Navigation Engineer

Navigation Engineer (Experienced or Senior) – The Boeing Company, Boeing Defense, Space & Security, Electronic & Intelligence Systems seeks a navigation engineer to deliver best solutions for today’s complex undersea engineering challenges, ranging from autonomous unmanned undersea vehicles to integrated underwater solutions.

• Support development of cutting‑edge models, simulation tools, and navigation strategies for systems using sensor‑aided navigation techniques in undersea environments.
• Evaluate system‑level requirements and establish navigation system design requirements to support design realization.
• Collaborate with top navigation equipment suppliers, military experts, and civilian experts to design products and review data to ensure compliance with requirements.
• Develop and analyze navigation system mechanisms, error and performance models, and component error budgets.
• Collect and review data from hardware‑in‑the‑loop and system/component tests to measure and validate navigation performance against design requirements.
• Evaluate candidate sensor systems to increase navigation performance, decrease cost, and ensure compliance with requirements.
• Analyze system and component test results to identify trade opportunities that optimize performance, cost, or other attributes.

• Active Top Secret U.S. Security Clearance (U.S. citizenship required). A clearance active in the past 24 months is considered active.
• 3+ years of related experience for level3 or 5+ years for level
  4.
• Experience in Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) engineering.
• Experience developing or using modeling and simulation tools such as Python or MATLAB/Simulink.
• Software development and programming experience.
• Willingness and ability to travel 10% of the time domestically and internationally.
• Bachelor of Science in engineering, engineering technology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, data science, or computer science.

• Current Tier5 (T5) clearance or agreement to enter a Continuous Evaluation program.
• Active CI polygraph.
• 1+ year experience with Position Navigation and Timing (PNT) efforts.
• Programming skills in C/C++ with strong software development practices.
• Experience implementing algorithms in real‑time systems.
• Knowledge of estimation theory, Kalman filtering, sensor‑aided or inertial navigation.
• Advanced mathematical knowledge applied to aerospace analysis and modeling.
• Experience with middleware and Agile work environments.

Experienced (level3) typically requires a bachelor’s degree and 5+ years of related work experience. Lead (level4) typically requires a bachelor’s degree and 9+ years of related work experience. ABET accreditation is preferred but not required.

Pay Range – Level3: $114,750 to $155,250. Level4: $138,550 to $187,450.

Benefits include health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance, and paid/unpaid time off. Eligibility varies by location and employee status.

Relocation assistance may be provided based on candidate eligibility.

Export control compliance is required; a “U.S. Person” as defined by 22C.F.R. §120.62 is required.

Visa sponsorship is not offered.

Boeing is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, or disability. EEO applies to all aspects of employment.

Position requires an active U.S. Top Secret Security Clearance. A clearance active in the past 24 months is considered active.

Shift1 (United States of America).