Intern - CTO’s Office

Role: Intern - CTO’s Office

Employment Type: Internship

Educational Qualification: Bachelor's degree in Aerospace / Electrical / Mechanical Engineering

Work Experience: 1+ year of total experience in a Space / Automotive company, startup or a technical team

Role Description:
The CTO’s office at Pixxel is at the forefront of driving technological innovation and strategic initiatives in the field of space technology. We are seeking a highly motivated intern to work in the CTO’s office supporting engineering design and operations at Pixxel. The candidate will contribute to space projects, research, and documentation, while gaining insight into the technology and engineering developments at Pixxel.

Responsibilities & Duties:

1. Assist in writing technical proposals, feasibility studies and other mission-oriented industry research and documents
2. Assist in coordinating engineering design meetings, preparing presentations, and compiling reports
3. Support with managing space division budget and roadmap, create and maintain general technical documentation for engineering processes and roles / responsibilities of teams 
4. Enhance customer and vendor engagements through meetings, office visits, conferences and other external events
5. Study and monitor industry and global trends for emerging technologies for Pixxel's use

Desirable Skills & Certifications:

1. Basic knowledge of satellite systems, earth observation, remote sensing, or communication technologies.
2. Attention to detail: Writing technical documents and proposals require meticulous attention to detail.
3. Analytical skills: Will have to analyze complex systems and data to identify and solve problems. The candidate should be comfortable with mathematical modeling, simulation, and analysis.
4. Communication: Strong project reporting skills are required. The candidate will be working with a team of engineers, scientists, and business stakeholders and will be required clearly to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders. 
5. Proven experience and track record in creating and executing strategic technical programs.

 

Candidate Acumen:
Self-starter with an ability to work independently in a fast-paced startup environment

Benefits:

• Reasonably flexible working hours.
• Potential for full-time employment upon successful internship completion, based on performance and company needs.
• Get to work and regularly interact with some of the top scientists and professionals in space technology at Pixxel.
• Get exposure to the international space community
• Professional Mental Wellness services

About Pixxel

Pixxel is a space data company, building a constellation of hyperspectral earth imaging satellites and the analytical tools to mine insights from that data. Pixxel’s constellation is designed to provide global coverage every 24 hours and help detect, monitor, and predict global phenomena across agriculture, mining, environment and energy use cases.

Pixxel is on a mission to build a health monitor for the planet through a constellation of cutting-edge hyperspectral small satellites. This unique hyperspectral capability will be the key to unearth underlying, unseen problems that are invisible to satellites in orbit today. 

Pixxel has collaborated with prominent organizations such as the Indian Space Research Organization, NASA JPL, and SpaceX among other leaders in the space industry. The organization is backed by Lightspeed, Radical Ventures, Relativity's Jordan Noone, Seraphim Capital, Ryan Johnson, Blume Ventures, Sparta LLC and Accenture among others.

Recently, Pixxel successfully raised $36 Million in its Series B funding round, with participation from new investors like Google, alongside existing investors, bringing the company's total venture funding to $71 Million.

To know more about us, visit https://www.pixxel.space. 

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