Navigation Systems Engineer / Principal Navigation Systems Engineer

Description

The company provides mission-enabling solutions for global security. This team sits in its Emerging Capabilities Development group, which develops new capabilities and advances across several sciences for the warfighter.

The role focuses on designing and building model-based navigation software as part of the company's enterprise-wide digital shift. The team uses Model-based Engineering and Agile methods to deliver critical national defense products.

Successful candidates are collaborative, open, transparent and team-oriented, and they value flexibility, continuous learning, shared responsibility and new ideas.

The requisition may be filled at either the Navigation Systems Engineer or the Principal Navigation Systems Engineer level.

Responsibilities

• Measure and analyze navigation performance in lab and flight test settings.
• Report status, problems and results to program managers and customers.
• Partner with internal and external stakeholders to advance navigation and timing technology.
• Contribute to a team of navigation and timing specialists focused on pushing the state of the art.
• Apply cutting-edge navigation systems, methods, algorithms and software to support mission success.
• Present ideas to internal and external audiences and represent the company at technical conferences and working groups.

Requirements

• Navigation Systems Engineer: a Bachelor's in a STEM discipline with 2 years of engineering experience, or a Master's in a STEM discipline with 0 years of engineering experience.
• Principal Navigation Systems Engineer: a Bachelor's in a STEM discipline with 5 years of engineering experience, a Master's in a STEM discipline with 3 years of engineering experience, or a PhD in a STEM discipline with 1 year of engineering experience.
• For both levels: experience building sensor fusion for navigation using IMU (Inertial Measurement Unit), GPS, barometers and other sensors.
• For both levels: experience implementing advanced state estimation such as Extended Kalman Filtering, Unscented Kalman Filtering and Particle Filtering for position, velocity and attitude determination.
• For both levels: experience with noise modeling and covariance tuning.
• For both levels: experience analyzing data from Inertial Navigation Systems.
• For both levels: hands-on work with accelerometers, gyroscopes and barometers for navigation.
• For both levels: experience with multi-sensor synchronization and calibration.
• For both levels: U.S. citizenship is required.
• For both levels: you must be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Secret security clearance.
• For both levels: full-time onsite work in Woodland Hills, CA.
• Preferred: experience developing algorithms for satellite acquisition, tracking and receiver measurement formation.
• Preferred: familiarity with military navigation modernization, especially M-code signal processing and capabilities.
• Preferred: familiarity with Timing and Distributed Clock Algorithms.
• Preferred: familiarity with inertial navigation systems (INS) mechanizations.
• Preferred: combining data from IMU (Inertial Measurement Unit), GPS, barometers and other sensors.
• Preferred: understanding of multi-sensor synchronization and calibration.
• Preferred: familiarity with tracking loop design, including platform dynamics and environmental or interference effects.
• Preferred: understanding of accelerometers, gyroscopes, magnetometers and their role in navigation.

Conditions

Work full-time onsite at the Woodland Hills, CA site.

Expect travel about 10% of the time.

Relocation assistance may be available.

No security clearance is required to start, and the clearance type is Secret.

Primary level base salary range is $91,800.00 to $137,600.00; secondary level base salary range is $114,000.00 to $171,000.00.

These ranges are a general guideline. Base pay depends on the scope and responsibilities of the role, your experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

The application period is estimated at 20 days from the posting date, and may be shortened or extended based on business needs and candidate availability.

Benefits

• Depending on the position, you may be eligible for overtime, a shift differential and a discretionary bonus on top of base pay. Annual bonuses reward individual contributions and let you share in company results.
• Vice President and Director roles may be eligible for Long Term Incentives.
• Benefits include health insurance, life and disability insurance, a savings plan, company-paid holidays, and paid time off (PTO) for vacation or personal business.