Principal Engineer - Analysis - Kearfott Corporation

Founded in 1918, Kearfott Corporation, a global Aerospace and Defense supplier for over 100 years, is a leader in the design and manufacture of precision motion control products and inertial navigation components. Kearfott has a very long history of innovation and excellence, and is the go-to brand for many of our global clients. Kearfott is trusted, respected and plays a vital role in the success of America’s aerospace and defense industries. With over a century of expertise & experience, Kearfott is dedicated to providing quality, reliability, and cutting-edge technology to customers worldwide to meet their sea, land, air, and space navigation and guidance requirements.

Kearfott offers a comprehensive benefits package including a 401K, and Tuition Reimbursement. We offer a 9/80 schedule with every other Friday off, and flexible work options for most positions.

We are looking for talented individuals who want to be part of a world-class work force. Join Kearfott and become part of a company that is recognized for technical expertise and respected world-wide as a ‘full service’ provider.

For more information visit our website at www.kearfott.com

Our Guidance & Navigation Division based in Pine Brook, New Jersey has exciting opportunities for Junior, Senior & Principle Engineers with experience in Sensor Fusion & Navigation systems.

You will work within our Advanced Analysis and Architecture group on the development & analysis of systems deployed into airborne, land & sea based products. We are looking for individuals with complementary subsets of the experience & expertise listed below as well as the motivation to grow further.

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

Skills & Responsibilities (cohesive subsets of the following are needed)

• Navigation & Localization
  • 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
• Model Based Workflows
  • • 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
• Sensors
  • • 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

Relevant Tool Proficiencies

• MathWorks toolchain Matlab, Simulink, Stateflow; Toolboxes & Blocksets
  • Modeling & Simulation, Analyses
  • Test, Verification & Validation
  • Code Generation, Software, Processor & H/W in Loop
• C/C++, Object Oriented Methods, UML, Python

Familiarity with Industry Trends

• Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE) open standard, pntOS

Education & Experience

• 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 legally authorized to work in the U.S., visa sponsorship not available.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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