Xona Space Systems

Xona Space Systems

Software Test Engineer, Flight Software Integration & Test Operations

Burlingame, California

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About the role

  • Xona is the navigational intelligence company bringing real-time, centimeter-level certainty to any device, anywhere on Earth.
  • This role combines software test engineering, system integration, automation, and hands-on test operations.
  • You will work closely with the Flight Software team to ensure features are testable, measurable, and validated under nominal and off-nominal conditions prior to launch.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain detailed Flight Software test procedures covering nominal mission threads, off-nominal scenarios, fault responses, safing behavior, and recovery workflows.
  • Build and maintain test software and utilities (command sequencing, telemetry validation, log capture, automated reporting) to execute procedures reliably.
  • Implement fault-focused scenarios to validate FDIR behavior, limit monitoring, safe-mode entry, and recovery logic.
  • Own test data collection and time correlation, including telemetry, logs, performance metrics, and relevant instrumentation.
  • Familiar with workflows such as thermal vacuum, thermal cycling, vibration, shock, or EMI/EMC support.

Requirements

  • 2+ years of experience in software test engineering, system integration testing, or validation for embedded or mission-critical systems.
  • Experience with test data collection and observability practices, including dashboards and time-correlated datasets.
  • Experience in mission-critical or safety-critical engineering environments.
  • Experience integrating automated test environments and regression suites into CI/CD workflows.
  • Experience supporting environmental test events and operating hardware during structured test campaigns.
  • 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).

Benefits

  • Develop and maintain live monitoring and post-test dashboards (e.g., Grafana) to track system health, event timelines, and test progress.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • citizen, lawful permanent resident of the United States (i

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