Secret-Cleared State Estimation & Tracking Engineer

PGS Worldwide is seeking a Secret-Cleared State Estimation & Tracking Engineer in Chandler Arizona for a one-year onsite contract-to-hire role supporting a leading aerospace & defense company. This position will support advanced missile and interceptor systems through state estimation sensor signal processing electro-optical imaging tracking algorithms and GNC analysis.

Required Skills

• Experience with Kalman filtering and state-estimation techniques.
• Experience with signal processing for guided missiles and/or interceptors.
• Experience developing and maintaining algorithms and analysis tools using C MATLAB and Python .
• Strong foundation in probability theory and statistics.
• Experience with electro-optical imaging systems .
• Experience with image processing and sensor signal processing.
• Experience with MATLAB/Simulink.
• Experience applying statistical analysis to engineering problems.
• Ability to travel approximately 10%.
• Active U.S. Government Secret clearance required .
• U.S. citizenship required.

Preferred Skills

• Advanced degree in Electrical Engineering Aerospace Engineering Physics Applied Mathematics or a related technical discipline.
• Experience with onboard or offboard sensor fusion.
• Experience analyzing large Monte Carlo data sets.
• Experience designing and analyzing simulation experiments.
• Experience with Extended Kalman Filters (EKF).
• Experience with advanced state estimation and tracking techniques.

What Youll Do

• Develop implement verify and test state-estimation tracking and GNC algorithms.
• Develop software and simulation tools supporting guided missile and interceptor systems.
• Apply statistical methods to measured sensor data and state-estimation problems.
• Develop and analyze algorithms using C MATLAB and Python.
• Process and analyze electro-optical sensor data.
• Support image-processing and sensor signal-processing applications.
• Develop and evaluate Kalman-filter-based estimation approaches.
• Support sensor-fusion analysis and implementation.
• Analyze simulation results and large Monte Carlo data sets.
• Support development and validation of tracking and estimation algorithms for advanced missile systems.

Work Schedule / Shift

• Full-time onsite in Chandler Arizona.
• 9/80A schedule.
• Approximately 10% travel may be required.

Pay

• $115.90 per hour.

Job ID: 2034

Military veterans and transitioning military members are encouraged to apply to all PGS Worldwide positions. All of our jobs are military-friendly and we work with leaders in Aerospace who rely on your military expertise to support mission-critical programs nationwide. As a Veteran Founded company we know that the military has given you the skills and training you need to succeed in positions like this and we want to support your success in the civilian sector however we can. We thank you for your service and humbly offer our own in return by helping you take your career to the next level.

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