Senior Flight Navigation Engineer - Remote/Travel

Reliable Robotics; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Reliable Robotics seeks a Senior Flight Navigation Engineer to join the Guidance, Navigation and Control Team. You will contribute to navigation system design, implementation, testing, and integration of uncrewed aircraft into the National Airspace System, with focus on safety-critical software and high-integrity navigation solutions.

The role requires expertise in Kalman filtering, GNSS or inertial navigation, and extensive experience in C/C++ flight software and Python data analysis.

Qualifications

• MS in aerospace engineering, electrical engineering, computer science, or similar advanced degree.
• Technical expertise in Kalman filtering, GNSS navigation, inertial navigation, or alternative navigation technologies.
• 8+ years of professional experience developing and testing navigation algorithms.
• Professional experience with developing C/C++ flight software and Python data reduction & analysis.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Define navigation system requirements in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.
• Analyze, source, and select sensor solutions for use in the navigation system.
• Develop sensor models in simulation for evaluation of the navigation system.
• Implement state estimation algorithms in flight software.
• Establish test methods to ensure compliance with requirements, best practices, and regulatory standards.
• Evaluate the navigation system performance via simulation, hardware-in-loop, and flight test cases.

Skills

Kalman filtering

GNSS navigation

inertial navigation

C/C++ flight software

Python data analysis

excellent communication

Education

MS in aerospace engineering or related field

PhD in related field (preferred)

Tools

Python

flight software development

sensor modeling in simulation

Job description

Reliable Robotics seeks a Senior Flight Navigation Engineer to join the Guidance, Navigation and Control Team. You will contribute to navigation system design, implementation, testing, and integration of uncrewed aircraft into the National Airspace System, with focus on safety-critical software and high-integrity navigation solutions.

The role requires expertise in Kalman filtering, GNSS or inertial navigation, and extensive experience in C/C++ flight software and Python data analysis.