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Job description
Our client builds navigation and inertial systems used across some of the most demanding environments on the planet - defence platforms, aerospace applications, and autonomous systems where precision, reliability, and innovation are non-negotiable.
They're an incredibly high-growth, technically driven business led by engineers who care deeply about the calibre of their work. Hierarchy is flat. The culture is hands-on. And the problems they're solving are challenging. Their journey has taken them from chip-scale sensors to high-performance tactical grade IMUs over the last 2 decades, this appointment isthe next step in that journey.
The Opportunity
Reporting directly to the CTO, this is a senior technology leadership role with real engineering substance at its core. The immediate focus is GNSS receiver design and GPS/GNSS navigation in harsh and GNSS-denied environments, this is where where you'll make an impact from day one. You'll be working at the application level: signal processing, navigation algorithms, sensor fusion, Kalman filtering. The fundamentals that make navigation systems work in these environments.
Over time, the role broadens. Into sensor architecture and inertial navigation systems. Into APNT, alternatives to GPS, vision-based sensing, multi-technology integration and everything at the forefront of the field. You'll help shape where the business goes technically over the next decade or more.
This is not a role for someone who wants to manage from a distance. The expectation is that you stay close to the engineering, hands-on, technically contributing, with a small specialist team around you.
What You'll Be Doing
Owning GNSS receiver design and GPS/GNSS navigation development as the day-one priority
Applying deep expertise in sensor fusion, Kalman filtering, and signal processing to live engineering challenges
Driving R&D across GNSS, INS, and IMU product lines
Contributing to APNT innovation, from alternatives to GPS, LiDAR, vision-based navigation, quantum sensing
Architecting and building hands-on across inertial navigation and positioning technologies
Mentoring and leading a small, highly specialised engineering team
Collaborating directly with the CTO to shape long-term technology strategy
What We're Looking For
You must bring:
Active, hands-on expertise in GNSS / GPS. A specialty in GNSS receiver design and navigation applications is a huge bonus
Strong fundamentals in sensor fusion, Kalman filtering, and signal processing
A track record of delivering commercial products in defence, aerospace, or adjacent navigation markets
The ability and desire to stay technically hands-on at a senior level
It's an advantage if you also have:
Exposure to APNT technologies, alternatives to GPS, LiDAR, vision-based or quantum navigation
ASIC or transducer design background
The Kind of Person Who Fits
You've probably held a principal, staff, or fellow-level engineering title, or a technology director role where you kept your hands dirty. You might speak at conferences, publish work, or be known in the inertial and navigation community. You got into this field because the problems are interesting and you stay at the forefront of the field.
You're looking for an interesting technical challenge in a business where your knowledge directly shapes future success. A business where the people, culture and your personality matter just as much as your technical prowess.
The Details
Location: Texas
Reporting: Directly to the CTO.
Interested?
Candidates from defence, aerospace, autonomous systems, space, and adjacent navigation sectors are all encouraged to apply - discipline is less important than technology. If you work in GNSS, INS, sensor fusion, or signal processing at a senior level, we'd like to hear from you.
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