Senior Flight Navigation Engineer (Aerospace)

TL;DR

Senior Flight Navigation Engineer (Aerospace): Designing and implementing advanced navigation systems for uncrewed aircraft with an accent on sensor modeling, state estimation, and regulatory compliance. Focus on building high-integrity, safety-critical flight software to enable the integration of automated aviation into the National Airspace System.

Location: Must be based in the U.S. (Mountain View, CA or Remote). Requires U.S. person status or export control authorization.

Compensation: $200,000 – $300,000 + Equity

Company

hirify.global is building safety-enhancing automated aviation technology to make air transportation safer and more transformative.

What you will do

• Define navigation system requirements in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.
• Source and select sensor solutions and develop sensor models for simulation.
• Implement state estimation algorithms in flight software.
• Establish test methods to ensure compliance with regulatory standards.
• Evaluate system performance via simulation, hardware-in-loop, and flight testing.
• Travel up to 25% of the time for testing and integration activities.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. person or eligible for export control authorization.
• MS or PhD in aerospace engineering, electrical engineering, computer science, or similar.
• 8+ years of professional experience developing and testing navigation algorithms.
• Technical expertise in Kalman filtering, GNSS, inertial navigation, or alternative navigation technologies.
• Professional experience with C/C++ flight software and Python for data analysis.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Nice to have

• Technical expertise in probability theory, fault detection and exclusion (FDE), or GPS-denied navigation.
• Experience developing software for safety-critical applications.
• Experience with navigation system certification.

Culture & Benefits

• Mission-driven team with expertise across aerospace, robotics, and self-driving cars.
• Focus on high-integrity, safety-critical systems development.
• Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce.
• Competitive compensation package including equity.