Senior Navigation Scientist (Quantum Sensing)

Location: Hybrid role based in Sydney, Australia

Company

hirify.global builds AI-powered quantum control infrastructure software and quantum sensing products for real-world applications in computing, navigation, defence, aerospace, geophysical exploration, and Earth observation.

What you will do

• Develop navigation algorithms, sensor-fusion strategies, and numerical modeling for unaided dead reckoning, gravitational map-matching, and magnetic map-matching.
• Develop methods to suppress magnetic and vibrational noise from host platforms and maximize the value of quantum sensors.
• Plan, participate in, and analyze maritime and airborne field trials to validate and refine navigation technology.
• Translate quantum sensor performance into navigation capabilities and define sensor requirements and concepts of operation for end-user applications.
• Develop, document, and review scientific software in Python.
• Present results and collaborate with internal teams, customers, academic partners, industry partners, and external stakeholders through presentations, publications, technical reports, and blog posts.

Requirements

• PhD or equivalent industry experience in physics, engineering, or a closely related discipline.
• Experience with navigation theory and numerical navigation modeling, including navigation system modeling, navigation signal processing, navigation fusion for alternative navigation systems, or quantum sensing for navigation.
• Experience working in an interdisciplinary environment with R&D scientists and engineers.
• Strong interest in quantum technology and contributing to the development of future quantum technology products.

Nice to have

• Experience communicating technical results to varied audiences.
• Experience with Bayesian methods, particle filtering, or sequential Monte Carlo methods.
• Robotics experience relevant to navigation, including SLAM, factor-graph estimation, sensor integration, or field trials on autonomous platforms.
• Experience with machine-learning approaches to state estimation, including deep state-space models, hybrid model-based and learned filters, or sequence models.
• Familiarity with Python for scientific computing, quantum or atomic physics at undergraduate level, and version control such as Git.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time, permanent employment in a hybrid workplace.
• Work in a growing, interdisciplinary quantum sensing team of approximately 30 specialists.
• Outcome-focused culture that prioritizes results over hours.
• Flexibility, equity potential, and competitive benefits.
• Opportunity to work on field-validated quantum navigation technology with real-world impact.