Electrical Engineer - Payload Systems

The role

You will design, develop, and integrate electrical systems that power and control the payload. You will also work with other subsystem engineers to integrate designs and perform lab testing and debugging.

What you will do

• Design and develop electrical subsystems including payload electronics, power distribution systems, and interconnect solutions.
• Source and test electrical components for space survival.
• Take designs from concept to schematic capture and PCB layout design.
• Conduct multi-disciplinary design reviews.
• Develop and execute electrical test plans.
• Troubleshoot and debug electrical systems in a lab environment using test equipment.
• Maintain engineering documentation and develop electrical interface documents.
• Support assembly, integration, and test activities including system-level testing and validation.

Required qualifications

• B.S. in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
• Fundamental understanding of electronics, power systems, layout, and signal integrity.
• Experience with embedded systems and peripheral interfaces (e.g, I2C, SPI, CAN, Ethernet, etc).
• 3-5 years of experience taking designs from schematic to layout, manufacturing and system integration.
• Familiarity with electrical design and simulation tools (e.g, Altium, KiCad, Spice).
• Hands-on experience with electrical testing and debugging (e.g, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, power meters).
• Collaborative, team-oriented mindset.
• Ability to communicate effectively.
• Attention to design details.
• Eagerness to improve design process and rigor.
• Passion for learning and growing in the aerospace industry.

Nice to have

• Exposure to satellite systems, bus avionics or payload electronics.
• Working knowledge of space radiation effects and space design practices.
• Design experience with FPGAs and MCUs.

Before you apply

• For U.S. Roles: applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the United States (i.e. Green Card holder), or other protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3).
• For U.K. Roles: requires Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) checks and eligibility to obtain UK Security Clearance (SC).
• For Canada Roles: must obtain and hold a security clearance at the reliability status level and pass security assessment for the Canadian Controlled Goods Program (CGP) and ITAR.

About the company

Xona is the navigational intelligence company bringing real-time, centimeter-level certainty to any device, anywhere on Earth. With Pulsar, Xona will offer a future-proof, backwards-compatible global positioning system optimized for absolute precision, superior power, and robust protection.