Full-Time

Senior Mechatronics Designer/Specialist

Xona Space Systems

Xona Space Systems

51-200 employees

Delivers precision navigation and timing services

No salary listed

Montreal, QC, Canada

In Person

On-site role in Montréal, Quebec, Canada.

US Citizenship Required

Category
Hardware Engineering (1)
Required Skills
Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Design
Altium
Mechatronics
SolidWorks
Requirements
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Mechatronics, Mechanical, Electrical Engineering or a related field.
  • Experience in leading electrical hardware design and development from concept to MVP and beyond.
  • Familiarity with schematic capture and PCB design tools such as Altium, and mechanical CAD (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 bound.
  • Solid fundamentals power systems, and motor control principles.
  • Hands-on experience with electrical testing and debugging using laboratory equipment.
  • Strong problem-solving ability and attention to detail.
  • Ability to work collaboratively within multidisciplinary engineering teams.
Responsibilities
  • Own subsystem design authority for assigned hardware, including requirements decomposition from spacecraft-level specs.
  • Support the design and development of electro-mechanical subsystems for spacecraft system hardware, with a focus on dynamic mechanical systems and electrodynamic systems (i.e. stator design and modelling).
  • Collaborate with mechanical engineers on integrated rotor/bearing/housing designs, ensuring electrical and mechanical interfaces are co-optimized.
  • Assist with electrical design, sensor interface circuits, and power conditioning.
  • Assist with development and execution of test plans for breadboard, engineering model, and flight hardware.
  • Troubleshoot and debug electro-mechanical assemblies in the lab and develop a detailed test plan for execution.
  • Support integration of hardware with spacecraft avionics and power systems.
  • Support Design for Manufacturability (DFM) 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 and mitigation through design.
  • Exposure to spacecraft systems, ADCS 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.

Xona Space Systems provides precision navigation and timing (PNT) services using low Earth orbit satellites, delivering secure signals with strong interference and multipath mitigation. Its signals can augment existing GNSS or be used as a fully independent navigation solution, designed for simple, low-cost receivers. The system works by satellites transmitting PNT signals that users receive with inexpensive receivers and combine with GNSS or rely on Xona’s own solution for accurate positioning and timing. The goal is to deliver reliable, high-accuracy positioning and timing at scale for autonomous systems and other intelligent technologies across commercial, government, and defense sectors.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Series C

Total Funding

$336.3M

Headquarters

San Mateo, California

Founded

2019

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What believers are saying

  • Raised $170M Series C in 2025 to deploy 258-satellite constellation rapidly.
  • Topcon and Septentrio agreements enable early 2027 customer coverage.
  • Burlingame factory manufactures more satellites weekly than US annually.

What critics are saying

  • SpaceX Starlink Direct to Cell bundles PNT in 2026, commoditizing Xona.
  • Advanced Navigation's $110M in June 2025 funds GPS-denied inertial tech.
  • SpaceX Transporter backlog delays Pulsar deployment past 2027 coverage.

What makes Xona Space Systems unique

  • Pulsar delivers 100x stronger LEO signals than GPS with cm-level accuracy.
  • Military-grade encryption and authentication resist jamming and spoofing.
  • Compatible with existing GNSS antennas and low-cost user equipment.

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6 month growth

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2 year growth

-7%
Business Wire
Mar 26th, 2026
Xona Closes $170M Series C to Lead Next Era of Global Navigation

Xona, building the next era of global positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) infrastructure, today announced $170 million Series C funding.

FinancialContent
Mar 26th, 2026
Xona raises $170M Series C to build commercial GPS upgrade with new California factory

Xona, a commercial space company building positioning, navigation and timing infrastructure, has raised $170 million in an oversubscribed Series C round led by Mohari Ventures Natural Capital. Participants include Craft Ventures, ICONIQ, Woven Capital, NGP Capital, Samsung Next and Hexagon. The company is developing Pulsar, a navigation service broadcast from low Earth orbit satellites with stronger signals and military-grade encryption, compatible with existing GPS devices. Over a dozen commercial receiver partners are tracking Pulsar signals, with early customers expected to benefit from coverage by 2027. The funding will accelerate constellation deployment and manufacturing scale-up at Xona's new Burlingame, California factory. At full production, the company aims to manufacture more navigation satellites weekly than the US currently produces annually, deploying its 258-satellite constellation within a few years.

Business Wire
Feb 12th, 2026
Topcon secures early access to Xona's Pulsar LEO satellite navigation service

Topcon Positioning Systems has signed a commercial agreement with Xona to secure early access to Pulsar, Xona's low Earth orbit satellite navigation constellation. The deal positions Topcon amongst Xona's first commercial customers preparing to integrate the technology into high-precision positioning workflows. Pulsar aims to provide centimetre-level accuracy and enhanced signal performance in challenging environments, with built-in protection against jamming and spoofing. Ron Oberlander, head of the Topcon Geomatics Platform, said the agreement reinforces the company's commitment to innovation and positions it for "a new era of high-precision performance possibilities" as LEO satellites come online. Topcon Positioning Systems provides precision technologies for construction, geomatics and agriculture markets. Xona describes itself as a navigational infrastructure company bringing centimetre-level positioning to any device globally.

UASweekly.com
Oct 8th, 2025
Septentrio, Xona MOU Accelerates LEO-PNT GNSS Integration for Resilient UAS

This agreement builds on Xona's recent successful launch of Pulsar-0, its first production class LEO PNT satellite.

AOL
Sep 24th, 2025
Aerospacelab Secures Galactic-Sized Funding: $110M Boosts Bid For Europe's New Satellite Constellation

Xona is developing the PULSAR high-performance network and navigation service, calling it the first satellite positioning, navigation and timing infrastructure in low Earth orbit.