Tracking and Estimation Engineer
You build the algorithms that turn sensor detections into tracks. You design state estimators and data association for many targets at once, model sensor geometry and registration, and test each tracker against simulated truth and recorded data.
Duties
- Design state estimators with Kalman filters, their extended and unscented forms, and particle filters.
- Build data association for many targets, including gating, assignment and multiple-hypothesis methods.
- Model sensor geometry, measurement errors and coordinate frames for each sensor.
- Register sensors to each other by estimating and removing the biases in their measurements.
- Fuse detections from several sensors into one set of tracks with consistent uncertainty.
- Test trackers against simulated truth with metrics such as OSPA and track purity, and report where they fail.
- Work with machine learning engineers to bring learned detections and association scores into the tracker.
- Write code that runs in real time, and document each algorithm and its assumptions.
What you bring
- 3+ years building tracking or state estimation software.
- A degree in aerospace or electrical engineering, mathematics, physics or a related field.
- Experience with Kalman filters, particle filters and data association.
- Working knowledge of coordinate frames, orbital or flight dynamics and sensor geometry.
- Python or C++ for algorithm development.
Nice to have
- An MS or PhD in estimation, controls or a related field.
- Experience with space-based or airborne sensors.
- Experience with multiple-hypothesis or random finite set trackers.
- Experience writing real-time code in C++.
Pay and benefits
$133,000 to $212,000 a year
Full-time W-2 employment with health insurance, a retirement plan and paid leave.
No application deadline. We accept applications for this role on an ongoing basis.
Location
Remote, United States
This work involves technical data controlled under U.S. export control laws. Under those laws, U.S. persons include U.S. citizens and nationals, lawful permanent residents, refugees and asylees. For anyone else, an offer may depend on Rillor obtaining an export license.
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We review applications as each team grows and contact you when there is a match.
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