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Xona Space Systems jobs
Xona Space Systems is building Pulsar, a low-Earth-orbit navigation constellation that, in its own words, brings real-time, centimeter-level certainty to any device on Earth. It hires in Burlingame, California, and Montreal.
, SpaceJobs.Now lists 51 open jobs at Xona Space Systems; their typical pay runs $154k to $218k a year, with a median of $165k.
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Latest Xona Space Systems openings
Read 7 Nov 2026, 10:02 UTCSoftware & IT · Montreal, Canada · todayDetails
Senior Cloud Architect – Platforms Engineering (opens the job details)
Software & IT · Burlingame, California · 3d agoDetails
$173,000–$197,000/yrTechnical Recruiter (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · Montreal, Canada · 4d agoDetails
Senior Mechanical Engineer (opens the job details)
Mechanical · Burlingame, California · 1w agoDetails
$173,000–$218,000/yrMechanical Engineer (opens the job details)
Mechanical · Burlingame, California · 1w agoDetails
$132,000–$178,000/yrSupply Chain Manager (opens the job details)
Supply Chain · Montreal, Canada · 1w agoDetails
UE Verification Specialist (Canada) (opens the job details)
Systems & Test · Montreal, Canada · 1w agoDetails
Technical Program Manager, Satellite (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · Burlingame, California · 1w agoDetails
$132,000–$148,000/yrSr. Software Engineer - Build & Release (opens the job details)
Software & IT · Burlingame, California · 1w agoDetails
$165,000–$185,000/yrProduction Technician & Equipment Operator (opens the job details)
Technicians · Burlingame, California · 1w agoDetails
$30–$50/hrProduction Line Lead (opens the job details)
Technicians · Burlingame, California · 1w agoDetails
$35–$55/hrPCB Layout Engineer (opens the job details)
Avionics · Burlingame, California · 1w agoDetails
$130,000–$180,000/yr
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Xona Space Systems at a glance
Xona Space Systems is building Pulsar, a low-Earth-orbit navigation constellation that, in its own words, brings real-time, centimeter-level certainty to any device on Earth. It hires in Burlingame, California, and Montreal.
51 roles taken from its careers site on 2026-11-07A recruiter wrote to you in Xona Space Systems's name?
Xona Space Systems's own sites: xonaspace.com.
What Xona Space Systems pays
Read from the ranges on its open jobs · 2026-11-07The median is $165k/yr over the 43 open jobs with a posted range, and single figures go from $62.4k/yr up to $350k/yr. Interns, technicians and senior engineers all sit in that figure; the table below separates the disciplines.
Measured from 43 distinct posted rates, at this employer, each as a year's pay (an hourly rate × 2,080 hours). 8 of the 51 open jobs here state no pay.
The top-paying Xona Space Systems jobs open now
Every 51, highest pay firstChief Financial Officer (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · Burlingame, California · 9mo agoDetails
$250,000–$350,000/yrDirector of Flight Software Engineering (opens the job details)
Flight Software · Burlingame, California · 2mo agoDetails
$218,000–$274,000/yrSenior Mixed Signals Engineer (opens the job details)
Avionics · Burlingame, California · 2w agoDetails
$200,000–$220,000/yrProduction Leader / Senior Production Manager (opens the job details)
Technicians · Burlingame, California · 2w agoDetails
$175,000–$220,000/yrSoftware Engineer- Cybersecurity and Cryptography (opens the job details)
Software & IT · Burlingame, California · 7mo agoDetails
$193,000–$218,000/yr
The middle half is the 25th percentile of what roles pay (the middle of each posted range, as a year's pay: an hourly rate counts at 2,080 hours, 40 a week for 52 weeks) to the 90th-percentile posted top, measured the same way for every list on the site. A posting's range is base salary only: stock, sign-on money and bonuses are extra where a company offers them. The methodology explains how each pay figure is measured and graded.
What Xona Space Systems looks for
The usual bar in each discipline Xona Space Systems is staffing right now. A posting can ask for more or less (a clearance, a degree, years on hardware), so check the role itself before applying.
A computer science degree or equivalent experience; some programs need a US security clearance.
An electrical or computer engineering degree; harness and board technicians often hold IPC certifications.
A computer science, aerospace or electrical engineering degree; C/C++ for flight code, control theory for GNC.
A mechanical or aerospace engineering degree; CAD (NX, CATIA, SolidWorks) and FEA analysis for most roles.
A business, finance, law or engineering degree; program managers often hold a PMP or an engineering background.
An electrical engineering degree with RF or signal-processing work; payload roles often want physics or optics.
Xona Space Systems's disciplines
Each discipline page covers the work itself, the usual entry bar and the pay posted for it across the industry.
Xona Space Systems pay by occupation, from its own postings: Software engineer pay, GNC engineer pay, Electrical engineer pay.
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What does Xona Space Systems pay?
Across the 43 open Xona Space Systems jobs that give a pay range, the middle of the market is $154k–$218k/yr and the median $165k/yr. The lowest posted figure is $62.4k/yr and the highest $350k/yr. These are base salary ranges as the postings give them; equity, bonuses and relocation help come on top where offered.
Which disciplines is Xona Space Systems staffing?
Of its 51 openings, the largest groups are ground software & IT (8), avionics & electrical (7) and flight software & GNC (7).
What does Xona Space Systems ask for in ground software and IT jobs in space?
A computer science degree or equivalent experience; some programs need a US security clearance. The exact bar is in each Xona Space Systems posting.
How fresh is this list of Xona Space Systems roles?
We read Xona Space Systems's public careers site every night. A role stays here as long as Xona Space Systems keeps it up, dated with our last check.
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