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Xona Space Systems

Delivers precision navigation and timing services

Robotics Specialist

Design EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeMontreal, QC, CanadaNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree in Mechatronics, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field is required.
  • Experience leading electrical hardware design and development from concept through minimum viable product and beyond.
  • Familiarity with schematic capture and printed circuit board design tools such as Altium, and mechanical computer-aided design tools such as SolidWorks for electromechanical integration.
  • Demonstrated experience designing motor drives, sensor electronics, or systems for precision mechanisms and robotics.
  • Strong understanding of kinematics and dynamics, including the ability to specify, model, design, and test to those bounds.
  • Solid fundamentals in power systems and motor-control principles.
  • Hands-on experience with electrical testing and debugging using laboratory equipment.
  • Ability to work collaboratively within multidisciplinary engineering teams.

Responsibilities

  • Own subsystem design authority for assigned hardware, including requirements decomposition from spacecraft-level specifications.
  • Support the design and development of electromechanical subsystems for spacecraft hardware, focusing on dynamic mechanical systems and electrodynamic systems such as stator design and modelling.
  • Collaborate with mechanical engineers on integrated rotor, bearing, and housing designs, ensuring electrical and mechanical interfaces are co-optimized.
  • Assist with electrical design, sensor interface circuits, and power conditioning.
  • Assist with the development and execution of test plans for breadboard, engineering model, and flight hardware.
  • Troubleshoot and debug electromechanical assemblies in the laboratory and develop detailed test plans for execution.
  • Support hardware integration with spacecraft avionics and power systems.
  • Support design-for-manufacturability efforts as subsystems transition from prototype to sustained production, including fixture development.
  • Assist with hardware bring-up, verification testing, and environmental test campaigns.
  • Support supplier component evaluation and selection for electrical and electromechanical components.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience with precision robotics.
  • Experience with electric motors and high-speed rotary assemblies.
  • Experience in electromagnetic compatibility and susceptibility testing, including mitigation through design.
  • Exposure to spacecraft systems, attitude determination and control system hardware, or electromechanical control systems.
  • Experience with control or power electronics.
  • Experience supporting hardware integration, assembly, or environmental testing.
  • Understanding of control systems and application of control theory.

About the Company

Xona Space Systems

Delivers precision navigation and timing services

Xona Space Systems provides precision navigation and timing (PNT) services using low Earth orbit satellites. Its secure signals resist interference and multipath and work with low-cost receivers to augment GNSS or provide an independent navigation solution for commercial, government, and defense customers. The system broadcasts PNT signals from LEO satellites that users receive with simple receivers and can combine with GNSS for higher accuracy. Its goal is to deliver reliable, high-accuracy positioning and timing data at scale to power autonomous vehicles, precision agriculture, and other intelligent systems.

Company size
51-200
Company stage
Series D
Total funding
$586.3M
Headquarters
Burlingame, CA
Founded
2019

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