Sensor Fusion Software Engineering Lead

Sensor Fusion Lead

This role is part of Saab BlueBear in Bedfordshire.

You will be required to support a mixture of R&D and product development activities and will be keen to get involved in all development areas, and have a good track history / proven track record in both problem solving and quality software development.

Your role as a Sensor Fusion Lead will involve architecting, designing, implementing and testing embedded applications primarily focused around sensor suite integration and fusion. You may also lead a small team of other engineers. Tasks will generally involve architecting software systems and features that facilitate our state of the art methods for navigation in a variety of environments using our in-house fleet of UAVs.

Key Responsibilities:

• Maintain, architect and develop our current sensor fusion capabilities and add new features in a structured and maintainable manner under direction of product owner (Head of Digital Systems).
• Research, Architect, Design and Test Sensor Fusion algorithms using Mathworks products.
• Technically lead the software development for Sensor Fusion activities to deliver new features and capabilities to our Autonomy and UAV systems.
• Ensure the Sensor Fusion software considers and implements redundancy, real-time, safety/critical and security objectives.
• Proactively engage with other engineers, teams and leadership to ensure needs are understood and met.
• Gain system wide knowledge and become a subject matter expert in the Sensor Fusion field.
• Ensure Sensor Fusion knowledge transfer through written and other methods to the rest of the team.
• Gain understanding and technically contribute to the wider software team and software projects.

Skills and Experience:

• Strong working experience of developing embedded C++ applications.
• Knowledge of state estimation / sensor fusion / navigation tools and techniques e.g. Kalman filters.
• Knowledge of the principles and characteristics of sensors and sensing processes.
• Experience in data processing and analysis.
• Experience in sensor selection, evaluation and modelling.
• Understanding of flight mechanics.
• Software Architecture skills for Embedded Systems and/or backend/server-based applications taking into account constraints of performance, security and redundancy.
• Looks to work collaboratively rather than in isolation.
• Knowledge of GNSS and other positioning technologies (e.g. Visual Navigation).
• Working knowledge of Linux and/or real time operating systems such as FreeRTOS.
• Good understanding of development tool chain for debugging and problem solving using e.g. gdb.
• Knowledge of networking (e.g.TCP/IP).
• Knowledge of serial interfaces (e.g. RS422/485).
• Able to use (or even create) CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins or similar.
• Knowledge of Matlab/Simulink
• Testing (Unit, Integration) and/or Test automation experience.
• Experience as a Technical leader.
• Experience mentoring junior engineers.
• Understanding of quality, safety and security standards for software (e.g. DO-178).
• Good communication skills for internal and external technical discussions.
• Knowledge of any of the following MQTT, DDS and GIS.
• Existing SC Clearance would be advantageous.

By submitting an application to Saab UK you consent to undertaking workforce screening activities that may include but are not limited to: Baseline Personnel Security checks, National Security Vetting, reference checks, verification of working rights and in all circumstances preferred candidates will be placed through a security interview.