Hands-on Senior Electrical Engineer — Space Payload Systems

Voiceflow; Burlingame (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Exposure to satellite systems

EMI/EMC design knowledge

Space radiation knowledge

Job summary

Xona is building Pulsar, a next‑gen PNT satellite infrastructure. We seek a Senior Electrical Engineer to join the payload hardware team to design power, data, and control subsystems for the payload and integrate with other subsystems.

You will lead design cycles, develop PCBAs, perform lab bring-up and testing, and document interfaces while mentoring teammates to raise engineering standards.

Qualifications

• B.S. or M.S. in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
• Strong fundamentals in analog/digital circuit design, power, signal integrity, layout, and DFT/DFM.
• Experience with embedded control, architectures featuring FPGAs, MCUs, and communication buses (I2C, SPI, CAN, RS-422, Ethernet, etc).
• Understanding of reliability methods, including Worst-Case Circuit Analysis (WCCA), part derating, and FMEA.

Responsibilities

• Design Sub-Systems: Own and design electrical subsystems such as power distribution, communication, FDIR.
• Develop PCBAs: Design and develop reliable PCBAs. Source, derate, and test electrical components to ensure they can survive the harshness of space.
• Own the Design Cycle: Take designs from initial concept through schematic capture, layout, multi-disciplinary reviews, and comprehensive test plan execution.
• Be Hands on in the Lab: Bring up, troubleshoot and debug electrical systems in a lab environment using test equipment (e.g., oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, power meters).
• Document Your Design: Maintain engineering documentation and develop electrical interface documents for satellite subsystems.
• Support Integration and Test: See design through assembly, integration, and test activities, including system-level testing, validation, and integration onto the satellite.
• Raise the Technical Bar: Mentor others and elevate team function through implementation of improved design practices and standards.

Skills

Analog design

Digital design

Power systems

DFT/DFM

FPGA/MCU architectures

Embedded control

Test automation

Altium/OrCAD/Spice

Education

B.S. in Electrical Engineering

M.S. in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Altium

OrCAD

Spice

Job description

Xona is building Pulsar, a next‑gen PNT satellite infrastructure. We seek a Senior Electrical Engineer to join the payload hardware team to design power, data, and control subsystems for the payload and integrate with other subsystems.

You will lead design cycles, develop PCBAs, perform lab bring-up and testing, and document interfaces while mentoring teammates to raise engineering standards.