Senior Autonomy and Navigation Engineer

NeuralAgent GmbH; Gauting; Remote; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation support

Individual learning budget

Modern aerospace campus with on-site C

Free beverages

Lunch support

Tax-free employee benefits

Flexible working hours

Regular remote work

30 days of vacation

Job summary

NeuralAgent is building the navigation and autonomy stack that enables autonomous platforms to operate in GNSS-denied environments. As a Senior Autonomy and Navigation Engineer you will own the stack, lead sensor fusion, field-test prototypes, and mentor teammates while collaborating with world-class engineers across space, air, and ground.

We seek a senior professional with 5+ years in robotics and aerospace software, fluent English, and a passion for building safe, reliable autonomous systems.

Qualifications

• Masters degree in robotics or aerospace software.
• Minimum 5 years experience in robotics and aerospace software.
• Hands-on navigation experience in field deployments.
• Proficiency in Python and C++, knowledge of Rust appreciated.
• Experience with ROS 2 and PX4/ArduPilot internals.
• Strong communication and teamwork, with leadership experience.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and field-validate robust state estimation for UxS platforms.
• Architect the onboard autonomy stack, including localization, degraded-mode behaviors, and failsafes
• Lead sensor fusion across IMU, vision, LiDAR/radar, barometric, and opportunistic sources.
• Take prototypes from simulation through HIL to flight test and act as technical lead in test campaigns.
• Support with mentoring less experienced team members and review theses and code in the navigation area.
• Serve as a steady, reliable technical anchor for the team — someone others can count on to help navigate ambiguous or difficult technical challenges to a solid resolution

Skills

Python

C++

Rust

Teamwork

Technical leadership

Education

Master's degree in robotics or aerospace software

Tools

ROS 2

PX4

ArduPilot

Job description

You'll join a company where your work has visible impact from day one. You'll work directly with world-class engineers, scientists, aerospace experts and entrepreneurs building technologies that have never existed before. Every day you'll collaborate with people who genuinely believe Europe can lead the next generation of autonomous intelligence. We're not maintaining legacy systems. We're creating the infrastructure future generations will depend on.

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation
• Relocation support
• Individual learning budget
• Modern aerospace campus with an on-site canteen and gym
• Free beverages
• Lunch support
• Tax-free employee benefits
• Flexible working hours
• Regular remote work
• 30 days of vacation

Join Us

If you're ready to build technology that could shape Europe for decades to come, we'd love to meet you

Your mission

As a Senior Autonomy and Navigation Engineer you own the navigation and autonomy stack that enables NeuralAgent platforms to operate where GNSS cannot be trusted, including denied, jammed, or spoofed environments.

• Design, implement, and field-validate robust state estimation for UxS platforms.
• Architect the onboard autonomy stack, including localization, degraded-mode behaviors, and failsafes
• Lead sensor fusion across IMU, vision, LiDAR/radar, barometric, and opportunistic sources.
• Take prototypes from simulation through HIL to flight test and act as technical lead in test campaigns.
• Support with mentoring less experienced team members and review theses and code in the navigation area.
• Serve as a steady, reliable technical anchor for the team — someone others can count on to help navigate ambiguous or difficult technical challenges to a solid resolution

Your profile

Masters degree in robotics or aerospace software

Minimum of 5 years experience in robotics, aerospace software; field-deployed navigation experience;

Advanced proficiency in Python, C++ are a must, experience with Rust is highly appreciated

Hands on experience with ROS 2 and internals of PX4 or ArduPilot

Real hardware and flight-test experience.

You are strong team player

You have first experience in technical leadership

You are used to work in high pace project mode

Excellent communication skills in English; German language skills are a plus.

Nice-to-have

Experience with GNSS spoofing/jamming detection, alternative PNT, terrain- or vision-based georeferencing,

Experience in defense or safety-critical domain

Eligibility for security vetting

About us

At NeuralAgent, we are building coordination and AI-Operating layer at edge that orchestrates the autonomous systems and networks across space, air, ground, maritime and underwater domains.

We believe the future will be powered by decentralized intelligence—where autonomous systems collaborate, make decisions and adapt in real time wherever the mission takes place.