Navigation Engineer

VectorNav's GPS and inertial navigation technology enables customers around the world to push the envelope in their respective fields, ranging from UAVs to walking robots to self-driving cars. Achieving success requires dedicated, intelligent and insightful engineers who can adapt, communicate, and apply their expert understanding of navigation systems to the application at hand.

• Work directly with customers throughout their design, development, and deployment process via email, phone & on-site visits to ensure VectorNav's products solve their navigation needs
• Create and improve tools to better enable customers (eg. software, reference designs, application notes)
• Attend trade shows and customer visits with sales team to interface with potential customers and determine the fitness of VectorNav's systems in their application
• Collaborate with product development teams to incorporate customer feedback to improve VectorNav hardware and software products
• Interface with sales and production teams to ensure a quality customer experience throughout the product life-cycle
• Bachelor’s degree in aerospace or mechanical engineering (Master's preferred)
• Strong verbal, written and interpersonal communications skills
• Background in or experience working with inertial navigation systems, GPS/GNSS technology, modern estimation (particularly Kalman filters), and/or modern controls
• Experience working with or troubleshooting hardware and electronics (especially robotics, UAV’s, gimbal systems and/or other end applications common to VectorNav customers)
• Familiarity with Matlab, C/C++, Python or other software languages
• Standard Benefits Full medical, vision & dental insurance, vacation time, holidays, sick leave, 401k.
• Training & Development Learn from the most innovative and talented team of engineers in the industry. Transferring the 100+ years of combined experience from our senior engineers to our new team members is a top priority.
• Perks Company-wide catered lunch every Friday. Fully stocked break room complete with billiards, ping pong, foosball & more.