Logistics Specialist

Xona is the navigational intelligence company bringing real-time, centimeter-level certainty to any device, anywhere on Earth. With Pulsar – the world’s most advanced PNT satellite infrastructure in Low Earth Orbit – Xona will offer a future-proof, backwards-compatible global positioning system optimized for absolute precision, superior power, and robust protection. As Logistics Specialist, you will be an integral member of Xona’s Supply Chain organization, coordinating the movement of hardware, equipment, and materials across our business. You will support domestic and international shipments for satellite manufacturing, engineering, product development, customer demonstrations, business development, marketing events, and other company activities. A key part of this role will be owning day-to-day shipment execution, including packing, carrier and freight-forwarder coordination, shipping documentation, customs support, tracking, and delivery follow-through. You will work cross-functionally to ensure critical hardware arrives safely, compliantly, and on schedule. The role will also support receiving, inventory, kitting, and material movement on the production floor as needed. Responsibilities - Coordinate domestic and international shipments of flight hardware, engineering hardware, test equipment, product demonstration units, marketing materials, and other company property. - Serve as a primary logistics point of contact for teams across the organization, including Supply Chain, Engineering, Production, Quality, Product, Business Development, and Marketing. - Plan and execute shipments supporting customer demonstrations, trade shows, field testing, supplier activities, and other off-site events, including international movements and return logistics. - Select appropriate shipping methods and coordinate with parcel carriers, freight forwarders, couriers, brokers, and other logistics providers based on schedule, cost, handling, and shipment requirements. - Support international customs clearance by providing accurate shipment values, descriptions, country of origin, HTS classifications, ECCN information, Incoterms, and other required documentation. - Coordinate temporary exports, return shipments, repairs, supplier shipments, and other non-standard logistics movements as required. - Pack, crate, label, and prepare sensitive hardware and equipment for shipment in accordance with applicable handling, ESD, FOD, export, and quality requirements. - Perform incoming receiving processes for hardware, electronic components, raw materials, and other production materials, including quantity verification, packing-list documentation, and management of partial receipts. - Support inventory transactions, cycle counts, material issuance, and reconciliation for flight hardware and production materials. - Kit and issue inventory to manufacturing, integration, engineering, and test teams in accordance with BOMs, work orders, and production requirements. - Maintain organized and controlled inventory, staging, shipping, and receiving areas in accordance with 5S, ESD, FOD, and applicable material-handling requirements. - Support production-floor material movement and coordinate urgent or time-sensitive material transfers as needed. - Operate motorized lift equipment, pallet jacks, cranes, and lifting fixtures. - Adhere to applicable safety, quality, trade compliance, ESD, FOD, and configuration-control requirements and contribute to a safe, organized, and collaborative work environment. Desired Qualifications - 2–4 years of logistics, shipping and receiving, materials, supply chain operations, or related experience in aviation, space, defense, electronics, manufacturing, or another high-reliability industry. - Experience coordinating domestic and international shipments, including time-sensitive or high-value hardware. - Experience working with parcel carriers, freight forwarders, customs brokers, and other transportation providers. - Experience pr…