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