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Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory · 1 month ago

Navigation Engineer

Laurel, MD

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$100K/yr - $228K/yr

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) is seeking a dynamic Navigation Engineer to join their team, focusing on the assessment and development of navigation systems for military weapon systems. The role involves designing and analyzing navigation systems, mentoring junior staff, and collaborating with various stakeholders to advance Position Navigation and Timing initiatives.

EducationUniversities

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Design and analyze navigation systems including strapdown algorithms and aiding filters fusing measurements from multiple sensors

Mentor junior staff and help ensure that our team maintains deep knowledge across multiple areas of GPS aiding and inertial navigation

Use simulations to predict system behavior and risks, leveraging both Monte Carlo and covariance-based methods to understand trends and perform high-level system trades

Analyze and assess contractor designs to assist program offices throughout the DoD acquisition cycle and interface with contractor community to help them design and build operational weapon systems

Develop and maintain relationships with DoD sponsors and other relevant stakeholders, working to conceive, develop, plan and execute new Position Navigation and Timing (PNT) initiatives

Qualification

Inertial navigation systemsSensor fusionKalman filteringMATLABC++SimulinkCommunication skillsInterpersonal skillsTeam collaboration

Required

Have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering, Mathematics, Physics or another related technical field

Have experience design and analysis of inertial navigation systems, sensor fusion and state estimation via Kalman or other optimal filtering algorithms, or navigation simulation and model development

Have conducted analysis and development using MATLAB, Simulink, and C++

Have strong communication and interpersonal skills, and are skilled at developing relationships across multi-disciplinary teams

Must be willing to travel up to approximately 50%

Are able to obtain an Interim Secret level security clearance by your start date and can ultimately obtain a Top Secret level clearance. If selected, you will be subject to a government security clearance investigation and must meet the requirements for access to classified information. Eligibility requirements include U.S. citizenship

Preferred

Have a PhD in Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or other related technical discipline

Have successfully led navigation system design or analysis activities

Have experience and interest in related fields such as guidance and control systems or 6 degree-of-freedom modeling and simulation

Benefits

Robust education assistance program

Unparalleled retirement contributions

Healthy work/life balance

Comprehensive benefits package including retirement plans, paid time off, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, education assistance, and training and development

Company

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory

The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) is a not-for-profit university-affiliated research center (UARC) that provides solutions to complex national security and scientific challenges with technical expertise and prototyping, research and development, and analysis.

Founded in 1942