GNC Navigation Engineer at Furientis

Setup: On-site
Location: Los Angeles, California
Type: Full-time
Level: senior
Posted: May 14, 2026

Description

Furientis is hiring a GNC Navigation Engineer to design, tune, and harden error-state Kalman filters for tight INS/GNSS coupling on tactical interceptor missiles. The role owns inertial sensor characterization, navigation error budgets, alignment procedures, sensor integration, navigation simulation, flight-grade C/C++ implementation, and environmental qualification. It requires a bachelor's degree in a relevant engineering or science field, at least seven years of navigation or estimation experience, and on-site work at the Los Angeles headquarters.

Required Skills

Error-state EKF
Inertial navigation
GNSS coupling
C/C++
Python
Allan variance
Vibration rectification
Observability

Additional Information

Minimum Education: Bachelor's degree in Aerospace, Electrical, Mechanical Engineering, Applied Math, Physics, or a related field
Required Previous Experiences: 7+ years of navigation or estimation work, including responsibility for one production navigation filter from architecture through flight test
Experience designing and tuning an EKF from first principles
Preferred Qualifications: Master's or Ph.D.
Direct flight experience on a tactical missile, munition, or interceptor navigation system
High-g navigation experience
Transfer alignment from a moving host platform
GNSS-denied navigation
Production transition from prototype to volume manufacturing
Technical vendor relationships across the inertial and GNSS supply chain
Hobbyist drone or rocketry build and flight experience