Sensor Fusion & Navigation Engineer

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.

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.

• The selected individual(s) will be expected to work on broad assignments independently while reporting to engineering and program leadership.
  
• Understand the fundamentals of aided inertial navigation at a deep theoretical and practical level and utilize that knowledge to design, implement, simulate, test and validate core navigation algorithms.
  
• 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.
  

• 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
  

• 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, Veriï¬cation & Validation.
  

• GPS/GNSS - signal processing, software deï¬ned 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
  

• MathWorks toolchain - Matlab, Simulink, Stateflow; Toolboxes & Blocksets
  
• Modeling & Simulation, Analyses Test, Veriï¬cation & 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
  

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.
  

In compliance with pay transparency requirements, the salary range for this role in New Jersey is

Additionally, we offer a medical, prescription, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance, a 401(k) plan with company match, tuition assistance, paid vacation and sick days, paid holidays, and a 9/80 work week with every other Friday off. Our work environment embraces our people as we enjoy monthly employee events that celebrates our workplace culture.

Shift: 1st Shift