Field Service Engineer - Navigation Systems

The Opportunity:

As a Navigation Field Service Engineer, you will be responsible for supporting customer installations of Safran Inertial Sensors, Inertial Measurement Units (IMU) and Inertial Navigation Systems (INS) and demonstrating Safran’s capabilities to potential customers, driving growth of the IMU and INS business to support Safran Federal Systems and Safran’s long term sales goals.

Our Technology: 

Safran Federal Systems provides Resilient Positioning, Navigation and Timing (R-PNT) solutions and custom engineering services to U.S. Government agencies, defense organizations and their contractors. Safran Federal Systems is authorized to work on the full spectrum of U.S. Government classified and unclassified projects, in addition to supporting strategic partnerships for key defense PNT technologies. 

Job Responsibilities:

• Provide on-site and remote support for customer installations of Safran sensors, INS, and embedded GPS/INS. Applications include airborne, maritime, and land platforms. 


• Establish methods and procedures for the installation of inertial sensors and inertial navigation systems.to be executed by the Navigation FSE and/or other members of the navigation team.


• Analyze navigation system data and use the data to validate system performance with respect to system requirements.


• Manage the navigation test lab at our Rochester facility.


• Leverage a strong technical background enabling interaction with customers’ systems engineers, hardware/electrical/software engineers, and other technical staff members.


• Develop new Government and DoD business, directly with the Government and indirectly through large system integrators through a thorough understanding of the factors that are critical to success of the customer’s mission.

What You Bring to Safran Federal Systems: 

• 8+ years of experience in inertial system or sensor design and development is required


• Master’s degree or equivalent in Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Mathematics, and/or Physics is preferred.


• Hands-on experience including test and demonstration with inertial sensors, inertial navigation systems, and global navigation satellite system (GNSS), including test and demonstration.


• Experience with military and civil qualification standards, including hardware and software qualification.


• Demonstrated ability to process, analyze, and present inertial test results to peers and customers.


• Technical writing skill and experience – academic thesis, peer-reviewed journal articles, conference proceedings, project reports; ability to support technical writing with high quality graphics/ charts/ schematics is preferred.


• Demonstrable strong customer focus, ownership, urgency and drive


• Demonstrated ability to adapt to new technologies and learn quickly


• Self-motivated, and ability to prioritize tasks effectively to achieve goals, comfortable with ambiguity


• High level of skill communicating effectively across internal and external organizations, both verbally and in writing


• Ability to travel domestically and internationally, up to 50% of the time.


• Ability and willingness to obtain a secret level security clearance is preferred


• French language skills are preferred


• Knowledge in Positioning, Navigation and Timing technologies or related high tech industry is preferred 


• The person in this position needs to occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc. 


• The ability to remain poised under all circumstances, and to interact effectively with people in a positive manner that engenders confidence and trust.  


• Ability to reason logically and make sound decisions, to consider alternative and diverse perspectives, to communicate effectively both orally and in writing 


• Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time. 

About Safran Federal Systems:

Safran Federal Systems has been awarded as a Winner of the USA Today and Rochester Metro Area Top Workplaces 2025 Award

In 2022, Safran acquired Orolia, now Safran Trusted 4D, the world leader in Resilient PNT. At the intersection of critical infrastructure and national defense, Safran Trusted 4D solutions govern and protect the integrity of systems that shape the world.  In early 2019, Orolia Defense & Security spun off as a separate entity from its parent company Orolia, with the mission of providing resilient Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) solutions and custom engineering services to U.S. Government agencies, U.S. Defense organizations, and their contractors.  

In August of 2019, Safran Federal Systems acquired Talen-X, a U.S. company specializing in advanced GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) Simulation solutions and Interference, Detection, and Mitigation (IDM) technologies. Talen-X's portfolio was an ideal fit and has helped to enhance Safran FS's overall offerings. The acquisition enabled Talen-X's existing resources, operations, and capabilities to be scaled and accelerated to better support the warfighter. Read the press release here. 

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Safran Federal Systems operates as a proxy-regulated company, Free of Foreign Ownership, Control, or Influence (FOCI). As such, Safran FS Defense & Security is approved to work on the full spectrum of U.S. Government classified and unclassified projects and is positioned to support strategic partnerships in the development of key PNT technologies for the defense market. 

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. 

Please note this description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.