Navigation Systems Electrical Engineer, Onsite

About the role

The successful candidate will have R&D experience in software engineering and/or stochastic estimation for dynamic systems, and interest in developing, testing, and analyzing prototype hardware systems for future alternative PNT systems, navigation algorithms, and navigation warfare threats.

Responsibilities

• Develop, integrate, test, and analyze results from hardware prototype navigation systems, including GNSS, Inertial sensor, and alternative PNT solutions (such as RF signal of opportunity systems)
• Develop novel alternative positioning sensors, navigation solutions, and anomaly detection algorithms for contested navigation application for complex national security mission spaces
• Collaborate with a team of researchers, engineers, and technologists to develop innovative, integrated navigation technologies and to mature them from concept to simulation to flight tests
• Transition alternative PNT technologies, sensors, and software from Modeling and Simulation to hardware prototype for flight test experimentation
• Perform testing in complex contested navigation warfare environments in the field, and analyze results to draw meaningful conclusions in support of national security missions
• This position will include simulation, laboratory, and field-testing operations

Requirements

• Graduate degree in Electrical Engineering or a highly related field where an independent research project was a graduation requirement (e.g., independent project, thesis, or dissertation).
• Outstanding verbal and written skills, including the ability to develop and present briefings that are clear and compelling.
• Coursework and/or experience with modern navigation systems (e.g., GNSS architectures/receivers, sensor fusion, inertial measurement systems, Kalman filtering, alternative PNT solutions such as RF Signals of Opportunity or terrain-aided navigation, or sensor integrity algorithms such as anomaly detection)
• Experience programming in object-oriented and scripting tools/languages (e.g. Python, C++, Matlab)
• Experience with industry GNSS simulation hardware (e.g., Spirent, PNT-X, Broadsim), RF recording equipment, or hardware testing of navigation systems
• Experience in technical communication as demonstrated by technical presentations and/or technical publications
• Experience working collaboratively as a member of a multi-disciplinary team

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline, or an equivalent combination of directly relevant education and engineering or scientific experience that demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform independent research and development
• Ability to acquire and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance

Skills

• Software engineering
• Stochastic estimation
• Navigation systems
• GNSS architectures/receivers
• Sensor fusion
• Inertial measurement systems
• Kalman filtering
• Alternative PNT solutions
• RF signals of opportunity
• Terrain-aided navigation
• Sensor integrity algorithms
• Object-oriented and scripting tools/languages (e.g. Python, C++, Matlab)
• Industry GNSS simulation hardware (e.g., Spirent, PNT-X, Broadsim)
• RF recording equipment
• Hardware testing of navigation systems
• Technical communication
• Technical presentations
• Technical publications
• Collaboration with multidisciplinary teams

Benefits

• Flexible work arrangements for many jobs, including 9/80 (work 80 hours every two weeks, with every other Friday off) and 4/10 (work 4 ten-hour days each week) compressed workweeks, part-time work, and telecommuting (a mix of onsite work and working from home)
• Generous vacation
• Strong medical and other benefits
• Competitive 401k
• Learning opportunities
• Relocation assistance
• Amenities aimed at creating a solid work/life balance

Pay

$102,400 - $199,700

Schedule

Onsite at Sandia's laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico, including the Flight Dynamics Laboratory. Some travel is required for this position.