Autonomy Engineer - State Estimation

The role

You will design, build, and validate state estimation systems for intelligent autonomous vehicles. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to explore new concepts through rapid, iterative prototyping.

What you will do

• Design, implement, and maintain autonomy software for motion planning, trajectory optimization, and flight control.
• Integrate systems into real-world platforms, bridging research and production.
• Stay current on research and apply state-of-the-art techniques.

Required qualifications

• Master’s or PhD degree in Engineering, Robotics, Computer Science, or a related field; or equivalent working experience.
• Proficiency in C/C++ with experience shipping production-grade software.
• Strong foundation in state estimation algorithms, including Kalman filters, complementary filters, and optimization-based smoothing (e.g., using factor graphs).
• Experience with GPS-denied and visual navigation techniques, such as visual-inertial odometry (VIO).
• Solid background in linear algebra, probability theory, and optimization.
• Working understanding of rotorcraft and fixed-wing aircraft flight dynamics.
• Hands-on experience implementing state estimation software on real robotics vehicles.
• Comfortable developing and reasoning about multi-threaded real-time systems.

Nice to have

• Experience writing microcontroller code and working with embedded robotics platforms, such as NVIDIA Jetson.
• Experience building vehicle dynamics simulations based on flight test data.
• Experience with multi-modal sensor fusion and calibration.
• Experience with target detection and tracking, preferably using multi-modal sensor data.
• Familiarity with open-source flight control systems, such as Ardupilot and PX4.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Meaningful equity
• Generous benefits package

Before you apply

• Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S.
• May be subject to a government security clearance process.

About the company

Tycho.AI is a fast-growing, dual-use technology company building AI and autonomy solutions for unmanned systems. It was spun out of MIT and is backed by DoD contracts.