Flight Research Navigation Software Engineer
Joby Aviation2 years ago
Santa Cruz, CA, USASenior
Base Salary
$98k - $152k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop C++ navigation and state-estimation software for experimental VTOL and CTOL aircraft.
- Design and implement multi-sensor fusion algorithms using inertial, air data, perception, and external sensor inputs.
- Develop navigation infrastructure, including transform trees, calibration pipelines, and state-estimation frameworks.
- Create C++ and Python simulation and analysis tools to evaluate navigation performance and algorithm robustness.
- Integrate perception outputs into flight controls and mission-management systems.
- Formulate and execute tests for navigation accuracy, robustness, and performance, and support aircraft flight testing.
- Collaborate with perception, controls, and autonomy engineers on navigation and estimation architectures.
Requirements
- Expert knowledge of Kalman filtering, nonlinear filtering, or factor-graph-based state estimation.
- Experience writing real-time and safety-critical C++ flight software.
- Deep knowledge of multi-sensor fusion systems or state-estimation pipelines.
- Professional experience writing C++ and Python.
- Experience developing simulation or analysis tools for dynamic systems.
- Experience with real-time signal processing.
- Must qualify as a US Person under 22 C.F.R. § 120.15 to meet US export-control requirements.
Benefits
- Paid time off, healthcare benefits, a 401(k) plan with company match, an employee stock purchase plan, short- and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, and other benefits.
- Base pay plus Restricted Stock Units (RSUs).