced start-up environment

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

Pixxel is a space data company and spacecraft manufacturer redefining Earth observation with hyperspectral imaging. The company's first three commercial hyperspectral satellites—Fireflies—deliver imagery at 5-meter resolution and 135+ spectral bands, providing 50x richer detail than traditional Earth observation systems and unlocking insights across agriculture, climate, energy, environment, and more.

Once fully deployed, Pixxel's constellation of 18-24 satellites will capture imagery across up to 250 bands in VNIR and SWIR ranges, with a 40 km swath and daily global revisit capability. Pixxel's most unique strength is its full-stack approach, integrating every layer of the value chain from satellite hardware and manufacturing to AI-powered analytics.

Pixxel's satellite constellation is complemented by Aurora, its in-house Earth Observation Studio that simplifies satellite imagery analysis and democratises remote sensing for all. Designed to make hyperspectral data more accessible, Aurora by Pixxel combines high-frequency imagery with AI-powered tools to generate actionable insights, even for users without technical backgrounds. The third pillar of Pixxel's ecosystem is its in-house satellite manufacturing capability. Beyond building its own spacecraft, Pixxel also provides satellite systems and subsystems to other organisations. This dual capacity sets it apart in a sector where most companies focus on either payload design or data operations, but not both.

Pixxel's 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 TIME's Best Inventions of 2023, Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies, and Via Satellite's Top Innovators list.

For more information, see ourCareers page or follow Pixxel onLinkedIn andX/Twitter.

Culture

Pixxel is an organisation where we enable our employees to work on world-changing problems that they are passionate about, and a place where they can be their best selves day in and day out while ensuring they have fun every day.

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