# Satellite Power Test Engineer

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. Role Overview We are looking for a Satellite Power Test Engineer to join our engineering team. In this role, you will support the validate and characterize the satellite’s power system, including the solar arrays and batteries and work with other disciplines to design an efficient and complete solution for our satellite system. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a team that’s building cutting-edge technology for space. What You’ll Do: Develop the qualification plans for the satellite’s batteries and solar arrays Determine the power requirements, use cases, fault scenarios, and operating environment in order to properly specify requirements Closely work with suppliers to ensure compliance to the satellite’s performance requirements Develop the internal acceptance plan and determine the test infrastructure n

- **Id**: 4285743
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/xona-space-systems-satellite-power-test-engineer>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: junior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Burlingame, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 2
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-13T19:16:36Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-13
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-15T04:06:14Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 1
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3076
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Satellite Navigation, Satellite Manufacturing

## Company

- **Id**: 685097
- **Name**: Xona Space Systems
- **Domain**: xonaspace.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/xonaspace>
- **Size band**: 51-200
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Ashby

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 91
- **Open postings**: 56
- **Ghost share**: 0.071
- **Stale share**: 0
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 84
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T05:58:10Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 130000
- **Max**: 180000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 180000

## Technologies

- **GD&T** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Repost count**: 0
- **Flags**: company_stale
- **Days open**: 1

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 2
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-13T21:47:33Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 90
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.903
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 84
- **Reasons**: conf:2, velocity, win:early, comp:junior
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T05:58:10Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 180000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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