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Navigation Engineer

MunichOn-siteFull-time

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Navigation engineer responsible for establishing and owning the navigation capability, including GNSS-denied operation, sensor fusion, and robust state estimation; leads MIL/SIL testing and collaborates cross-functionally to bring flight-ready solutions.

About this role

Help Build Europe's Hypersonic Capability
At Hypersonica, we’re redefining what’s possible in European defence technology. We exist to deliver speed, resilience, and technological independence at a pace that sets a new standard. We are a small, elite team working on problems that matter, and solving them fast.
As our Navigation Engineer, you’re not stepping into a predefined role. You’re joining a talent dense environment where every individual shapes the direction of the company. Our philosophy is to hire a small number of exceptional people with broad, deep technical capability, strong judgement, and the ability to operate autonomously.
We hire for talent, not rigid boxes. This role represents a business need, but the way it evolves will be shaped by the individual. If you’ve achieved what others said was impossible, or you bring a unique combination of skills that doesn’t fit a traditional mould, we want to hear from you. The work you do here directly contributes to Europe’s technological independence.

What you'll do

  • Establish and own the navigation capability at Hypersonica, with a focus on robust, GNSS denied and degraded environment operation.
  • Design and develop navigation algorithms using alternative instrumentation and sensor fusion to maintain accurate state estimation under extreme conditions.
  • Explore and apply advanced estimation techniques, including ML aided approaches, where they materially improve robustness and performance.
  • Build and own simulation and test frameworks to evaluate navigation performance across realistic disturbance, denial, and failure scenarios.
  • Partner closely with guidance, control, avionics, and systems engineers to ensure navigation solutions are tightly integrated and flight ready.
  • Lead Model in the Loop (MIL) and Software in the Loop (SIL) testing to validate navigation behaviour prior to integration and flight.
  • Use ground test and flight data to refine models, close uncertainty, and drive rapid iteration.

    • Who you are

  • A navigation or estimation engineer with 4+ years’ experience in aerospace, defence, or similarly demanding systems.
  • Deeply comfortable working in GNSS-denied or degraded environments, and motivated by solving navigation where assumptions break.
  • Strong grounding in state estimation and sensor fusion, with intuition for observability, uncertainty, and failure modes.
  • Experienced applying or evaluating non-traditional navigation sources (e.g. optical, inertial, vision-based, or alternative sensors).
  • Curious and pragmatic about ML-aided approaches, using them where they add real robustness rather than novelty.
  • Someone who thinks in edge cases and adversarial conditions, not nominal performance.
  • Comfortable taking end-to-end ownership of a technical capability, not just contributing algorithms.
  • Energised by building something new, resilient, and flight-critical in a small team where navigation performance truly matters.

    • What we offer

  • A mission driven environment with the opportunity to work on one of Europe’s most consequential defence challenges, with direct impact on sovereign capability and security.
  • Daily collaboration with top experts across engineering, operations, and defence, with real opportunity to learn from the best, contribute, and grow.
  • High ownership and autonomy; no time tracking, no micromanagement, just clear objectives and accountability for outcomes.
  • A fast paced environment where good ideas are implemented quickly, and feedback from test and flight drives real decisions.
  • A culture that values clarity, integrity, and excellence, and supports people who take initiative and push boundaries responsibly.
  • Competitive compensation and real share options aligned to responsibility and impact, not tenure or hierarchy.

    • Skills

    Aerospace StandardsC/C++Data Fusion AlgorithmsError-state Kalman FilterExtended Kalman FilterFlight TestingGNSS-denied NavigationGround-truth Data HandlingInertial Navigation SystemsKalman FiltersMATLAB/SimulinkMIL (Model-in-the-Loop)ML-aided EstimationModeling And SimulationOptical NavigationPythonRobust Estimation Under DisturbancesSensor FusionSIL (Software-in-the-Loop)State EstimationUnscented Kalman FilterVision-based Navigation

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