Navigation Systems Engineer

Location: Petah Tikva (IL)

Description

We're seeking a hands-on Systems Engineer specializing in Navigation and Homing to join our team. In this multidisciplinary role, you'll lead the development and integration of GNSS-denied navigation and precise homing capabilities across our aerial systems. You will operate at the intersection of perception, control, and system architecture, ensuring reliable performance from mission-level navigation down to precise target acquisition and landing.

Your strong engineering judgment, system-level thinking, and ability to bridge theory, algorithms, and real-world performance will be key to delivering robust autonomous capabilities.

Responsibilities

Define and manage system-level requirements, interfaces, and architecture for Navigation and Homing capabilities (including GNSS-denied operation).

Lead the system design of navigation and homing solutions, including sensor fusion (IMU, vision, GNSS, etc.), state estimation, and target acquisition.

Collaborate with R&D, software, perception, control, and hardware teams to integrate navigation and homing into the overall drone system.

Drive the transition between mission-level navigation and terminal homing (e.g., approach, docking, landing).

Lead and support design reviews, perform root-cause analysis, and debug complex navigation/homing issues using a data-driven approach.

Define and drive system integration, validation, and testing:

• Simulation (GNSS-denied scenarios)
• Lab validation
• Flight testing (including edge cases)

Be involved in documentation, release processes, and system-level decision making.

Support multiple projects as a domain expert, ensuring reuse of navigation and homing building blocks across systems.

Management and coordination with subcontractors (e.g., sensors, navigation modules, perception systems).

Requirements

• B.Sc. or M.Sc. in Aerospace, Electrical, Mechanical, Robotics, or Systems Engineering.
• 5+ years of experience in systems engineering, robotics, or multidisciplinary product development.
• Strong understanding of navigation, state estimation, and sensor fusion (e.g., Kalman filters, VIO, SLAM).
• Experience with homing / target tracking / precision landing systems (vision-based, beacon-based, or similar).
• Solid understanding of system design and integration processes.
• Hands-on experience with lab work, debugging, and system bring-up (sensors, embedded systems, flight systems).
• A collaborative team player with a systematic, problem-solving mindset.
• Fluent in English (spoken and written) with excellent communication skills.

Advantage:

• Experience with drones, robotics, or autonomous systems.
• Background in computer vision / perception systems.
• Experience with GNSS-denied navigation environments.
• Familiarity with Ardupilot or similar flight stacks.
• Experience in a fast-paced, iterative development environment.
• Field testing experience, especially in real-world and degraded conditions.
• Experience with safety-critical or autonomous systems.