Jobs at Kearfott Corporation

Supports the definition, design, integration, and testing of inertial measurement and navigation systems for aerospace and defense platforms. Responsibilities include new product development, system requirements validation, laboratory and field testing, technical proposal support, cost estimating, technical writing, customer interface support, and execution within project schedules and quality procedures.

Leads complex aerospace and defense development programs and IRAD initiatives from planning through completion. Coordinates engineering, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, finance, and business development teams; manages scope, schedules, budgets, risks, performance, and customer relationships. The role drives issue resolution, facilitates program reviews, supports proposals and contract activities, and transitions successful research efforts into customer-funded programs or product development.

Administers customer contracts and purchase orders for aerospace and defense programs. Responsibilities include negotiating proposals, reviewing terms and conditions, managing pricing, orders, funding, export authorizations, compliance, customer metrics, forecasts, and shipments. The role coordinates with engineering, finance, program management, and customers; maintains contract records and reports; supports FAR, DFARS, EAR, and ITAR compliance; and mentors team members. The position is fully onsite with approximately 10% travel.

Implements basic navigation, localization, estimation, and sensor-processing algorithms under guidance. Develops MATLAB and Simulink models, simulations, test cases, and analysis scripts; supports requirements tracing, verification, validation, and troubleshooting. Analyzes GPS/GNSS and inertial sensor data, conducts system investigations using simulations and test data, and collaborates with software, systems, test, electrical, and hardware engineers. Travel is approximately 10% for customer reviews, integration, and testing.

Engineering Interns support the assessment, analysis, design, modeling, and testing of guidance and navigation systems for missile, aircraft, and ground vehicle applications. Responsibilities include engineering trade studies, requirements development, system architecture assessment, mathematical modeling, computer code development, data analysis, graphics, technical reports, briefings, and corrective action planning. Interns collaborate with experienced engineers and scientists on aerospace and defense projects.

Manages multiple customer proposals and quote requests from initiation through submission. Coordinates cross-functional technical and commercial teams, facilitates internal management reviews, schedules recurring progress meetings, prioritizes workloads, and ensures high-quality proposals are completed on time. The role requires strong communication, organization, attention to detail, deadline management, proficiency with Microsoft Office, Excel, AI software, CRM systems, and databases, plus U.S. citizenship and eligibility for a government security clearance.

Supports the definition, development, integration, verification, validation, and technical support of inertial measurement and navigation products. Responsibilities include requirements capture and traceability, system architecture, interface definition, model-based systems engineering, trade studies, integration and testing, technical investigations, and customer or supplier reviews. The role collaborates with multidisciplinary engineering teams and requires approximately 15% travel. It is fully onsite in Pine Brook, New Jersey.

Develop and maintain verification tests for embedded and real-time software. Translate requirements into executable test cases, automate testing, analyze results, investigate failures, and maintain traceability and documentation. Build test frameworks, utilities, interfaces, and laboratory verification environments using Python, C, and C++. Support hardware-in-the-loop and simulation testing, regression testing, software reviews, and DO-178C compliance while collaborating with software, systems, hardware, and quality engineering teams.

Performs independent software quality assurance across the full development lifecycle for aerospace and defense systems. Reviews software plans, requirements, designs, code records, tests, traceability, configuration management, and release artifacts. Conducts process and product audits, tracks quality issues and corrective actions, supports DO-178C compliance and regulatory reviews, monitors quality metrics, and promotes process improvement. Collaborates with software, systems, quality, and program teams in an onsite engineering environment.

Leads electrical product development for complex electromechanical aerospace, defense, and unmanned systems. Owns electronics design from requirements and architecture through circuit design, simulation, PCB development, prototyping, testing, qualification, production release, and product support. Performs troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, design reviews, and corrective actions while coordinating with multidisciplinary engineering, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and program teams. Supports suppliers, customers, engineering changes, and manufacturing transition activities.

Track and analyze program financial performance against plan, perform Earned Value Management (EVM) duties, develop forecasts and CEACs, create CSDR and CWBS per standards, and support corrective actions and reporting to program managers and customers.

Lead engineering for aerospace and defense product development: set strategy, oversee design, testing, certification, budgets, teams, vendor relations, and compliance (safety, regulatory, cybersecurity) for mission-critical systems including avionics, INS/IMU, UAV, satellite, and hypersonic programs.

Develop and maintain project schedules using MS Project and GASP; collect updates; produce EVM reports (SPI, BCWS, BCWP); run critical path, staffing, what-if analyses; audit schedules; author planning documents and support leadership with schedule recovery and reporting.

Design, implement, test, and validate embedded control software for guidance and navigation products. Participate in requirements, software design, peer review, verification, and documentation. Lead complex projects, provide technical expertise, mentor junior engineers, ensure compliance with industry standards, and collaborate with cross-functional teams in a laboratory environment.

Design, implement, and test embedded control software for guidance and navigation products. Participate in requirements definition, software design, implementation, peer review, test/validation, and documentation. Collaborate with engineering teams in a laboratory environment to support product development and qualification.

Lead technical authority for IMU and gyroscope technologies, providing hands-on design, integration, testing, and optimization of inertial navigation systems. Guide sensor selection, calibration, error modeling, sensor fusion (EKF/UKF), firmware/electronics implementation, system-level requirements, and customer technical engagement across product development and fielding.

Lead development and management of airworthiness certification artifacts for safety-critical airborne systems. Support DO-178C (software) and DO-254 (hardware) certification planning, produce accomplishment summaries (SAS/HAS), compliance matrices, audits, and coordinate with certification authorities using MBSE and digital engineering environments.

Lead business development for airborne guidance and navigation products, driving market penetration, capture planning, and RFP responses. Build customer relationships, design go-to-market strategies, analyze DoD and commercial requirements, maintain competitive analyses, and manage cross-functional capture teams. Position requires significant travel and DoD industry engagement.

Perform verification and validation of safety-critical embedded software to ensure DO-178C compliance. Develop and execute requirements-based tests, perform structural coverage analysis, participate in peer reviews, support certification, and produce verification artifacts and compliance documentation while collaborating with cross-functional teams in a lab environment.

Support FP&A by building financial models, preparing monthly/quarterly/annual reports, monitoring budgets and KPIs, conducting profitability and variance analyses, supporting month-/year-end close, and partnering with cross-functional teams to drive financial decision-making and process improvements.