Design and specify satellite navigation payload systems, document requirements and interfaces, coordinate external contractors, manage development progress, and assess system risks and quality.
About this role
This role is responsible for reliability design for small satellites developed by ArkEdge Space. The work focuses on ensuring durability and quality in harsh space environments, including radiation, thermal cycling, vacuum, and atomic oxygen, while using commercial components and balancing cost and reliability under the constraints of small satellites.
Responsibilities include designing satellite reliability, selecting and evaluating components and materials, establishing evaluation criteria, and conducting radiation testing to verify radiation tolerance. The role also covers designing and assessing satellite system architectures that include FDIR (Fault Detection, Isolation and Recovery) and redundant systems, as well as planning and carrying out quality assurance and test programs.
The engineer will conduct technical discussions with relevant stakeholders and prepare documentation. The position contributes to reliability improvement across both software and hardware, including material selection for space-specific environmental factors and software-based reliability measures using FDIR. It also involves introducing new technologies, conducting demonstration experiments, and helping establish reliability design standards for next-generation small satellites.
The work covers the satellite lifecycle from design through completion and involves creating products from the ground up. The role may include collaboration with countries in Europe, North America, Asia, Africa, and South America, as well as joint research and development projects with space agencies including ESA.
Tools and technologies named in the posting include Windows, GitHub Projects V2, GitHub Issues, Redmine, Python, and MATLAB or similar analysis and simulation tools. A company-designated PC is provided according to the employee’s preference. The primary work location is the Ariake office in Koto, Tokyo, with some remote work available. The location may include company-designated workplaces, including telework locations.
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