Advanced Navigation, Modeling & Simulation Engineer

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab; Laurel (MD); On-site; USD 85,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Education assistance

Job summary

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) seeks an engineer to develop and analyze advanced navigation systems and algorithms for aerospace and missile applications. You will work with a multidisciplinary team applying signal processing, state estimation, EO/IR image processing, photogrammetry, optimization, and physics-based modeling to challenging navigation problems.

You will contribute to state-of-the-art analysis, model and simulate flight vehicles and sensors, and support testing in

Qualifications

• B.S. in Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics or related technical discipline.
• At least 1 year of experience with state estimation or navigation systems.
• Experience in signal processing, EO/IR or digital image processing, photogrammetry or computer vision, numerical optimization, or physics-based modeling/simulation.
• Experience developing algorithms, mathematical models, or simulations to analyze complex engineering systems.
• Experience with MATLAB, C++ or other programming language.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; applying technical background to navigation/aerospace systems.
• Strong verbal/written communication; ability to work in a collaborative team; support multiple development efforts.

Responsibilities

• Develop and analyze algorithms for advanced navigation systems using signal and image processing, state estimation, photogrammetry, optimization, and sensor/data fusion.
• Work with EO/IR imagery, terrain/geospatial data, and other sensor data to develop/navigation localization approaches.
• Develop, implement, and analyze physics-based models and simulations of flight vehicles, sensors, environments, and navigation systems; use simulations to predict behavior and evaluate performance.
• Apply Monte Carlo, probabilistic, covariance, and sensitivity analyses to characterize system performance and aid design trades.
• Develop and evaluate estimation and optimization methods for determining vehicle state (position, velocity, attitude) from sensor data.
• Interface navigation algorithms with guidance/control systems and contribute to integrated analyses.
• Support testing in lab, simulation, and flight environments, including post-test analysis of sensor data and onboard software navigation algorithms.

Skills

State estimation

Navigation systems

Signal processing

EO/IR image processing

Photogrammetry

Optimization

Sensor/data fusion

Education

B.S. in Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics or related technical discipline

Tools

MATLAB

C++

Job description

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) seeks an engineer to develop and analyze advanced navigation systems and algorithms for aerospace and missile applications. You will work with a multidisciplinary team applying signal processing, state estimation, EO/IR image processing, photogrammetry, optimization, and physics-based modeling to challenging navigation problems.

You will contribute to state-of-the-art analysis, model and simulate flight vehicles and sensors, and support testing in