Navigation Engineer

Job overview

The Navigation Engineer role is onsite in Dallas, TX; compensation is not specified. The engineer supports VectorNav’s GPS and inertial navigation technology, used in applications including UAVs, walking robots, and self-driving cars. The role helps customers apply navigation systems throughout design, development, and deployment, while improving tools and feeding customer insights back to product teams. It also works with sales and production to support a quality customer experience across the product lifecycle.

What you'll do

• Work directly with customers through design, development, and deployment
• create and improve customer-enabling tools such as software, reference designs, and application notes
• attend trade shows and customer visits with sales
• assess product fit for customer applications
• collaborate with product development on customer feedback
• coordinate with sales and production.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

navigation engineer

dallas tx

vectornav technologies

gps

inertial navigation

gnss

kalman filters

robotics

uavs

customer engineering

product development

c/c++

python

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Medical, vision and dental insurance
• vacation, holidays and sick leave
• 401(k)
• training and development
• catered Friday lunch and stocked break room.

Why this role

The posting seeks a bachelor’s degree in aerospace or mechanical engineering, with a master’s preferred, and experience with inertial navigation, GPS/GNSS, estimation methods, or controls. Benefits include insurance, vacation, holidays, sick leave, 401(k), training, and development.

About the employer

VectorNav Technologies is hiring for this role. Industry: Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing. Sector: 33.