Sr. Flight Navigation Engineer
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Job Location:
Mountain View, CA - USA
Monthly Salary:
USD 215000 - 300000
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Were building safety-enhancing technology for aviation that will save lives. Automated aviation systems will enable a future where air transportation is safer more convenient and fundamentally transformative to the way goods and eventually people move around the planet. We are a team of mission-driven engineers with experience across aerospace robotics and self-driving cars working to make this future a reality.
As a Senior Flight Navigation Engineer at Reliable Robotics you will be part of the Guidance Navigation and Control Team. You will contribute to the navigation system design implementation and testing and your work will enable the integration of uncrewed aircraft into the National Airspace System.
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 performance via simulation hardware-in-loop and flight test cases
Basic Success Criteria
- MS in aerospace engineering electrical engineering computer science or similar advanced degree
- Technical expertise in one of the following areas: Kalman filtering; GNSS navigation; inertial navigation; or alternative navigation technologies
- 8 years of professional experience developing and testing navigation algorithms
- Professional experience with developing C/C flight software and Python data reduction & analysis
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Preferred Criteria
- PhD in aerospace engineering electrical engineering computer science or similar advanced degree
- Technical expertise in one of the following areas: probability theory; fault detection and exclusion (FDE); sensor error/noise modeling; or GPS-denied navigation
- Experience developing software for safety critical applications
- Experience with navigation system certification
We are building high-integrity safety-critical systems for automated flight and your role is critical to what we do at Reliable Robotics. With the support of the whole team you will contribute to a novel navigation system that drives our mission forward.
Must be willing to travel 10% of the position is based at our facility in Mountain View California.
The estimated salary range for this position is $215000 - $300000/annual salary cash and stock option awards benefits. At Reliable Robotics we strive to provide competitive and rewarding compensation based on experience and expertise as well as market conditions location and pay equity.
In addition to base compensation Reliable Robotics offers stock options employee medical 401k contribution great co-workers and a casual work environment.
This position requires access to information that is subject to U.S. export controls. An offer of employment will be contingent upon the applicants capacity to perform in compliance with U.S. export control laws.
All applicants are asked to provide documentation that legally establishes status as a U.S. person or non-U.S. person (and nationalities in the case of a non-U.S. person). Where the applicant is not a U.S. person meaning not a (i) U.S. citizen or national (ii) U.S. lawful permanent resident (iii) refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157 or (iv) asylee under 8 U.S.C. 1158 or not otherwise permitted to access the export-controlled technology without U.S. government authorization the Company reserves the right not to apply for an export license for such applicants whose access to export-controlled technology or software source code requires authorization and may decline to proceed with the application process and any offer of employment on that basis.
At Reliable Robotics our goal is to be a diverse and inclusive an Equal Opportunity Employer we do not discriminate on the basis of race religion colorcreedancestry sexgender (including pregnancy childbirth breastfeeding or related medical conditions) gender identitygender expression sexual orientation age non-disqualifying physical or mental disabilityor medical conditions national originmilitary orveteran statusgenetic information marital status or any other basis covered by applicable law. All employment and promotion is decided on the basis of qualifications merit and business need.
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Required Experience:
Senior IC
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About Company
Advanced automation will make aircraft safer, more available, more affordable and fundamentally transformative to the way goods and people move around the planet.
