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Robotics Specialist

Xona· Engineering
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Montreal, CanadaFull-timePosted 1w ago

About the role

Sr. Mechatronics Designer and/or Robotics Specialist to join Xona’s spacecraft hardware development team in Montréal, supporting design, development, and testing of electro-mechanical systems for spacecraft attitude determination/control and power performance. Hands-on role involving electrical design, lab testing, prototyping to production.

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.

Qualifications

  • 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.

Skills

Required:Electrical hardware designPCB design (Altium)Mechanical CAD (SolidWorks)Motor drives designKinematics & dynamicsPower systems
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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