Lead State Estimation & Navigation (GPS-Denied)

Neros Technologies; New Mexico; On-site; USD 192,000 - 268,000; Full time

Job summary

Neros Technologies is seeking a State Estimation and Navigation Lead to guide a small team responsible for onboard vehicle state and target state estimation, along with the uncertainty attached to each. This role owns the technical roadmap for estimation, and interfaces with guidance and control to ensure calibrated accuracy for autonomous systems.

You will lead development of GPS denied navigation, fuse IMU, vision, GNSS, and other onboard sensing on embedded compute, and define how estimation

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience in state estimation, navigation, sensor fusion, or GNC for robotics, aerospace, autonomous vehicles, or defense systems, including leadership experience.
• Ownership of a state estimation or navigation system from architecture to deployment on production hardware.
• Deep expertise in estimation theory and practical application (EKF, UKF, error state, or invariant filters).
• Hands on experience fusing IMU, camera, GNSS, and range or altimetry sensing with calibration and synchronization.
• Experience delivering navigation performance in GPS denied or degraded environments.
• Strong C++ and Python, with real time algorithms under embedded constraints.
• Quantitative validation experience with accuracy, drift, and consistency metrics.
• Ability to debug estimation failures on real hardware and build regression tests.
• Strong foundations in linear algebra, probability, and numerical optimization.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical roadmap for onboard state estimation and navigation, and the interface to guidance and control.
• Architect, implement, and field GPS denied and degraded navigation with multi-sensor fusion on embedded compute.
• Lead the development of visual inertial and terrain relative navigation across aircraft.
• Define standards for characterizing estimation uncertainty and reporting autonomy reliability with validation workflows.
• Hire, mentor, and set the technical bar through design and code review on the estimation path.
• Partner with perception, guidance, platform software, and hardware teams to support flight test and field deployment.

Skills

state estimation

navigation

sensor fusion

GNC

embedded compute

C++

Python

team leadership

Tools

C++

Python

Job description

Neros Technologies is seeking a State Estimation and Navigation Lead to guide a small team responsible for onboard vehicle state and target state estimation, along with the uncertainty attached to each. This role owns the technical roadmap for estimation, and interfaces with guidance and control to ensure calibrated accuracy for autonomous systems.

You will lead development of GPS denied navigation, fuse IMU, vision, GNSS, and other onboard sensing on embedded compute, and define how estimation