Navigation Engineer (Electronic Warfare)

Location: Paris, France; on-site

Company

hirify.global is a defense prime developing autonomous and scalable defense systems for allied forces.

What you will do

• Design and implement navigation and Position, Navigation and Timing solutions for autonomous platforms.
• Develop resilient navigation capabilities for GNSS degradation, jamming, and spoofing.
• Design multi-sensor fusion using GNSS, INS/IMU, RF, and vision data.
• Develop estimation and filtering algorithms, including Kalman filtering, for real-time implementation.
• Lead integration, prototyping, and field validation against performance targets.
• Coordinate technical interfaces and system-level trade-offs with hardware, software, electronic warfare, GNC, and ML teams.

Requirements

• Strong background in navigation systems, including GNSS, INS/IMU, and sensor fusion.
• Solid experience with estimation, filtering, and real-time implementation.
• Strong software and algorithm skills, combining algorithm development with software engineering.
• MSc in engineering, preferably aerospace, robotics, electrical engineering, or a related field.
• Broad engineering understanding covering electrical, embedded, and mechanical systems.
• Rigorous, structured, analytical approach with strong communication and documentation skills.

Nice to have

• Experience with navigation in GNSS-denied or contested environments.
• Familiarity with RF and electronic warfare constraints, including GNSS jamming and spoofing.
• PhD in a relevant engineering discipline.

Culture & Benefits

• Work focuses on technologies with real-world impact and mission-critical defense applications.
• Environment emphasizes technical excellence, ambitious goals, rigor, ownership, and execution.
• Collaboration spans hardware, software, GNC, ML, and electronic warfare disciplines.
• Role is based on-site in Paris within the R&D department.