Title: Lead Electrical Assembly Integration & Test Engineer
Industry: Space Technology
Location: Ahmedabad (with travel to integration and launch sites)
Role Type: Full-time
Experience: 7 - 12 years
About the Role:
The Electrical AIT Lead is responsible for the electrical integrity, grounding philosophy, harnessing strategy, and EMI/EMC discipline of the spacecraft across all Assembly, Integration, and Test phases.
This role ensures that the satellite is electrically safe, deterministic, testable, and compliant from first power-on through environmental testing and delivery to the launch vehicle.
You will work in constant coordination with:
- Ground Checkout / EGSE Lead
- Satellite Systems Engineering
- Payload (SAR) Systems Lead
- Mechanical AIT Lead
- Subsystem teams and external vendors
Responsibilities:
1.Electrical AIT System Architecture
- Derive and own electrical AIT requirements covering:
-grounding and bonding philosophy,
-power distribution and protection,
-harness architecture and routing,
-EMI/EMC control during integration and test.
- Define system-level electrical interfaces between satellite, EGSE, and test facilities.
- Ensure alignment between electrical design assumptions and AIT realities.
2.Harnessing & Electrical Integration
- Lead the design and validation of:
-flight harnesses,
-test and EGSE harnesses,
-adapter cables, breakouts, and TVAC feedthroughs.
- Define connector strategies, pin assignments, shielding, and termination methods.
- Interface with vendors for harness manufacture, procurement, and inspection.
- Support and oversee harness build, ring-out, hi-pot, and inspection activities.
3.AIT Execution & Environmental Testing
- Act as the electrical authority during:
-first power-on,
-subsystem and satellite-level integration,
-environmental testing (TVAC, vibration, EMI/EMC).
- Work with the Mechanical AIT Lead to define AIT flow and sequencing.
- Ensure grounding, bonding, and configuration discipline is maintained throughout test campaigns.
- Support anomaly investigation related to electrical behaviour, EMI, grounding, or harnessing issues.
4.Coordination & Assurance
- Coordinate closely with the EGSE team to ensure clean and safe electrical interfaces.
- Participate in design reviews, test readiness reviews, and failure review boards (FRBs).
- Maintain electrical AIT documentation, drawings, procedures, and configuration records.
- Mentor electrical AIT engineers, harness engineers, and technicians.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering or Electrical Engineering (Master’s degree is a strong plus).
- Mandatory spaceflight experience: direct involvement in satellite electrical integration and test.
- Proven experience with: spacecraft harnessing, grounding and bonding strategies, EMI/EMC control during AIT.
- Hands-on experience in cleanroom integration and environmental test facilities.
- Strong ability to interpret electrical schematics, ICDs, and system-level interfaces.
Preferred Qualifications (Nice to Have, Not Required):
- Experience with SAR or high-power/high-data-rate payloads.
- Familiarity with aerospace workmanship standards.
- Experience supporting launch campaigns.
- Experience in smallsat or constellation programs.
Soft Skills & Attitude:
- Calm and focused under pressure.
- Ownership mindset—comfortable with ambiguity and responsibility.
- High operational discipline and reliability.
- Ability to work occasional off-hours during critical mission phases (AIT, pre-launch).