Sr. Mechatronics Designer/Specialist

Xona is the navigational intelligence company bringing real-time, centimeter-level certainty to any device, anywhere on Earth.

With Pulsar – the world’s most advanced PNT satellite infrastructure in Low Earth Orbit – Xona will offer a future-proof, backwards-compatible global positioning system optimized for absolute precision, superior power, and robust protection.

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We are seeking a Sr. Mechatronics Designer to join Xona’s spacecraft hardware development team in Montréal, at the historic RCA Victor Building in St. Henri. In this role, you will support the design, development, and testing of electro-mechanical systems such as those that enable spacecraft attitude determination and control and improve power performance.

You will work closely with mechanical, electrical, systems, avionics, and software engineers to help develop high-reliability electromechanical hardware for satellite flight systems. This is a hands-on role involving both electrical design and laboratory testing, with opportunities to contribute throughout the development lifecycle from early prototyping, through spacecraft integration and test and into full scale manufacturing.

What You’ll Do

- 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 ...