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Flight Navigation Engineer
| Company | Reliable Robotics |
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| Location | Mountain View, CA, USA |
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| Salary | $148000 – $220000 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | Master’s |
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| Experience Level | Senior |
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Requirements
- MS in aerospace engineering, electrical engineering, computer science, or similar advanced degree
- Deep technical expertise in one of the following areas: Kalman filtering, probability theory, fault detection and exclusion (FDE), or alternative navigation technologies
- 5+ years of professional experience developing navigation algorithms
- 2+ years of professional experience with C/C++ and MATLAB or Python
Responsibilities
- Define navigation system requirements in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders
- Analyze, source, and select sensor solutions for use in the navigation system
- Develop sensor models in simulation for evaluation of the navigation system
- Implement state estimation algorithms in flight software
- Establish test methods to ensure compliance with requirements, best practices, and regulatory standards
- Evaluate the navigation system via simulation, hardware-in-loop, and flight test cases
Preferred Qualifications
- PhD in aerospace engineering, electrical engineering, computer science, or similar advanced degree
- Technical expertise in one of the following areas: sensor fusion, localization, and tracking algorithms; GNSS navigation; inertial navigation; sensor error/noise modeling; GPS-denied navigation
- Experience developing software for safety critical applications
- Experience with navigation system certification
