**Description**
The Guidance, Navigation, Control, and Autonomy Branch of the Leidos Innovations Center provides cutting-edge navigation for customers who can't rely on GPS alone, and we need your help in the Rocket City (Huntsville, AL)! This position offers both analytic and hands-on tasks, including development, simulation, analysis, and field testing of navigation algorithms supporting autonomous robotic operations. We perform research, development, and advanced prototyping for DARPA, NASA, Air Force Research Laboratory, Office of Naval Research, and Army Combat Capabilities Development Command engineering centers. These customers need to get our advanced technology into the field! You'll work with other engineers in small teams using spiral or agile development to meet aggressive schedules aimed at near-term field demonstrations.
Are you excited about making advanced technologies work in the real world? Then we want you on our team! For more information about the work we do, please visit:
**Please note:** This role is located in Huntsville, AL. There may be opportunity to telework up to 1 day/week.
**Primary Responsibilities**
+ Integrate sensors and computing platforms over various electrical interfaces (e.g. RS232, RS422, SPI, I2C, TCP/IP, etc)
+ Deploy novel algorithms for optimal estimation and/or computer vision to various processing architectures for real-time execution
+ Enhance software architecture with software design, programming, and code reviews
+ Work within a team of 3-5 engineers to test algorithms on demonstration hardware.
+ Travel with the team to demonstrate systems in real-world conditions; typically lasts 1-2 weeks and occurs 3-4 times a year.
+ Present techniques, solutions, and results to the team and to customers.
**Basic Qualifications**
+ Bachelor's degree in advanced technical field (electrical engineering, computer engineering, aerospace engineering, software engineering or equivalent) and 2+ years of prior relevant experience or master's degree with less than 2 years of prior relevant experience.
+ 1+ years of experience working within a Linux development environment
+ 1+ years of experience programming in C/C++ Exposure to programming in Python or Matlab
+ US Citizen and be able to obtain & maintain a Secret security clearance after hiring.
**Preferred Qualifications**
+ Master's or PhD Degree in one of the majors listed above.
+ Experience interfacing to sensors such as inertial sensors, GPS, altimeters, cameras, LiDAR, odometers, etc.
+ Experience deploying navigation algorithms to real-time applications.
+ Experience with Linux, C++, and/or Python.
+ Experience with version control tools, especially Git and Gitlab.
+ Experience with autonomous system development through robotics competitions.
+ Existing US security clearance (Secret or above).
LInC
Come break things (in a good way). Then build them smarter.
We're the tech company everyone calls when things get weird. We don't wear capes (they're a safety hazard), but we do solve high-stakes problems with code, caffeine, and a healthy disregard for "how it's always been done."
**Original Posting:**
October 6, 2025
For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.
**Pay Range:**
Pay Range $67,600.00 - $122,200.00
The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.
**About Leidos**
Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit .
**Pay and Benefits**
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