Jobs at Xona Space Systems

Conducts GNSS and LEO-PNT analysis, develops and evaluates positioning and timing systems, designs live-sky test campaigns, validates signals using laboratory and field equipment, and prepares technical reports, white papers, presentations, and documentation. The role supports precision GNSS corrections, UTC traceability, hardware testing, and rapid-turnaround research assessments while collaborating across product and engineering teams.

Leads the design, layout, routing, prototyping, testing, and production transition of RFSoC-based mixed-signal electronics for space systems. Integrates RF, analog, digital, clocking, power, and high-speed interfaces while ensuring signal integrity, manufacturability, thermal performance, reliability, and space qualification. Collaborates with RF, FPGA, electrical, mechanical, manufacturing, and external teams, supports environmental testing, and applies aerospace design standards and mission-critical hardware practices.

Designs and develops mechanical and electromechanical spacecraft components and assemblies. Creates 3D CAD models and technical drawings, supports requirements, trade studies, analyses, design reviews, prototyping, integration, verification, and environmental testing such as vibration and thermal cycling. Collaborates with multidisciplinary engineering, manufacturing, suppliers, and test teams while documenting results and progressively owning assigned components or subsystems.

Own mechanical and environmental testing across the spacecraft lifecycle, including materials and component testing, vibration campaigns, thermal vacuum testing, qualification, and verification. Develop fixtures, instrumentation, procedures, and data acquisition systems; analyze test data, resolve anomalies, and drive design improvements. Collaborate across engineering, manufacturing, vendors, and test facilities while establishing scalable spacecraft test capabilities and standards.

Own PCBA acceptance, validation, and functional testing from receiving through production release. Define digital inspection procedures, qualify test fixtures and instrumentation, manage nonconformances and supplier corrective actions, validate measurement systems, analyze quality and yield data, support DFM improvements, and mentor manufacturing personnel. The role partners with quality, supply chain, electrical design, systems engineering, contract manufacturers, technicians, and suppliers to establish reliable flight-hardware production processes.

Own and scale AWS, on-premises, and Kubernetes infrastructure supporting Xona’s satellite navigation platform. Build observability systems with OpenTelemetry, automate delivery and infrastructure through IaC and GitOps, improve reliability and cost efficiency, and establish Kubernetes deployment standards. Partner closely with software teams to enable autonomous deployments, enforce security and performance practices, and design scalable, highly available infrastructure for a growing global service.

Develop and integrate desktop applications for satellite receivers and application code for satellite subsystem components. The role involves embedded development, software architecture, hardware communication protocols, Qt-based GUI development, prototyping, hands-on testing, Bash scripting, RTOS, and control or motor-control systems. The engineer will work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced startup environment on mission-critical satellite navigation technology.

Own software program execution across navigation services, mission operations, and flight software. Manage schedules, releases, dependencies, risks, cross-functional coordination, reporting, and software-hardware interfaces. Build lightweight automation, tooling, integrations, and reporting systems while supporting development through live and on-orbit operations. The role requires software fluency, hardware-adjacent experience, strong systems thinking, and the ability to coordinate complex aerospace programs.

Develops and executes verification, certification, and robustness test plans for GNSS receivers. Creates automated and repeatable testing workflows, analyzes receiver performance and compliance data, produces verification reports, supports field validation, and improves test coverage, traceability, and QA/QC. The role requires collaboration across engineering teams and expertise in GNSS, hardware and firmware testing, systems engineering, Python automation, and Linux/Windows environments.

Leads the architecture, delivery, verification, and on-orbit support of embedded flight software for a satellite constellation. Manages and grows the flight software organization, establishes scalable development and quality processes, coordinates with multidisciplinary engineering teams, and drives technical strategy, reliability, resource planning, and delivery across satellite programs.

Designs and automates cloud security architecture, guardrails, IAM, zero-trust controls, and compliance across AWS infrastructure, Kubernetes platforms, and CI/CD pipelines. Conducts threat modeling and security assessments, monitors cloud threats, supports incident response, and builds self-service security tools that enable engineering teams to work securely. The role partners with platform, DevOps, SRE, architecture, and enterprise security teams.

Owns and scales AWS multi-account cloud infrastructure, network topology, disaster recovery, reliability, security, and cost optimization. Designs VPCs, Transit Gateways, Direct Connect, VPNs, and routing policies; standardizes infrastructure through Terraform and AWS CDK; implements observability; and enables engineering teams with self-service infrastructure, launch reviews, and capacity planning. The role also requires container orchestration expertise, secure cloud design, automation skills, and collaboration with SRE and product engineering teams.

Design, implement, and execute test plans for satellite RF systems and subsystems. Build and maintain RF test setups, automate data capture and analysis, validate system performance, troubleshoot RF anomalies, and support environmental testing. Collaborate with subsystem teams to define verification matrices across the satellite development lifecycle.

Develop, validate, and maintain high-fidelity six-degree-of-freedom spacecraft digital twins and flexible-body models. Build physics-based models for dynamics, sensors, actuators, and disturbances; apply system identification, derive linear approximations, and support control design, Monte Carlo analysis, and HIL/SIL testing through model-based development and verification.

The Sr. Mechatronics Designer will design and test electromechanical systems for spacecraft, collaborating with various engineering disciplines to ensure reliability and performance.

As a DevOps Engineer, you'll develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines, automate testing, manage infrastructure, and improve build processes for high-quality software releases.

The Build & Release Software Engineer will design and optimize build systems, manage CI/CD workflows, and improve software development processes for satellite systems using C++ in embedded Linux environments.

Lead development and architecture of navigation subsystems (precise positioning, orbit determination, clock estimation, atmospheric modeling, integrity monitoring), mentor engineers, and translate algorithms into flight-ready software and interfaces with payload and systems engineering.

Design and implement high-performance signal-processing solutions for LEO PNT satellite systems, focusing on FPGA optimization, DSP algorithms, and hardware integration.

Design, develop, and integrate electrical subsystems and PCBAs for satellite payloads. Own schematic-to-layout workflows, perform lab bring-up, troubleshooting, and system-level integration and testing. Capture requirements, run trade studies, document interfaces, and mentor teammates while improving design practices and reliability methods for space hardware.