Electronics Engineer

Building hardware for orbit.

5 years designing flight-proven EPS & PCDU systems for operational LEO constellations. From power architecture to on-orbit commissioning — full hardware lifecycle.

5+
Years at Pixxel
6+
Satellites Launched
0
On-Orbit Power Anomalies
5yr
Mission Design Life

Background

I am a Senior Electrical Engineer at Pixxel, working on power electronics for Earth observation satellites. My work spans the full hardware lifecycle — from architecture and schematic design through PCB layout, EM and FM build, environmental testing, and on-orbit commissioning.

My focus is EPS and PCDU design for LEO missions: DC-DC converter topology selection and stability analysis, fault-tolerant power distribution, and radiation-tolerant COTS component qualification. I work to ECSS, NASA, and ISRO standards across all phases of development.

Alongside the day job I maintain an active portfolio of personal projects spanning power electronics, embedded systems, display hardware, audio electronics, software tooling, backyard astronomy, and home networking — most of which I publish openly on GitHub.

Based in Bangalore, happy to relocate for the right opportunity — one that means getting hands dirty in the lab, building and testing real hardware.

Technical Areas
EPS & PCDU Architecture
Power Electronics Design — DC-DC Converters, Drivers
Multilayer PCB Design & Review
Radiation & Reliability Analysis (TID, SEE, FMECA)
Loop Stability & Bode Analysis
EMI/EMC — Filter Design & Grounding Architecture
Embedded Systems — MCU Bring-up & Firmware
V&V — TVAC, Vibration, DITL Campaigns
Tools & Standards
KiCad Altium OrCAD LTSpice TINA Python C Git ECSS NASA-HDBK-4001 IPC Class 3 FMECA / FDIR ISRO PAX

Work History

Senior Electrical Engineer Current
Pixxel · Bangalore, India
Jan 2025 — Present
  • Leading EPS and PCDU architecture for an 8-satellite sub-200 kg EO constellation — owning full implementation from topology selection through component sourcing, simulation, detailed design, and hardware testing, across PDR, CDR, TRR, and FRR.
  • Designing gyroscope package board electronics around the S32K344 MCU — architecture definition, schematic, and BOM closure.
  • QualiAnalysed and selected COTS components as radiation-tolerant alternatives for a 5-year LEO mission (CERN, DOE, IUAC data) — cut component costs by over 90% and lead times from 18 weeks to under 3.
  • Raised end-to-end bus conversion efficiency from 85% to 93% through better component selection and simulation.
  • Built EPS performance monitoring and requirements traceability tooling in Python for deep analysis of Firefly constellation on-orbit data, supporting V&V closure across TVAC, vibration, and system integration campaigns.
Electrical Engineer
Pixxel · Bangalore, India
Jun 2021 — Dec 2024
  • Designed end-to-end EPS and PCDU for the Firefly LEO constellation (6 satellites, 5-year mission) — zero major power anomalies on orbit.
  • Designed DC-DC buck converters, custom power switches, and AOCS motor drivers; achieved 10–12% efficiency improvement through topology selection and component optimisation.
  • Performed loop stability analysis (Bode plots, phase and gain margin) on flight converter designs; validated compensation networks to industry standards.
  • Defined spacecraft grounding architecture per NASA-HDBK-4001; implemented EMI filters to ECSS/NASA standards, measurably reducing integration anomalies.
  • Led FMECA for EPS and power subsystems; oversaw full V&V campaigns through TVAC, vibration, DITL simulations, and dress rehearsals.
Electrical Engineering Intern
Pixxel · Bangalore, India
Feb 2021 — Jun 2021
  • Simulated and validated protection circuits (UVLO, OVLO, latch-up limiters, power monitoring) for space-grade EPS designs in LTSpice and TINA.
  • Supported EM prototype bring-up and gained foundational experience in space hardware process.

Personal Work

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In Progress
Satellite Power & Radiation Sizing Tool

End-to-end satellite power and radiation analysis in Python + Streamlit. Orekit for orbit propagation, SHIELDOSE-2 for TID, AP-8/AE-8 trapped particle models. Covers battery/solar sizing, eclipse duration, and radiation effects for LEO.

Python Streamlit Orekit SHIELDOSE-2 LEO Radiation
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In Progress
VOL-1 — Volumetric POV Display

True 3D volumetric display using persistence-of-vision. ESP32-S3 Mini rotor driving an 8×12 APA102C LED matrix; STM32G031 base station; wireless power to the spinning rotor. Key challenge: high-speed power delivery to a rotating assembly with precise rotational sync.

ESP32-S3 STM32G031 APA102C Inductive Power KiCad
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Hardware In Hand
OakBridge MkI — PC Interface Box

Custom PC peripheral: 480×320 IPS display, Cherry MX switches, rotary encoder, USB HID media controls. ESP32-S3 MCU, FRAM persistent config, WiFi for home automation. Full KiCad schematic and PCB, OpenSCAD enclosure, JLCPCB-ready Gerbers.

ESP32-S3 KiCad USB HID FRAM OpenSCAD
In Progress
PSFB SMPS — 300 W Reference Design

Phase-shifted full-bridge SMPS targeting 300 W, 0–60 V CV/CC/CP output. Current-doubler rectification, analog control loops, STM32G474 supervisor. Designed to be openly published — the kind of converter textbooks describe but rarely show end-to-end.

PSFB Topology STM32G474 Control Loop 300 W KiCad
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Tested & Validated
Dual-Rail Bench Power Supply — 60 W

Universal bench PSU delivering 5 V and 3.3 V at up to 6 A per rail. Full schematic and PCB in KiCad, optimised for low output ripple and thermal performance. Hardware tested and validated — daily driver on the bench.

KiCad DC-DC 60 W Low Ripple
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Complete
PC & Light Controller

ESP32-based home automation switch — UPS controller for the PC with additional relay outputs for controlling nearby circuits. Simple, practical, gets the job done.

ESP32 Home Automation UPS Control

Beyond the Bench

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Linux, Ricing & Homelab

Daily driver is Arch Linux with Hyprland — custom Waybar, Rofi, dunst, OpenRGB. Dotfiles on GitHub ↗

Running a self-hosted homelab on a Raspberry Pi 4: Cloudflare Tunnel, Caddy reverse proxy, Authelia SSO, Pi-hole, Home Assistant, and Tailscale mesh. Config on GitHub ↗

↗ You are on that Pi right now
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Astronomy & Space Science

Carl Sagan got me here. The Voyager missions — two spacecraft still transmitting from interstellar space — remain the most extraordinary engineering achievement I know of. The idea that humans built something that will outlast every institution on Earth is the reason I work in hardware.

Currently in the planning and simulation stage for a 12" f/5 Dobsonian. A slow project — updates will land on GitHub when there is something worth showing.

↗ Upcoming: Hydrogen line radio telescope, backyard cosmic ray detector
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Formula 1

Closely follow the engineering side of F1 — power unit development, aerodynamic philosophy, and the systems integration challenges that define competitive performance. The intersection of extreme reliability and extreme performance is exactly the problem space I want to work in professionally.

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Trains

I love trains. That's it, that's the tweet.

Get In Touch

I am currently looking for roles in European space companies, motorsport and F1 teams, and aerospace & defence firms. If you are working on hardware that needs to survive launch loads, radiation, or extreme environments — I would like to hear about it.

I am also happy to connect with other engineers, makers, amateur astronomers, and anyone with an interest in the things on this page. No agenda required.

Open to Opportunities

Actively pursuing roles in 2026. Interested in positions focused on power electronics for demanding applications — space systems, motorsport, or high-reliability aerospace and defence hardware. Open to relocation worldwide. At my best when the work involves getting hands dirty in the lab — building, testing, and debugging real hardware.

European Space F1 / Motorsport Aerospace & Defence Relocation Ready