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Navigation Algorithms Engineer

Xona· Engineering
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Burlingame, California$120k - $140kFull-timePosted 1w ago

About the role

We're looking for a Navigation Algorithms Engineer to join our Ground Software team. This is a hands-on algorithm role focused on monitoring constellation health and developing core estimation pipelines (including Precise Point Positioning) to achieve centimeter-level accuracy for satellite navigation.

Responsibilities

  • Constellation Monitoring: Develop tools to monitor the health, availability, and performance of the Pulsar constellation and GNSS signals in real time.
  • Estimation Pipelines: Collaborate on and help validate Precise Point Positioning (PPP) algorithms and other estimation pipelines across the navigation stack.
  • Collaboration & Growth: Collaborate closely with our navigation engineering team to ship early-stage prototypes and develop them into core pieces of our production pipeline

Qualifications

  • MS or PhD in Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Geomatics, Applied Mathematics, or a related field.
  • Solid foundation in statistics and estimation theory (e.g., least squares, Kalman filtering) from coursework, research, or project experience.
  • Familiarity programming in both C++ and Python.
  • Internship, academic research, or project-based experience with navigation, estimation, or signal processing is welcomed in place of industry experience.

Skills

Required:Statistics and estimation theoryC++Python
Nice to have:GNSS/PPP knowledgeSignal processing
Last updated Oct 14, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About Xona

Next Era Navigational Intelligence | Xona

Xona is the navigation infrastructure company bringing real-time, centimeter-level certainty to any device, anywhere on Earth.

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