Navigation Engineer (Precise Navigation)

The role

You will design and develop high-precision navigation and positioning solutions based on tightly-coupled IMU/GNSS filtering. You will work with Navigation, Radar, software, and Electronic Warfare teams to deliver resilient Position, Navigation and Timing for autonomous systems.

What you will do

• Drive the architecture and implementation of navigation / PNT solutions for autonomous platforms.
• Develop navigation resilient to GNSS degradation, jamming and spoofing.
• Design multi-sensor fusion and the associated estimation and filtering algorithms.
• Design test plans, run simulations and replays, and report on findings.
• Collaborate across HW, software, EW and ML teams on technical interfaces and system-level trade-offs.
• Contribute to design and architecture reviews and maintain requirements traceability and documentation.

Required qualifications

• MSc in Engineering (aerospace, robotics, EE or related)
• Strong mathematical background combined with good physical intuition.
• Experience with GNSS, INS/IMU and navigation/estimation filters (e.g. Kalman filtering), particularly in tightly-coupled architectures.
• Experience with navigation in GNSS-denied / contested environments.
• Solid software / algorithm skills; combined algo + software profile rather than a pure coder.
• Broad engineering culture with understanding of electrical, embedded and mechanical systems.
• Rigorous, structured and mission-driven mindset with strong analytical skills.
• Excellent communication and documentation abilities.

Nice to have

• PhD is a plus
• Familiarity with RF and EW constraints (GNSS jamming / spoofing) is a plus

About the company

Harmattan AI is a next-generation defense prime building autonomous and scalable defense systems. Following the close of a $200M Series B, valuing the company at $1.4 billion, they are expanding teams to deliver mission-critical systems to allied forces.