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Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Sep 24, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 23, 2026. Xona Space Systems scores B on the Alion truth index.

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Xona Space Systems is a Burlingame, California-based company building Pulsar, a commercial positioning, navigation and timing service delivered by a constellation of small satellites in low Earth orbit as a more precise and secure complement to GPS. The planned Pulsar constellation of 258 small satellites at 1,080 km altitude broadcasts a new signal aimed at defense, telecom, agriculture, aviation, maritime, autonomous robotics and financial timing users, and the company builds its satellites in its own production facility. It hires GNC, GNSS, RF, FPGA, flight dynamics and mechanical engineers, flight software and cybersecurity engineers, production planners and a chief financial officer.

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.

Xona is seeking a skilled Software Engineer to work as a contributor to the development and integration of a desktop application to interact with our in-house satellite receivers and to write application code for our satellite subsystem components.

The ideal candidate thrives in fast-paced start-up environments, and can confidently work independently and collaboratively to deliver mission-critical insights.

Required Qualifications

  • Experience with C and Python coding languages

  • Experience with hardware communication system protocols such as RS-485, UART, I2C, CAN, SPI, and ethernet TCP/IP Strong experience with PyQt / PySide (or Qt-based GUI development)

  • Experience with hands-on testing and prototyping (dev kits, logic analyzers, decoding bitstreams)

  • Experience Software architecting & Embedded development & Bash scripting

  • Experience with RTOS

  • Background in Control systems and/or motor control

  • Experience as a team lead/manager

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Xona est l’entreprise d’intelligence de navigation qui apporte une certitude en temps réel, à l’échelle du centimètre, à tout appareil, partout sur Terre.

Grâce à Pulsar - l’infrastructure satellitaire PNT en orbite terrestre basse la plus avancée au monde - Xona offrira un système un système de positionnement global évolutif et rétrocompatible, optimisé pour une précision absolue, une puissance supérieure et une protection renforcée.

Xona est à la recherche d’un(e) ingénieur(e) logiciel qualifié(e) qui contribuera au développement et à l’intégration d’une application de bureau permettant d’interagir avec nos récepteurs satellitaires développés à l’interne.

La personne retenue participera également au développement du code applicatif destiné aux composants de nos sous-systèmes satellitaires. La personne idéale s’épanouit dans l’environnement dynamique d’une entreprise en démarrage et est en mesure de travailler avec assurance, tant de façon autonome qu’en collaboration avec les autres membres de l’équipe, afin de fournir des solutions et des renseignements essentiels à la mission.

Qualifications requises

  • Expérience en programmation avec les langages C et Python.

  • Expérience avec des protocoles et interfaces de communication matérielle, notamment RS-485, UART, I2C, CAN, SPI et Ethernet TCP/IP.

  • Solide expérience avec PyQt / PySide ou dans le développement d’interfaces graphiques basées sur Qt.

  • Expérience pratique en matière d’essais et de prototypage, notamment avec des trousses de développement, des analyseurs logiques et le décodage de flux binaires.

  • Expérience en architecture logicielle, en développement de systèmes embarqués et en création de scripts Bash.

  • Expérience avec des systèmes d’exploitation en temps réel (RTOS).

  • Connaissances ou expérience en systèmes de commande et/ou en commande de moteurs.

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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