GNSS creates upwards of $500B in economic value in North America every year, supporting everything from consumer applications to transportation systems, to time sync for critical infrastructure. As these industries progress towards autonomy the performance and security demands of their Position, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) systems are increasing beyond what GNSS can support, leaving a need for a cost-effective global solution.

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Xona is building a modern commercial satellite navigation network at the pace of the new space industry. Our Low Earth Orbiting (LEO) satellite system will provide the first ever high-accuracy global navigation and timing services with the security and resilience modern applications need to operate safely at scale. We have backing from both customers and investors and are ramping up for our initial satellite launches in 2022!

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Xona is looking for a Software Engineer specializing in estimation algorithms to join our software team. As part of our software team, you’ll be contributing towards the development of an operational payload for a satellite!

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What You'll Do​

• Working hand-in-hand with domain experts you’ll implement, optimize, and deploy novel algorithms and schema for precision navigation and state estimation in C++ on test and flight hardware from MATLAB reference implementations

• Evaluate and verify system’s performance on real-world and simulated data

• Improve and deliver reliable software through continuous integration, automated testing, and code reviews

• Collaborate across different teams to formulate software architecture and requirements towards jointly achieving objectives in improving system performance and reliability

 

Desired Qualifications (not all are expected)

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering or a relevant field

• 3+ years of professional software development experience in agile C++ environments

• Experience with orbital mechanics, estimation theory, Kalman Filtering in MATLAB and Modern C++ environments

• Proven success in a fast-paced, cross-functional engineering team environment

• Understanding of GPS, GNSS, or other forms of navigation / localization

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Required Qualifications

• All candidates must be either a U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident (Green Card holder) due to U.S. export control regulations.

 

Location

San Mateo, CA

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