Xona Space Systems, Inc is hiring: Technical Writing Internship in Burlingame

Job Type

Part-time

Description

Q1 2025 Start Date - 3 Month Term

Onsite

GNSS (GPS) creates upwards of $500B in economic value in North America every year, supporting everything from consumer applications, to transportation, to time sync for critical infrastructure. As these industries progress towards autonomy, the performance and security demands of their Position, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) systems are increasing beyond what GNSS can support, leaving a need for a cost-effective global solution.

Using lessons we've learned at places like SpaceX and Blue Origin, Xona is building a modern commercial satellite system at the rapid pace of the new space industry leveraging the recent wave of technology and regulatory advancements. Building on our patented small satellite architecture, we are developing a robust and accurate service that is an independent alternative to GNSS rather than a correction, solving the longstanding challenge of obtaining a reliable high accuracy solution. Our satellite system will provide the first ever high-accuracy global navigation and timing services with the security and resilience that modern applications need to operate safely at scale.

Xona is seeking an engineering intern with strong technical writing skills. As a member of this team, you will collaborate with our navigation and software engineers in support of the development and certification of next generation LEO GNSS and become an expert of Xona's signal. You will assist with writing and editing Xona's Interface Control Document (ICD), and you will also help with turning Xona's ICD into a shareable format.

Requirements

• Strong technical writing and editing technical skills.
• Familiarity with GNSS, satellite navigation, and signal processing.
• Experience coding with python, or similar.
• Familiarity with Git.
• To comply with U.S. Government space technology export regulations, applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the United States (i.e. Green Card holder), or other protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3).

Desired:

• Familiarity with Git, Tikz, Latex, and Sphinx.

Salary Description

$30/hour at 20 hours per week