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 leads development of wireless communications equipment for an IoT service using small satellite constellations. The equipment includes satellite-borne mission devices and ground-based IoT terminals, enabling sensor information and other data to be collected and transmitted through satellites in areas without established communications infrastructure.
Responsibilities cover the full development process from requirements definition and design through prototyping, evaluation, release, and in-orbit testing. The role also manages domestic and international demonstration experiments, coordinates and negotiates with internal and external engineers, vendors, and customers, and manages development schedules, quality, and costs.
The work covers requirements and design from the physical layer through the application layer. The role contributes to satellite communications equipment development related to areas such as disaster preparedness, marine monitoring, agriculture, logistics, environmental monitoring, and resource management. It also supports the creation of new businesses using small satellite systems and involves collaboration with other technology departments on technologies common to artificial satellites.
The development environment includes GitHub, Slack, Zoom, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Google Workspace, Google Drive, Git, GitHub Actions, AWS, Python, Matlab, and LabView.
The position is based at the Ariake office in Koto, Tokyo. The posting states that work is generally performed in the office, with limited remote work available. The premises are entirely smoke-free indoors. The selection process consists of document screening, a first interview, a second interview with an aptitude test, and a final interview.
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