Senior Autonomy and Navigation Engineer

NeuralAgent; Gauting; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation support

Learning budget

Modern campus facilities

Flexible working hours

Regular remote work

30 days vacation

Lunch/beverages

Job summary

NeuralAgent in Gauting, Bavaria, Germany, seeks a Senior Autonomy and Navigation Engineer to own the navigation and autonomy stack for platforms operating where GNSS is unreliable. You will design state estimation, sensor fusion, onboard autonomy stack, and lead test campaigns from simulation to flight, mentoring teammates.

English communication is required; German is a plus. Join us to build technologies shaping Europe’s autonomous capabilities and enjoy relocation support, a learning budget,

Qualifications

• Masters degree in robotics or aerospace software.
• Minimum of 5 years experience in robotics and aerospace software; field-deployed navigation experience.
• Deep state-estimation expertise including EKF/UKF, factor graphs, VIO/SLAM.
• Proficiency in Python and C++; Rust appreciated.
• Hands-on experience with ROS 2 and PX4/ArduPilot.
• Real hardware and flight-test experience.
• Strong teamwork and first leadership experience.
• Excellent English communication; German a plus.

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 sources.
• Take prototypes from simulation through HIL to flight test and lead tests.
• Mentor less experienced team members and review navigation code.
• Be a steady technical anchor and resolve challenging technical issues.

Skills

State estimation EKF/UKF

Sensor fusion

C++

Python

ROS 2

Team leadership

English communication

Education

Masters degree in robotics or aerospace software

Tools

PX4

ArduPilot

Job description

Why us?

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;
• Deep state-estimation expertise including EKF/UKF, factor graphs, VIO/SLAM;
• 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.