Xona Space Systems
Software Engineer - Build & Release
Burlingame, California
No sponsorshipDetected 14 days ago
PythonC++BashGitDockerCI/CDLinuxDevOpsCybersecurityRobotics
About the role
- Xona is the navigational intelligence company bringing real-time, centimeter-level certainty to any device, anywhere on Earth.
- 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.
Responsibilities
- Design, maintain, and optimize cross-platform build systems using tools such as CMake and Bazel.
- Manage and upgrade compiler toolchains (GCC, Clang, etc.) while handling complex dependency graphs, third-party libraries, and internal package management.
- Own and improve CI/CD workflows supporting large-scale C++ applications.
- Diagnose and optimize compilation and linking bottlenecks through caching, parallelization, and distributed build strategies.
- Support testing in containerized and emulated environments using technologies such as Docker and QEMU.
- Partner closely with C++ software engineers to improve modular architecture, dependency management, and overall build reliability.
- Ensure reproducible build and release environments across local development, CI, and hardware-integrated systems.
- You'll improve developer productivity while ensuring reliable, repeatable builds and releases across both simulation and hardware-integrated environments.
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience inw Build & Release Engineering, Developer Infrastructure, or DevOps supporting complex C++ codebases.
- Advanced proficiency with CMake and GNU Make/Ninja.
- Strong understanding of the C++ build, compilation, and linking lifecycle.
- Familiarity with modern C++ standards (C++17/20/23).
- Hands-on experience with containerization platforms such as Docker or Podman for build environment provisioning, dependency isolation, and reproducible CI/CD workflows.
- Experience with hardware emulation tools such as QEMU.
- Familiarity with GitLab CI workflows.
- Experience working on embedded, aerospace, robotics, or other hardware-integrated software systems.
- Knowledge of linker internals, symbol visibility, and binary analysis tools such as ldd, nm, objdump, and readelf.
Company info
- We are looking for a Build & Release Software Engineer to own our build systems, CI/CD infrastructure, and release tooling for the software powering Xona's satellite systems.
Visa & Work Authorization
- citizen, lawful permanent resident of the United States (i
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