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Backed by AirTree, OIF Ventures and Main Sequence · advancednavigation.com ↗

Founded

2012

Head office

Sydney, Australia

Founders

Chris Shaw Co-Founder & CEO, Xavier Orr

Advanced Navigation builds autonomous navigation solutions. It sits in hardware and deep tech and in AI and robotics, and its own description points to drones working in deep and demanding conditions. The facts provided do not say which customers it serves or what its products are called.

Why it matters in Australia: AirTree (Series C, 2026), OIF Ventures (since 2017, partially exited) and Main Sequence back the company, and 21 of its 30 open roles are in Australia.

Backed by

• AirTree first invested 2026 · Series C AirTree profile ↗
• OIF Ventures first invested 2017 · Partially Exited OIF Ventures profile ↗
• Main Sequence Main Sequence profile ↗

Open roles

• Senior Electronics Engineer - Navigation SolutionsSydney, NSW, Australia
• Business Development Manager - Defence & Security, EMEANewcastle upon Tyne, UK
• Senior Software Engineer - Navigation and state estimation algorithmsSydney, NSW, Australia
• Assembly Technician - Optics TeamBotany NSW 2019, Australia
• Senior Logistics CoordinatorBotany NSW 2019, Australia
• Lead Fiber Optical Gyroscope Engineer - Sydney based, AustraliaSydney, NSW, Australia
• Principal Fiber Optic Gyroscope EngineerSydney, NSW, Australia
• Senior DSP & Controls Engineer - Guidance, Navigation & ControlSydney, NSW, Australia
• Senior Product Validation EngineerSydney, NSW, Australia
• Forward Deployed EngineerSydney, NSW, Australia
• Sales Operation ManagerNewcastle upon Tyne, UK
• Assembly Technician - Fiber Optical assemblyBotany NSW 2019, Australia

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The summary above was written with AI from the company's own site and its backers' listings, and checked by an editor. Backers, years and rounds are as each fund lists them. Founded year, head office, founders and offices are as AirTree, pitchbook.com and OIF Ventures state them. Open roles are read daily from the funds' jobs boards.