Lead Navigation Engineer – Autonomous Flight Systems

Mach Industries; Huntington Beach (CA); Vor Ort; USD 230.000 - 265.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Equity participation

Health, dental, vision

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Professional development

Zusammenfassung

Mach Industries seeks a Principal Navigation Engineer to lead navigation systems for autonomous aircraft and defense platforms. You will own architecture, performance budgets, sensor fusion, and integration across development stages, while guiding a small team of engineers.

The role emphasizes hands-on leadership, rigorous analysis, and delivery of dependable navigation capabilities in challenging environments. ITAR compliance applies in the broader program context.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor-level degree in aerospace/related field; significant navigation systems experience.
• Experience owning navigation systems across requirements, architecture, and flight test.
• Deep knowledge of inertial navigation, Kalman filtering, sensor fusion, and GNSS.
• Proven leadership of a small engineering team and cross-functional collaboration.

Aufgaben

• Own navigation architecture and technical roadmap across design to flight test.
• Lead estimation algorithm design, validation, and integration with sensors.
• Drive trades and make timely technical decisions with program leadership.
• Lead a small team of navigation engineers and mentor junior staff.
• Coordinate with avionics, embedded software, and controls to ensure integration.

Kenntnisse

State estimation

Inertial navigation

Sensor fusion

Navigation algorithms

MATLAB/Simulink

Python

C/C++

Leadership

GNC coordination

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering or related field

10+ years navigation systems experience

Tools

MATLAB/Simulink

Python

C/C++

Jobbeschreibung

Mach Industries seeks a Principal Navigation Engineer to lead navigation systems for autonomous aircraft and defense platforms. You will own architecture, performance budgets, sensor fusion, and integration across development stages, while guiding a small team of engineers.

The role emphasizes hands-on leadership, rigorous analysis, and delivery of dependable navigation capabilities in challenging environments. ITAR compliance applies in the broader program context.