Senior GNSS and IMU Navigation Algorithms Engineer

GMV; Tres Cantos; Hybrid; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working model

Teleworking outside area

Flexible start times

Language learning support

Relocation package

Competitive compensation

Wellbeing program

Job summary

GMV is seeking a senior navigation engineer to join its defence team in Spain, researching, developing and validating advanced navigation algorithms for integrated GNSS/IMU systems. You will implement algorithms in a shared C/C++ library and collaborate with systems engineers and platform teams across demanding environments.

The role emphasizes hands-on development, rigorous testing with real sensors and field campaigns, and close ties to architectural evolution of navigation systems.

Qualifications

• Advanced knowledge of GNSS, inertial navigation and sensor fusion.
• Strong expertise in Kalman filtering and state estimation.
• Proven experience developing and validating algorithms with real sensors and operational datasets.
• Strong programming skills and the ability to develop efficient, robust solutions for operational systems.

Responsibilities

• Designing and developing navigation algorithms based on Kalman filtering, sensor fusion and state estimation for aerial, maritime and land-based platforms.
• Investigating and mitigating navigation error sources and performance degradation, including sensor bias, drift, signal outages, multipath, jamming, spoofing and degraded observability.
• Implementing and integrating algorithms into a shared C/C++ navigation library used across multiple Defence projects, ensuring efficient and robust performance.
• Validating performance through simulators, real-world data, platform integration tests and field campaigns, analysing results and refining algorithm parameters.
• Collaborating with systems engineers, software developers and platform integration specialists, contributing to architectural decisions and the evolution of current and next-generation navigation systems.

Skills

GNSS

Inertial navigation

Sensor fusion

Kalman filtering

Programming

Education

PhD in Aerospace Engineering / Navigation or related field

Tools

C/C++ navigation library

Job description

GMV is seeking a senior navigation engineer to join its defence team in Spain, researching, developing and validating advanced navigation algorithms for integrated GNSS/IMU systems. You will implement algorithms in a shared C/C++ library and collaborate with systems engineers and platform teams across demanding environments.

The role emphasizes hands-on development, rigorous testing with real sensors and field campaigns, and close ties to architectural evolution of navigation systems.