# Navigation 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. We're seeking a Senior Navigation Engineer to lead critical initiatives within our Navigation Software team the brain of our satellite system. In this role, you'll drive the technical direction for our core positioning and timing capabilities, mentor junior engineers, and bridge the gap between algorithm development and flight-ready implementation. You'll own the architecture and development of key subsystems including: Precise Positioning: Design and optimize algorithms for centimeter-level accuracy in real-time and post-processed solutions. Orbit Determination: Lead development of OD pipelines, including filter tuning, maneuver handling, and multi-GNSS fusion strategies. Clock Estimation: Architect timing solutions that meet stringent stability requirements across the constellation. Atmospheric Modeling: Develop an

- **Id**: 662668
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/xonaspace-sr-navigation-engineer>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: middle
- **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**: 3
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-07-09T19:09:11Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-12
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-13T09:23:46Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 126
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3679
- **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**: 54
- **Ghost share**: 0.074
- **Stale share**: 0
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 84
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 120000
- **Max**: 170000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 170000

## Technologies

- **C++** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Repost count**: 0
- **Days open**: 126

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

- **Level**: master
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

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

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-10T21:42:52Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 30
- **Band**: fade
- **Label**: Fading
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.69
- **P room**: 0.44
- **Age days**: 125
- **Expected fill days**: 84
- **Reasons**: conf:2, velocity, win:tail, crowd:
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 170000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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