GNC Hardware Test Engineer

Xona Space Systems, Burlingame, California

What you will do

Build and maintain test jigs to evaluate GNC sensor performance.
Integrate and test sensors such as IMUs, magnetometers, GNSS receivers, sun sensors, Earth horizon sensors, and star trackers.
Develop and debug sensor communication over interfaces such as SPI, I2C, UART, and CAN.
Support hardware-in-the-loop test setups for GNC software, sensors, actuators, and flight-like interfaces.
Use platforms such as Raspberry Pi, Arduino, Pixhawk, or similar embedded systems for prototyping and test automation.

Xona Space Systems, Burlingame, California

$130K–$150K

a year

This base pay is below the median for hardware and robotics jobs in the Bay Area with no level in the job title.

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Money raised: At least $285MSum of SEC filings. A filing does not show all money that a company raises.
Newest raise: Mar 24, 2026First sale on an SEC filing

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Build and maintain test jigs to evaluate GNC sensor performance.
Integrate and test sensors such as IMUs, magnetometers, GNSS receivers, sun sensors, Earth horizon sensors, and star trackers.
Develop and debug sensor communication over interfaces such as SPI, I2C, UART, and CAN.
Support hardware-in-the-loop test setups for GNC software, sensors, actuators, and flight-like interfaces.
Use platforms such as Raspberry Pi, Arduino, Pixhawk, or similar embedded systems for prototyping and test automation.