Guidance, Navigation & Controls Engineer

Develop innovative guidance, navigation, and control systems for Boring Company tunnel boring machines, including all future versions of Prufrock machines.
Design and implement high-precision state estimation and sensor fusion algorithms to maintain accurate position and heading.
Engage in multi-disciplinary machine investigations and design work that define the systems architecture.
Implement new software or algorithms to enable mission unique capabilities and leading edge machine performance.
Develop 6-DOF dynamics simulation models used for GNC systems analysis and validation.
Analyze TBM trajectories, performance dispersions, and stability.
Conduct post tunneling data review and correlation with analyses for continued improvement of predictions.
Support tunneling operations of machines that you enabled.
Perform testing of GNC software utilizing hardware-in-the-loop testing, Monte Carlo analysis, and algorithm unit testing.

Bachelor's degree in physics or an engineering discipline.
3+ years of professional or hands-on experience in control systems, classical dynamics, sensors and actuators, modeling and simulation.
Experience with the software programming.

Postgraduate degree in physics or an engineering discipline or 7+ years of professional experience in control systems, sensors and actuators, modeling and simulation, and programming
Demonstrated project or professional experience in underground (or GNSS-denied) positioning systems.
Capable of solving complex problems with little to no supervision on schedule as an individual or as a member of an integrated team.
Passion for advancing the technology of the mining industry and improving the way people get from point A to point B.
Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.

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Guidance, Navigation & Controls Engineer

Develop innovative guidance, navigation, and control systems for Boring Company tunnel boring machines, including all future versions of Prufrock machines.
Design and implement high-precision state estimation and sensor fusion algorithms to maintain accurate position and heading.
Engage in multi-disciplinary machine investigations and design work that define the systems architecture.
Implement new software or algorithms to enable mission unique capabilities and leading edge machine performance.
Develop 6-DOF dynamics simulation models used for GNC systems analysis and validation.
Analyze TBM trajectories, performance dispersions, and stability.
Conduct post tunneling data review and correlation with analyses for continued improvement of predictions.
Support tunneling operations of machines that you enabled.
Perform testing of GNC software utilizing hardware-in-the-loop testing, Monte Carlo analysis, and algorithm unit testing.

Bachelor's degree in physics or an engineering discipline.
3+ years of professional or hands-on experience in control systems, classical dynamics, sensors and actuators, modeling and simulation.
Experience with the software programming.

Postgraduate degree in physics or an engineering discipline or 7+ years of professional experience in control systems, sensors and actuators, modeling and simulation, and programming
Demonstrated project or professional experience in underground (or GNSS-denied) positioning systems.
Capable of solving complex problems with little to no supervision on schedule as an individual or as a member of an integrated team.
Passion for advancing the technology of the mining industry and improving the way people get from point A to point B.
Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.