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Electrical Engineer - Payload Systems

Xona· Engineering
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Burlingame, California$150k - $180kFull-timePosted 1w ago

About the role

We are looking for an Electrical Engineer to join our payload hardware team. In this role, you will design, development, and integrate electrical systems that power and control our payload as well as work closely with engineers from other subsystems to integrate your designs. This is a hands-on, collaborative role involving electrical design, testing, debugging in the lab, and participation in assembly, integration and system test processes for space-grade payloads.

Responsibilities

  • Develop Flight Hardware: Design and develop electrical subsystems, including payload electronics, power distribution systems, and interconnect solutions. Source and test electrical components to ensure they can survive the harshness of space.
  • Own the Design Cycle: Take a design from concept to schematic capture and PCB layout design. Conduct multi-disciplinary design reviews. Develop and execute electrical test plans.
  • Be Hands on in the Lab: 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: See design through assembly, integration, and test activities, including system-level testing, validation, and integration onto the satellite.

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).

Skills

Required:Electrical design from concept to PCBSchematic capture and PCB layoutElectrical testing and debugEmbedded systems interfaces

Benefits

  • Not specified in the description
Last updated Oct 14, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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