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GNSS R&D Engineer

Trimble

Trimble

Posted on Nov 1, 2025

Your Title: GNSS R&D Engineer (m/f/d)

Location: Höhenkirchen (near Munich), Germany

Trimble is a globally recognized technology company that specializes in providing advanced solutions for positioning, mapping, and navigation. With a rich history spanning over four decades, Trimble has become a pioneer in the field of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) technology. By leveraging precise satellite positioning and advanced data integration, Trimble empowers industries across the globe with accurate, reliable, and efficient positioning solutions.

Join Trimble as a GNSS R&D Engineer and be at the forefront of cutting-edge positioning technology. Develop and implement algorithms for our RTK and RTX rover solutions, collaborating with leading experts and showcasing your passion for GNSS positioning, problem solving, and data analysis. Based in Trimble's GNSS center of excellence in Höhenkirchen near Munich, this role offers an inspiring environment to excel. Make your mark in a global leader that values innovation, quality, and customer satisfaction.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Research and development towards a robust and reliable positioning solution for a variety of applications using high precision GNSS.

  • Creating market leading positioning engines for positioning using different corrections like RTK and Trimble RTX.

  • Working in an international team of leading GNSS and multi-sensor experts and cooperating with people across the world.

  • Developing and integrating positioning technologies into various real-time systems.

  • Providing software solutions in a defined development and quality process.

  • Documenting problem solutions for stakeholder communication.

Skills & Experience Required:

  • Highly motivated and self-driven.

  • Strong mathematical and analytical skills.

  • Ability to work effectively as part of a development team with minimal supervision in a fast-paced development environment with changing priorities.

  • 3+ years of experience in precise GNSS positioning in the industry or at the university, preferably in Precise Point Positioning (PPP).

  • 3+ years of experience in C++ software development, ideally of a software with real-time requirements.

  • Experience in Matlab, Python or a comparable language.

  • Good communication skills and full proficiency in English.

We offer:

  • The thrilling opportunity to join our innovation driven R&D team focused on developing new software positioning products.

  • A happy work culture in an international team of experts with more than 100 colleagues from 30 countries and six continents.

  • Hybrid job profile and flexible working hours.

  • A long-term, secure position with equitable compensation.

Apply now and shape the future of GNSS positioning with Trimble. We are looking forward to your application. Please feel free to apply also if you only meet some of the requirements.

About Trimble:
Dedicated to the world’s tomorrow, Trimble is a technology company delivering solutions that enable our customers to work in new ways to measure, build, grow and move goods for a better quality of life. Core technologies in positioning, modeling, connectivity and data analytics connect the digital and physical worlds to improve productivity, quality, safety, transparency and sustainability. From purpose-built products and enterprise lifecycle solutions to industry cloud services, Trimble is transforming critical industries such as construction, geospatial, agriculture and transportation to power an interconnected world of work. For more information about Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB), visit: www.trimble.com


How to Apply: Please submit an online application for this position by clicking on the ‘Apply Now’ button located in this posting.


Application Deadline: Applications could be accepted until at least 30 days from the posting date.

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