Navigation Engineer

VectorNav Technologies • Dallas, TX

8h

About The Position

VectorNav's GPS and inertial navigation technology serves customers in applications ranging from UAVs and walking robots to self-driving cars. The Navigation Engineer works directly with customers throughout design, development, and deployment to ensure VectorNav products meet their navigation needs. The role also creates and improves customer-enablement tools, attends trade shows and customer visits with the sales team, collaborates with product development teams on customer feedback, and coordinates with sales and production teams to support a quality customer experience throughout the product life cycle.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in aerospace or mechanical engineering.
• Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication 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, UAVs, gimbal systems, and/or other applications common to VectorNav customers.
• Familiarity with Matlab, C/C++, Python, or other software languages.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Work directly with customers by email, phone, and on-site visits throughout design, development, and deployment to help ensure VectorNav products meet their navigation needs.
• Create and improve customer-enablement tools, such as software, reference designs, and application notes.
• Attend trade shows and customer visits with the sales team to engage potential customers and assess the suitability of VectorNav systems for their applications.
• Collaborate with product development teams to incorporate customer feedback into improvements to VectorNav hardware and software products.
• Interface with sales and production teams to support a quality customer experience throughout the product life cycle.

Benefits

• Full medical, vision, and dental insurance.
• Vacation time, holidays, and sick leave.
• 401(k).
• Training and development, including opportunities to learn from experienced engineers.
• Company-wide catered lunch every Friday.
• Fully stocked break room with billiards, ping pong, foosball, and more.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time