Navigation Engineer (Algorithms)

Our client, a leading organisation in the defence and security sector, is seeking a Senior Navigation Engineer to join its highly capable Guidance, Control and Navigation team in Bristol. This permanent role offers the opportunity to contribute to advanced systems, combining hands-on technical engineering, research and strategic influence without line management responsibilities.

Key Responsibilities:

Developing and analysing sophisticated guidance, control and navigation algorithms throughout the systems full lifecycle

Contributing to the specification, design, implementation and verification of real-time guidance and control architectures

Working with complex systems and equipment, including RF and infrared seekers, inertial sensors, actuators, propulsion systems and launch platform interfaces

Influencing the future direction of guidance and control design, testing and technical strategy

Defining clear engineering requirements and objectives from complex technical challenges

Managing system complexity by identifying the key technical drivers within interconnected engineering environments

Diagnosing system abnormalities through physical investigation, computer modelling and simulation using MATLAB and Simulink

Collaborating across departments, directorates and national boundaries from early research and concept development through to full-scale development and guided flight trials

Job Requirements:

Extensive experience in aerospace guidance, control and navigation specification, analysis, algorithm design and implementation

Strong understanding of navigation systems, sensors, algorithms, real-time architecture and systems verification

Ability to cross-verify complex systems and system models against underlying theory

Experience using MATLAB and Simulink for modelling, simulation and engineering analysis

Ability to communicate complex or conceptually difficult ideas clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders

Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to define engineering challenges and establish unambiguous requirements

Ability to provide technical influence where wider programme or operational factors affect engineering decisions

Interest in control applications, preferably applied fligh...