Optical AIT Intern

Digantara is a leading Space Surveillance and Intelligence​ company focused on ensuring orbital safety and sustainability. With expertise in space-based detection, tracking, identification, and monitoring, Digantara provides comprehensive domain awareness across regimes, allowing end users to have actionable intelligence on a single platform. At the core of its infrastructure lies a sophisticated integration of hardware and software capabilities aligned with the key principles of situational awareness: perception(data collection), comprehension(data processing), and prediction(analytics). This holistic approach empowers Digantara to monitor all Resident Space Objects(RSOs)in orbit, fostering comprehensive domain awareness.

Digantara is looking for a passionate engineer who can develop reliable and robust mechanical systems for satellite subsystems.

Why Us:

• Competitive incentives, galvanizing workspace, blazing team, frequent outings—pretty much everything you have heard about a startup + you get to work on space technology.

• Hustle in a well-funded startup allowing you to take charge of your responsibilities and create your moonshot.

Ideal Candidate: 

A motivated fresher with a strong foundation in optics and an interest in optical system assembly, alignment, and testing. Academic projects or laboratory exposure to electro-optical systems or telescopes is an advantage. 

Responsibilities: 

• Assemble optical lenses, mirrors, filters and mechanical fixtures & mounts as per optical drawings and work instructions. 

• Apply adhesives, spacers, shims, and alignment features following process specifications. 

• Integrate optical assemblies into opto-mechanical structures, barrels, or sensor modules. 

• Perform precision alignment using collimators and optical benches. 

• Perform torque-controlled fastener tightening to avoid stress on lenses and mirrors. 

• Conduct optical tests such as MTF, centration, focus accuracy, collimation, bore sighting, stray light checks. 

• Verify compliance with specifications including centration error, air gaps, wavefront error, and surface quality. 

• Follow strict contamination control procedures when handling coated optics. 

• Document test results, maintain build reports, and generate inspection records 

Required Qualification: 

• Bachelor’s / Master’s degree in Optics, Physics, Mechanical Engineering, or any related field. 

• Fresh graduates / entry-level candidates are encouraged to apply. 

• Basic understanding of geometrical optics, optical systems, and optical components. 

• Academic or project experience with optical benches, interferometers, collimators, MTF measurements, or optical alignment is an advantage. 

• Strong interest in optical system assembly, alignment, testing, and characterization. 

• Good problem-solving skills and willingness to learn hands-on optical testing and alignment techniques. 

Preferred Skills: 

• Understanding of optical components: Lenses, Filters, Mirrors, Apertures. 

• Basic knowledge of optical system assembly, alignment, and handling; hands-on academic/project experience is an advantage. 

• Familiarity with adhesive bonding/curing and optical alignment techniques is desirable. 

• Ability to read optical and mechanical drawings. 

• Basic understanding or academic exposure to metrology and optical testing tools, such as interferometers, collimators, and profilometers. 

General Requirements 

• Ability to work in a mission-focused, operational environment 

• Ability to think critically and make independent decisions 

• Interpersonal skills to enable working in a diverse and dynamic team 

• Maintain a regular and predictable work schedule 

• Writing and delivering technical documents and briefings 

• Verbal and written communication skills, as well as organizational skills 

• Travel occasionally as necessary 

  Location:Hebbal, Bangalore

  Mode of Work: WFO