- Test and validate satellite platform subsystems, including ADCS, electrical power, thermal control, and propulsion.
- Verify subsystem functionality against system requirements and assess performance issues affecting spacecraft operations.
- Use HIL testbeds to simulate orbital dynamics and spacecraft sensor inputs, and verify ADCS functionality and pointing accuracy.
- Perform spacecraft power budget verification, battery charge and discharge testing, and support Solar Array Simulator integration.
- Verify interactions between satellite platform hardware and onboard flight software, including command routing and telemetry packet generation.
- Validate FDIR loops and subsystem responses to software commands and simulated fault conditions.
- Verify physical, data, and electrical interfaces, including communications using CAN, SpaceWire, and RS-422.
- Develop automated test scripts using Python or MATLAB and automate power supplies, electronic loads, and simulated sensor inputs.
- Execute verification procedures, analyze results, troubleshoot subsystem behavior, and document findings and anomalies.
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