Pixxel: Operations Research Scientist - Bengaluru, India (Hybrid)

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Role: Operation Research Scientist

Employment Type: Full Time

Educational Qualification: M.Tech / MS / Ph.D in Aerospace Engineering, Operations Research, Industrial Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent

Work Experience: 2-5 yrs

Role Description:

As an Operations Research Scientist, you will develop optimization frameworks and mission operations software that enable the efficient tasking and scheduling of our satellites. Your work will directly shape how our constellation operates, helping maximize scientific and business value from space.

Responsibilities & Duties:

  • Design, develop and maintain optimization framework (encompassing objective functions and operational constraints) to generate satellite tasking schedules

  • Collaborate with business development, image management, and subsystem teams to translate requirements into scalable optimization models that maximize revenue opportunities

  • Implement design specifications into robust, modular math models and production-ready code

  • Maintain and enhance existing models and scheduling frameworks to improve efficiency and adaptability

  • Work with the ground segment software team to deploy the models for day-to-day mission operations of the entire satellite constellation

  • Take end-to-end ownership of the software development from design through implementation, testing and deployment

Required Qualification:

  • M.Tech / MS / Ph.D in Aerospace Engineering, Operations Research, Industrial Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent

  • Experience: 2+ years of relevant work experience building mathematical models (optimization, statistics or any related mathematical domain) around scheduling

  • Strong grounding in numerical optimization techniques, with expertise in at least one of: convex optimization, integer programming, dynamic programming, or heuristic/metaheuristic methods.

  • Proficiency and practical experience in one or multiple optimization libraries/software such as PuLP, JuMP (Julia), Gurobi, CPLEX.

  • Strong programming skills in at least one high level programming language (Python/Julia/Java preferred)

  • Ability to understand, break down, and solve complex problems independently

  • Good communications skills (verbal and written), ability to work collaboratively in a team environment

Desired Skills:

  • Mission design and orbit simulation experience using software tools (STK, FreeFlyer, Orekit, GMAT etc.) or custom software is preferred

  • Familiarity with Deep Reinforcement Learning applied to scheduling/optimization

  • Experience with modern software development practices:

    • Version control (Git), project management (Jira)

    • Testing, CI/CD, and deployment pipelines

    • REST APIs, cloud computing, or HPC environments

Candidate Acumen:

A strong desire to work in an unstructured, high-growth, fast-paced start-up environment

Benefits:

  • Health insurance coverage

  • Unlimited leaves & flexible working hours

  • Role-based remote work and work-from-home benefit

  • Relocation assistance

  • Professional Mental Wellness services

  • Creche facility for primary caregivers (limited to India)

  • Employee Stock Options for all hires

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