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Kearfott Corporation · 20 hours ago

Sensor Fusion & Navigation Engineer

Pine Brook, NJ

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$120K/yr - $170K/yr

5+ years exp

Kearfott Corporation is a global Aerospace and Defense supplier with over a century of expertise in precision motion control products and inertial navigation components. They are seeking a Sensor Fusion & Navigation Engineer to work on navigation algorithms, simulations, and embedded deployments, contributing to the development of state-of-the-art estimation and sensor fusion techniques.

Aerospace

Work & Life Balance

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

The selected individual(s) will be expected to work on broad assignments independently while reporting to engineering and program leadership

Understand the fundamentals of aided inertial navigation at a deep theoretical and practical level and utilize that knowledge to design, implement, simulate, test and validate core navigation algorithms

The role(s) will include responsibilities for requirements determination, trade studies, models & simulations, algorithm designs, embedded deployments & performance analyses related to navigation products in the markets of interest

Development of state of art Estimation & Sensor Fusion algorithms as related to our various Navigation & Localization use cases

Relevant techniques include variations within families of Kalman & Bayesian Non- Linear Filters, Factor Graph Optimizations, ML & AI techniques

Staying current with evolving techniques & algorithms as well as the expertise needed to migrate these into simulations, analyses and embedded platforms

Develop and maintain our suite of analyses capabilities including Monte Carlo Simulations & Covariance Analyses

Work within and expand our Model Based Design & Systems Engineering workﬂow especially via the MathWorks toolchain

Auto code generation and the targeting of various embedded platforms - Xilinx Zynq MPSoC, ARM cores, FPGA

Software, Processor & H/W in Loop exercises

System Architecture, Requirements tracing, Veriﬁcation & Validation

GPS/GNSS - signal processing, software deﬁned radios Computer Vision as related to navigation & localization applications

Inertial Sensors – Ring Laser Gyros, Fiber Optic Gyros, MEMS

Chip Scale Atomic Clocks

Full system investigations via simulations, desktop analyses and vehicle / platform tests

Travel: ~10% for customer reviews and meetings

Qualification

Sensor Fusion algorithmsKalman FiltersEmbedded systemsMathWorks toolchainMonte Carlo SimulationsC/C++PythonTeam collaborationProblem-solvingCommunication skills

Required

Background in Aerospace GNC, Robotics, Autonomous Vehicles & Air Mobility, GNSS, Inertial Sensors, Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science & Applied Mathematics Fields

Role(s) will be commensurate experience: PhD. or Masters with 5 years of experience or Bachelor's with 8 years' experience in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or Electrical Engineering

Must be a US Citizen