Autonomy & Guidance Engineer - Undersea Systems

The Pennsylvania State University; Ferguson Township (PA); On-site; USD 92,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

The Pennsylvania State University’s Applied Research Laboratory seeks entry level Engineers to research, develop, analyze, implement, and test new capabilities for autonomous undersea systems. You will join design teams focused on guidance and control for current and future underwater platforms.

The role emphasizes algorithm design, software development, sensor data analysis, and collaboration within a multidisciplinary team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Science.
• Strong written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design algorithms for vehicle guidance and control in an undersea environment, including signal processing, detection, classification, tracking, and autonomous decision-making
• Analyze multi-sensor data to evaluate system performance
• Design, implement, integrate, and test software to demonstrate guidance and control algorithms
• Collaborate and communicate with a team of peers
• Document work through reports and presentations
• Investigate and evaluate applicability of theories and practices to the development of guidance and control systems
• Lead specific tasks within the project scope

Skills

Vehicle autonomy

Object tracking and classification

Machine learning

Intelligent control and fuzzy logic

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree (EE/ME/Aerospace/CS/CE/Applied Math/Physics/Data Science)

Tools

MATLAB

Python

C++

Object-oriented software design

Job description

The Pennsylvania State University’s Applied Research Laboratory seeks entry level Engineers to research, develop, analyze, implement, and test new capabilities for autonomous undersea systems. You will join design teams focused on guidance and control for current and future underwater platforms.

The role emphasizes algorithm design, software development, sensor data analysis, and collaboration within a multidisciplinary team.