Helsing
Senior Navigation Engineer
Washington, DC · Senior · Full-time · Posted Jun 11, 2026
- Experience
- Several years; no specific number stated.
- Education
- Degree in Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Navigation, Geomatics, or a related field.
About the job
Designs, integrates, and validates resilient positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) systems that help uncrewed aircraft navigate in GNSS-contested or denied environments.
What you'll do
- Develop anti-jam and anti-spoof GNSS architectures, including CRPA integration and adaptive antenna processing.
- Integrate GNSS with inertial and alternative navigation systems, and validate navigation performance during outages and under contested conditions.
- Assess PNT performance and threats, integrate hardware and software into UAS, and coordinate with government agencies and external partners.
What they ask for
- Degree in Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Navigation, Geomatics, or a related field.
- Several years designing, integrating, or deploying GNSS and inertial navigation systems for airborne platforms.
- Hands-on CRPA and adaptive antenna processing experience for anti-jam applications; direct SAASM GPS and/or M-Code receiver integration experience, including key management, certification, and security processes.
- Deep GNSS knowledge and experience with GNSS/INS sensor fusion, inertial sensors, and estimation techniques; able to obtain a US security clearance (Secret or above) and prior COMSEC handling experience.
Nice to have
- Experience with named CRPA implementations, M-Code/MGUE, GNSS simulators, or RF record-and-playback systems.
- Experience with alternative PNT, electronic warfare, NATO STANAG navigation standards, export controls, or long-range UAS programs.
Tools
GNSS, CRPAs, SAASM, M-Code, IMUs, GNSS/INS, Kalman filtering, Spirent
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