Flight Navigation Engineer

About the role

Reliable Robotics is developing safety‑enhancing automated aviation technology. As a Flight Navigation Engineer you will join the Guidance, Navigation and Control team to design, implement, and test navigation systems that enable uncrewed aircraft to operate safely in the National Airspace System.

Key responsibilities

• Define navigation system requirements with internal and external stakeholders.
• Analyze, source, and select sensor solutions for the navigation system.
• Develop sensor models in simulation and implement state‑estimation algorithms in flight software.
• Establish test methods to ensure compliance with regulatory standards and evaluate the system through simulation, hardware‑in‑the‑loop, and flight tests.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in aerospace, electrical, computer science or related field (advanced degree preferred).
• 3+ years of professional experience developing and testing navigation algorithms.
• Experience with safety‑critical software development and certification processes.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Required skills

• Kalman filtering
• GNSS navigation
• Inertial navigation
• C / C++ flight software development
• Python for data reduction and analysis