Technical Writer Spacecraft Manufacturing Hot
- Location
- Burlingame, California
- Wage
- Hourly
- Job ID
- 36388659357
- Posted
- 2026-8-5
Technical Writer Spacecraft Manufacturing job at Xona Space Systems in Burlingame CA
Description, duties, responsibilities
Xona is the navigational intelligence company bringing real-time centimeter-level certainty to any device anywhere on Earth.
With Pulsar - the worlds 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.
As our first Technical Writer youll be embedded with the program team and support engineering and manufacturing across the company - from satellite development documentation to work instructions on the production floor. This is a cross-functional role that touches every part of how we build test and operate spacecraft.
Success in this role looks like:
- Technicians rarely need to ask for clarification on work instructions
- Engineering review packages are delivered on schedule with minimal revision cycles
- New team members can find relevant documentation within minutes
- Documentation standards you help establish scale gracefully as the team grows
Engineering Documentation Support engineering teams across bus payload Guidance Navigation and Control (GNC) Flight Software (FSW) and subsystems in producing and maintaining technical documents including Interface Control Documents (ICDs) test procedures design specs and review packages. Youll attend design reviews and work directly with engineers to extract technical details and translate them into clear accurate and actionable documentation.
Work Instructions and SOPs Develop review and maintain manufacturing work instructions assembly procedures and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for spacecraft production - ensuring technicians have clear accurate and up-to-date guidance on the floor. Youll spend time on the production floor to understand processes firsthand.
Cross-Site Coordination Work across geographically distributed engineering and manufacturing teams to ensure documentation stays consistent synchronized and accessible across sites. Some travel between sites may be required.
Contract Documentation Generate edit and maintain contract deliverable documentation - including reports data packages and compliance documents -ensuring accuracy and timely delivery against contractual requirements.
Mission Operations Develop and maintain team Service Level Agreement (SLA) definitions with other teams like Service Operations and satellite subsystems document escalation paths and system configurations to support reliable on-orbit operations and ground system management. Maintain documentation supporting regulatory compliance (e.g. FCC/NOAA licensing Orbital Debris Mitigation plans).
Document Control Help establish and maintain the organization versioning and accessibility of technical documentation - making sure the right people can find the right document at the right time. As our first writer youll play a key role in selecting and setting up systems that work for our team.
Process Building Develop lightweight documentation standards and templates that scale as the company and program grow.
Required
- 4-7 years of technical writing experience in aerospace defense hardware manufacturing or a similarly technical field
- Proven ability to write clear accurate work instructions and SOPs for manufacturing or assembly environments
- Comfortable working directly with engineers to extract technical content and translate it into clean usable documentation
- Self-directed and able to manage multiple documentation workstreams simultaneously in a fast-moving environment
- Comfortable asking questions when requirements are unclear - we value clarity over assumptions
- Experience documenting spacecraft satellite or precision hardware development programs
- Experience supporting program reviews such as Preliminary Design Review (PDR) Critical Design Review (CDR) or Manufacturing Readiness Review (MRR) with documentation packages
- Familiarity with manufacturing execution or quality management systems
- Proficiency with documentation tools such as Confluence Google Workspace or similar
- Interest in growing into a documentation lead or program management role as the team scales
For U.S. Roles: 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).
For U.K. Roles: To comply with U.K. regulations this role requires Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) checks and successful candidates must be eligible to obtain UK Security Clearance (SC).
For Canada Roles: Successful candidates must obtain and hold a security clearance at the reliability status level and pass security assessment for the Canadian Controlled Goods Program (CGP) and ITAR.
We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability or veteran status.
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