Swift Navigation
Swift Navigation provides centimeter-accurate satellite positioning technology used in over 10 million vehicles and devices. The San Francisco-based company has raised $249M and employs 130 people.
The growth story
Swift Navigation grew from 106 to 130 employees between 2020 and 2026, raising $249M along the way, most recently a Series E in July 2025.
About
Swift Navigation sells high-precision GPS correction services that improve standard satellite positioning accuracy from meters to centimeters. Its Skylark technology is used by automotive manufacturers, robotics firms, and IoT system integrators to enable precise location tracking.
The company has raised $249M in funding, most recently in a Series E round in 2025. With 130 employees, Swift Navigation has built a customer base spanning over 10 million deployed vehicles and devices.
Founders and leadership
Engineering is Swift Navigation's largest function, accounting for 31 of its 130 employees. The company has a median tenure of 4 years, indicating stable leadership and workforce retention.
The Swift Navigation org chart
Tim Harris (CEO and Co-founder) leads 59 mapped leaders with 5 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Engineering 45 (-8% YoY), Business Development 13 (+8% YoY), Sales 10 (-17% YoY), Operations 9 (+13% YoY), Program and Project Management 9 (-18% YoY), Entrepreneurship 8 (0% YoY).
Talent flow
Swift Navigation recruits heavily from GPS technology firms like u-blox, CSR, and Nokia, as well as tech giants Amazon and Ericsson. Alumni frequently move to autonomous vehicle companies like Zoox and Rivian, as well as tech leaders NVIDIA and Apple.
Most common previous employers of Swift Navigation staff: u-blox (5), Amazon (4), CSR (4), Nokia (3), Ericsson (3), University of New Brunswick (3). Former Swift Navigation employees most often moved to Zoox (5), NVIDIA (4), Topcon Positioning (3), Meta (3), Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies (2), Apple (2).
Alumni worth knowing
The Swift Navigation mafia
Swift Navigation alumni have founded 8 companies, including agricultural tech firm Loam Bio (79 staff) and AI startup Marbury AI (3 staff).
8Rob Hranac, was Chief Operating Officer until 2019Alan(Xinyu) Liu, was Product Manager until 2023Andrew Chen, was Strategy, Operations, & Legal Lead until 2022Ken Sobajima, was Investor until 2021sabine zureikat, was Product Analyst until 2018Colin McDonnell, was Intern until 2015
Geoffrey Borough, was Staff Software Engineer until 2023
Ian Horn, was Lead R&D Engineer until 2015Hiring now
Web traffic
Traffic mix: 0% direct, 0% search, 0% social, 0% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Swift Navigation: Project Management (38), Product Management (37), C++ (35), Python (Programming Language) (33), Management (32), Business Development (30), Software Development (29), MATLAB (29).
Where the team actually sits
Swift Navigation people are concentrated in California, United States (26), San Francisco Bay Area (12), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (4), Baden-Württemberg, Germany (4). 4 offices on record.
Search footprint
Swift Navigation attracts about 2,849 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $10K a month if bought through ads. It gained 561 ranking keywords and lost 500 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 3.20 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 3.40 / 5
- Senior management
- 3.50 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 3.60 / 5
Frequently asked
Swift Navigation has 130 employees as of September 2026.
Swift Navigation has raised $249M in total, most recently a Series E round in July 2025.
Swift Navigation was founded in 2012 by Tim Harris, Colin Beighley.
Tim Harris (CEO and Co-founder) sits at the top of Swift Navigation's reporting structure, with 5 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Swift Navigation staff are u-blox (5 people), Amazon (4 people), CSR (4 people).
Former Swift Navigation employees most often move to Zoox (5), NVIDIA (4), Topcon Positioning (3).
At least 8 companies have a founder who previously worked at Swift Navigation, including Loam Bio, Persperion Diagnostics, Marbury AI.
Swift Navigation attracts about 2,849 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $10K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Swift Navigation staff are Project Management, Product Management, C++, Python (Programming Language), Management.
Swift Navigation staff are concentrated in California, United States (26), San Francisco Bay Area (12), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (4).
Swift Navigation has about 45 people in Engineering, down 8% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Swift Navigation has about 13 people in Business Development, up 8% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 99 current and 196 former Swift Navigation profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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