Senior Inertial Navigation & IMU Specialist

Integrated Sol for Sys Inc; Dayton (OH); On-site; USD 175,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

IS4S in Dayton, OH, seeks a Principal Inertial Navigation and IMU SME to lead development, integration, evaluation, and qualification of advanced navigation solutions for military aviation. You will drive requirements, architecture, calibration, verification, and fielded-system support across the IMU lifecycle.

The role emphasizes evaluating IMUs for precision navigation in demanding environments, supporting GPS/GNSS-denied operations, and collaborating with engineering, program leadership, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical/aerospace/mechanical engineering or related field.
• 10+ years of experience with IMUs, inertial navigation systems, or related tech.
• Proficiency with navigation-grade and high-performance IMUs.

Responsibilities

• Serve as SME for inertial sensors, IMUs, and navigation systems.
• Provide leadership across IMU lifecycle: requirements, architecture, design, integration, calibration, verification, qualification, production, field support.
• Evaluate navigation-grade and tactical IMUs for manned military aviation platforms.
• Lead IMU selection activities, evaluations, and technology trade studies.
• Assess gyro/accelerometer performance, bias, drift, scale-factor error, and misalignment.
• Analyze IMU performance, including bias stability, random walk, noise, and environmental effects.
• Support GPS/GNSS degradation or denial scenarios and blended/inertial navigation.
• Develop and review technical requirements, verification criteria, and test plans.
• Plan laboratory, hardware-in-the-loop, ground, environmental, and flight-test activities.
• Mentor engineering teams and communicate complex concepts to leadership and stakeholders.

Skills

Inertial navigation systems

IMU

Gyroscopes

Sensor-error modeling

Kalman filtering

MATLAB

Simulink

Python

Technical writing

Customer-facing communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, physics, applied mathematics, or a related technical field

Master’s degree in a relevant engineering or technical discipline

Tools

MATLAB

Simulink

Python

Job description

IS4S in Dayton, OH, seeks a Principal Inertial Navigation and IMU SME to lead development, integration, evaluation, and qualification of advanced navigation solutions for military aviation. You will drive requirements, architecture, calibration, verification, and fielded-system support across the IMU lifecycle.

The role emphasizes evaluating IMUs for precision navigation in demanding environments, supporting GPS/GNSS-denied operations, and collaborating with engineering, program leadership, and