Principal Inertial Navigation & IMU Subject Matter Expert

Dayton, OH Position Summary

IS4S is seeking a Principal Inertial Navigation and Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) Subject Matter Expert to support the development,integration, evaluation, and qualification of advanced positioning, navigation,and timing solutions for military aviation applications.

• Serveas the technical subject matter expert for inertial sensors, IMUs,inertial navigation systems, and integrated navigation solutions.
• Provide technical leadership throughout the IMU and navigation-system lifecycle,including requirements development, architecture, design, integration,calibration, verification, qualification, production, and fielded-system support.
• Evaluate navigation-grade and tactical-grade IMUs for suitability across manned military aviation platforms.
• Leador support IMU selection activities, technical evaluations, market research, alternatives analyses, and technology trade studies.
• Assess gyro and accelerometer technologies, error sources, calibration approaches, navigation performance, reliability, producibility, and suitability for specific military aircraft applications.
• AnalyzeIMU performance characteristics, including:
  • Gyroand accelerometer bias
  • Bias stability and repeatability
  • Scale-factor error
  • Misalignment and cross-axis sensitivity
  • Angle random walk and velocity random walk
  • Noiseand drift
  • Temperature sensitivity
  • Vibration and environmental effects
• Assess navigation performance during GPS/GNSS degradation or denial, including free-inertial, blended, and coasting performance.
• Support the integration of IMUs with GPS/GNSS receivers, navigation processors,Kalman filters, mission computers, and other navigation-aiding sources.
• Develop and review technical requirements, performance specifications,interface-control documentation, verification criteria, qualification strategies, test plans, and technical reports.
• Planand support laboratory, hardware-in-the-loop, ground, environmental,qualification, and flight-test activities.
• Analyze test and flight data, identify performance shortfalls, determine root causes, and recommend corrective actions.
• Evaluate supplier designs, technical proposals, product roadmaps, manufacturing approaches, and claimed system performance.
• Support the resolution of technical and production issues involving inertial sensors, electronics, embedded software, navigation algorithms,calibration, or system-level integration.
• Support technical reviews, trade studies, design reviews, test-readiness reviews,qualification reviews, and customer technical interchange meetings.
• Communicate complex navigation concepts, technical risks, and recommended solutions to engineering teams, program leadership, customers, and government stakeholders.
• Mentor engineering personnel and provide technical guidance across multidisciplinary teams.

• Bachelor’sdegree in electrical engineering, aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, physics, applied mathematics, or a related technical field.
• Atleast 10 years of relevant professional experience with IMUs, inertialnavigation systems, integrated navigation solutions, or closely related technologies.
• Demonstrated proficiency with navigation-grade and/or high-performance tactical-gradeIMUs.
• Strong knowledge of gyroscopes, accelerometers, inertial-navigation principles,sensor-error modeling, calibration, and navigation-performance analysis.
• Experience supporting IMUs or inertial navigation systems intended for military aviation or comparably demanding aerospace applications.
• Experience integrating IMUs into embedded, airborne, military, or other safety-critical navigation systems.
• Experience with GPS/GNSS-aided inertial navigation and navigation-filter concepts.
• Abilityto assess gyro and accelerometer performance, including bias, drift,scale-factor error, noise, misalignment, environmental sensitivity, and reliability.
• Abilityto interpret and develop technical requirements, performance specifications, interface-control documentation, test procedures, and verification criteria.
• Strong technical writing, presentation, and customer-facing communication skills.
• Abilityto work effectively with systems, hardware, software, integration, test,manufacturing, and platform engineering teams.
• U.S.citizenship and the ability to obtain and maintain the security clearance required for the position.

• Direct experience working for an IMU or inertial navigation-system manufacturer,or in a comparable role involving the design, development, production,qualification, or delivery of…