Senior Electrical Engineer - Payload Systems
Xona Space SystemsSatellite Navigation company
Burlingame, United StatesSenior
Craft Ventures
NGP Capital
Seraphim
1517 Fund
Future Ventures
Industrious Ventures
About the role
TL;DR
Design, develop, and integrate electrical systems for satellite payloads.
- •Xona is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to join their payload hardware team.
- •This role involves designing, developing, and integrating electrical systems for satellite payloads, collaborating with other engineering teams, and hands-on lab work.
- •Key Responsibilities Design electrical subsystems such as power distribution, communication, and FDIR.
- •Develop reliable PCBAs, source, derate, and test electrical components for space environments.
- •Manage the design cycle from concept through schematic capture, layout, reviews, and testing.
- •Troubleshoot and debug electrical systems in a lab environment using test equipment.
- •Support assembly, integration, and system-level testing of designs onto the satellite.
- •Requirements B.S. or M.S. in Electrical Engineering or related field.
- •Strong fundamentals in analog/digital circuit design, power systems, signal integrity, layout, and DFT/DFM.
- •Experience with embedded control, FPGAs, MCUs, and communication buses (I2C, SPI, CAN, RS-422, Ethernet).
- •Understanding of reliability methods (WCCA, part derating, FMEA). 5+ years of experience taking designs from schematic to system integration.
Domain expertise
aerospace
Tech stack
Python