The Boring Company · 1 month ago
Guidance, Navigation & Controls Engineer
Bastrop, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
3+ years expThe Boring Company is focused on creating innovative tunneling technology to alleviate traffic issues. As a GNC Engineer, you will be responsible for developing and testing guidance, navigation, and control systems for tunnel boring machines, working alongside a team of skilled engineers in a dynamic environment.
ConstructionInfrastructureTransportation
Responsibilities
Develop innovative guidance, navigation, and control systems for Boring Company tunnel boring machines, including all future versions of Prufrock machines
Design and implement high-precision state estimation and sensor fusion algorithms to maintain accurate position and heading
Engage in multi-disciplinary machine investigations and design work that define the systems architecture
Implement new software or algorithms to enable mission unique capabilities and leading edge machine performance
Develop 6-DOF dynamics simulation models used for GNC systems analysis and validation
Analyze TBM trajectories, performance dispersions, and stability
Conduct post tunneling data review and correlation with analyses for continued improvement of predictions
Support tunneling operations of machines that you enabled
Perform testing of GNC software utilizing hardware-in-the-loop testing, Monte Carlo analysis, and algorithm unit testing
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in physics or an engineering discipline
3+ years of professional or hands-on experience in control systems, classical dynamics, sensors and actuators, modeling and simulation
Experience with the software programming
Develop innovative guidance, navigation, and control systems for Boring Company tunnel boring machines, including all future versions of Prufrock machines
Design and implement high-precision state estimation and sensor fusion algorithms to maintain accurate position and heading
Engage in multi-disciplinary machine investigations and design work that define the systems architecture
Implement new software or algorithms to enable mission unique capabilities and leading edge machine performance
Develop 6-DOF dynamics simulation models used for GNC systems analysis and validation
Analyze TBM trajectories, performance dispersions, and stability
Conduct post tunneling data review and correlation with analyses for continued improvement of predictions
Support tunneling operations of machines that you enabled
Perform testing of GNC software utilizing hardware-in-the-loop testing, Monte Carlo analysis, and algorithm unit testing
Preferred
Postgraduate degree in physics or an engineering discipline or 7+ years of professional experience in control systems, sensors and actuators, modeling and simulation, and programming
Demonstrated project or professional experience in underground (or GNSS-denied) positioning systems
Capable of solving complex problems with little to no supervision on schedule as an individual or as a member of an integrated team
Passion for advancing the technology of the mining industry and improving the way people get from point A to point B
Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
Benefits
Employer-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage
401(k) plan
Paid holidays
Paid vacation
A competitive amount of equity for all permanent employees
Company
The Boring Company
The Boring Company engages in constructing underground transportation networks.
51-200 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$908M2024-07-23Secondary Market
2023-10-23Secondary Market
2022-04-20Series C· $675M
Leadership Team
Arun Prakash
CFO
Recent News
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