Flight Navigation Engineer

The role

You will contribute to navigation system design, implementation, and testing. This work enables the integration of uncrewed aircraft into the National Airspace System.

What you will do

• 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

Required qualifications

• BS 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
• 3+ 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

Nice to have

• MS 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

Before you apply

• Position requires access to information subject to U.S. export controls
• Offer is contingent upon capacity to perform in compliance with U.S. export control laws
• Applicants must provide documentation establishing status as a U.S. person or non-U.S. person

About the company

Reliable Robotics is a team of mission-driven engineers with experience across aerospace, robotics and self-driving cars. They are building safety-enhancing technology for aviation.