Head of Flight Software & Satellite Onboard Systems

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xonaBurlingame (CA)

Software Developers Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Manufacturing

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About the role

Xona in Burlingame, California seeks a Director of Flight Software Engineering to own the onboard software architecture for the Xona satellite bus and Pulsar constellation. You will lead embedded flight software development, system-level verification & validation, and scalable software processes across hundreds of satellites. This high-impact leadership role combines real-time embedded systems expertise with constellation-scale operations, software quality focus, and cross-functional

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