Hexagon

Hexagon develops sensor technology, software, and autonomous systems for precision positioning and navigation across land, sea, and air. Founded in 1975 and headquartered internationally across 50 countries with offices in locations including Calgary, Tucson, and Morton, Illinois, the company employs approximately 24,000 people and reports net sales of approximately 5.5 billion USD. Its Autonomy & Positioning division focuses on assured positioning and navigation solutions that serve as foundational infrastructure for autonomous operations in the field.

For robotics engineers, the company's core technical stack spans sensor technology, precision positioning, navigation solutions, and measurement technologies - all integrated with software and autonomous capabilities. These systems are deployed in industries where operational constraints are severe and failure modes are non-trivial: agriculture, mining, automotive, aerospace and defence, and marine. The positioning solutions are designed to provide centimeter-level accuracy and integrity in GNSS-challenged environments, which is a persistent hard problem in outdoor and industrial autonomy.

Hexagon's approach treats positioning and perception as a full-stack engineering problem rather than isolated subsystems. The integration of sensor hardware with autonomy software targets applications where precise localization is a prerequisite for safe autonomous operation - think autonomous mining haulage, precision agriculture guidance, and marine vessel navigation. The company has been shipping field-proven solutions to industry leaders in these verticals for years, with the scale and geographic footprint to support global deployment and integration.