Technical Writer xona-space · Burlingame, CA, US Workplace On-site ago

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.

Overview
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As our first Technical Writer
, you'll be embedded with the program team and support engineering, launch, and manufacturing across the company - from satellite development documentation to launch campaign packages to documentation standards for the production floor. This is a cross-functional role that touches every part of how we build, test, launch, and operate spacecraft.

Success in this role looks like:

• Engineering review packages are delivered on schedule with minimal revision cycles

• Launch documentation is complete, tracked, and delivered on schedule

• New team members can readily find relevant documentation

• Documentation standards you help establish scale as the team grows

Engineering Documentation Support engineering teams across bus, payload, Guidance Navigation & 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. You'll attend design reviews and work directly with engineers to extract technical details and translate them into clear, accurate, and actionable documentation.

Launch Documentation Management Own the organization, tracking, and on-time delivery of launch campaign documentation - including launch readiness review packages, mission assurance documentation, range safety submissions, and pre/post-launch reports. Coordinate with program, safety, and range/launch provider teams to make sure every required document is complete, routed for approval, and submitted against the campaign timeline.

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, you'll play a key role in selecting and setting up systems that work for our team.

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.

Work Instructions & SOPs Build and maintain templates for manufacturing work instructions and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and review content drafted by engineers and technicians against those templates for clarity and consistency. Subject matter experts own the technical content - your role is giving it a clear, standardized structure.

Process Building Develop lightweight documentation standards and templates that scale as the company and program grow.

• 4–7 years of technical writing experience in aerospace, defense, hardware manufacturing, or a similarly technical field

• Comfortable working directly with engineers to extract…