Senior Navigation & Tracking Engineer, Real-Time Space

The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 82,000 - 206,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Work-life balance programs

Employee clubs and activities

Discounts to local museums

Job summary

The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. in Cambridge, MA is seeking a Senior Navigation and Tracking Engineer to develop software for space and defense systems.

You will create, integrate and deploy advanced navigation and tracking algorithms across environments including underwater, ground, air, and space. Responsibilities include evaluating requirements, designing algorithms, developing embedded software, and performing tests to ensure compliance with requirements, while communicating with

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in aerospace or electrical engineering is required.
• Masters or PhD in a related field is preferred.
• 5-10 years of software engineering or related experience is required.

Responsibilities

• Evaluates requirements, proposes solutions, explores design trades to support a design.
• Designs algorithms using modern theory and proven techniques.
• Develops embedded software based on prototype algorithms.
• Analyzes designs to demonstrate performance and functionality.
• Develops and executes software tests to check compliance with requirements.
• Communicates with customers and stakeholders to establish requirements and describe the design and deliverables.
• Tracks priorities, scope, schedule, and cost.

Skills

MATLAB

Simulink

Python

C/C++

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Aerospace or Electrical Engineering

Master's or PhD preferred

Tools

Real-time software tools

Job description

The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. in Cambridge, MA is seeking a Senior Navigation and Tracking Engineer to develop software for space and defense systems.

You will create, integrate and deploy advanced navigation and tracking algorithms across environments including underwater, ground, air, and space. Responsibilities include evaluating requirements, designing algorithms, developing embedded software, and performing tests to ensure compliance with requirements, while communicating with