Position, Navigation and Timing Engineer

Hypersonica; München; Vor Ort; EUR 70.000 - 110.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Mission-driven environment

Learn from experts

Ownership & autonomy

Fast-paced environment

Clear culture

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Zusammenfassung

Hypersonica seeks a seasoned PNT/GNC engineer in Munich area to design and build mission-critical navigation software. You will lead multi-sensor state estimation and real-time systems for flight safety, collaborating with software, hardware, and integration teams.

You will validate designs through simulation and HIL testing, address failure modes with FMEA-driven approaches, and push for robust, trusted navigation in challenging environments.

Qualifikationen

• Experience delivering real-world, deployed hardware and software.
• Expertise in state estimation under non-ideal conditions (drift, bias, noise).
• Proven ability to deliver hard real-time, deterministic software.
• Experience with GNSS-denied or degraded navigation.
• Background in aerospace, defence, robotics, or autonomous systems.
• Experience integrating multi-modal sensors (IMU, vision, radar, LiDAR).
• Familiarity with trajectory generation, guidance, or control systems.
• Proficient in simulation, HIL testing, or flight validation.
• Understanding of safety-critical software architecture and standards.
• Practical, ownership-driven problem solving.

Aufgaben

• Architect and develop multi-sensor state estimation systems (e.g. Kalman filters) for mission‑critical navigation
• Design and implement the full navigation software pipeline, from sensor ingestion to fused state output
• Develop GNSS navigation solution in contested or GPS‑denied environments
• Build solutions robust to non‑ideal conditions: sensor drift, noise, bias, dropouts, and adversarial environments
• Fuse data from non‑GNSS sources (e.g. IMU, vision, radar, LiDAR, etc.) to maintain navigation accuracy in GPS‑denied environments
• Deliver deterministic, real‑time software suitable for flight‑critical systems
• Define and execute validation frameworks, including simulation and Hardware‑in‑Loop (HIL) testing
• Establish navigation system interfaces and APIs, ensuring clean integration with guidance, control, and flight software
• Model system‑level failure modes and implement fault‑tolerant designs (e.g. FMEA‑driven architecture)
• Work closely with GNC, software, hardware, and integration teams to ensure system performance under real constraints
• Iterate rapidly using test data to improve robustness and reliability

Kenntnisse

Kalman filtering

Multi-sensor fusion

Real-time software

GNC engineering

Fault modelling

GNSS-denied navigation

Aerospace experience

Sensor data processing

Jobbeschreibung

What You’ll Do

• Architect and develop multi-sensor state estimation systems (e.g. Kalman filters) for mission‑critical navigation
• Design and implement the full navigation software pipeline, from sensor ingestion to fused state output
• Develop GNSS navigation solution in contested or GPS‑denied environments
• Build solutions robust to non‑ideal conditions: sensor drift, noise, bias, dropouts, and adversarial environments
• Fuse data from non‑GNSS sources (e.g. IMU, vision, radar, altimeters, etc.) to maintain navigation accuracy in GPS‑denied environments
• Deliver deterministic, real‑time software suitable for flight‑critical systems
• Define and execute validation frameworks, including simulation and Hardware‑in‑the‑Loop (HIL) testing
• Establish navigation system interfaces and APIs, ensuring clean integration with guidance, control, and flight software
• Model system‑level failure modes and implement fault‑tolerant designs (e.g. FMEA‑driven architecture)
• Work closely with GNC, software, hardware, and integration teams to ensure system performance under real constraints
• Iterate rapidly using test data to improve robustness and reliability

Who You Are

• An experienced PNT or GNC Engineer with a strong record of delivering real, deployed hardware.
• Expertise in state estimation under real‑world conditions (e.g. Kalman filtering with drift, bias, and noise)
• Proven experience delivering hard real‑time, deterministic software systems
• Strong understanding of system‑level failure modes and fault modelling (e.g. FMEA in complex systems)
• Experience with GNSS‑denied or degraded navigation systems
• Background in aerospace, defence, robotics, or autonomous systems
• Experience integrating multi‑modal sensors (IMU, vision, radar, LiDAR, etc.)
• Familiarity with trajectory generation, guidance, or control systems
• Experience with simulation, HIL testing, or flight validation
• Understanding of safety‑critical software architecture and standards
• You’ve built systems that work outside the lab, not just in theory
• You are comfortable working with imperfect data and hard constraints
• You combine mathematical depth with engineering pragmatism
• You take ownership and deliver, even when problems are ambiguous
• You care about correctness, robustness, and real‑world performance

What We Offer

• A mission‑driven environment with the opportunity to work on one of Europe’s most consequential defence challenges, with direct impact on sovereign capability and security.
• Daily collaboration with top experts across engineering, operations, and defence, with real opportunity to learn from the best, contribute, and grow.
• High ownership and autonomy; no time tracking, no micromanagement, just clear objectives and accountability for outcomes.
• A fast‑paced environment where good ideas are implemented quickly, and feedback from test and flight drives real decisions.
• A culture that values clarity, integrity, and excellence, and supports people who take initiative and push boundaries responsibly.
• Competitive compensation and real share options aligned to responsibility and impact, not tenure or hierarchy.