Navigation Engineer — Autonomy GNC & Sensors (Equity)

Mach Industries; Huntington Beach (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Mach Industries in Huntington Beach is seeking a GNC Engineer, Navigation to develop, implement, and test navigation systems for autonomous aircraft and related defense platforms. You will contribute across state estimation, inertial navigation, sensor modeling, simulation, embedded implementation, hardware integration, and flight-test analysis.

This hands-on role emphasizes building depth in navigation and estimation, turning requirements into algorithms and analyses, and delivering reliable

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field such as aerospace, mechanical, electrical engineering.
• Foundations in dynamics, estimation, and coordinate frames.
• Experience with navigation, estimation, sensor fusion concepts.
• Proficient in MATLAB/Simulink or Python for modeling and analysis.

Responsibilities

• Develop and verify navigation functions including Kalman filtering and sensor fusion.
• Create sensor models and simulation cases for testing.
• Translate analysis into embedded software considerations.
• Plan ground and flight tests and analyze results.
• Document methods, results, and assumptions clearly.

Skills

MATLAB/Simulink

Python

C/C++

Navigation/Estimation

Education

Bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering or related field

Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

PX4

ROS 2

Git

Job description

Mach Industries in Huntington Beach is seeking a GNC Engineer, Navigation to develop, implement, and test navigation systems for autonomous aircraft and related defense platforms. You will contribute across state estimation, inertial navigation, sensor modeling, simulation, embedded implementation, hardware integration, and flight-test analysis.

This hands-on role emphasizes building depth in navigation and estimation, turning requirements into algorithms and analyses, and delivering reliable