Senior Navigation & Autonomy Engineer

Tocaro Blue•Birmingham, AL

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

Tocaro Blue is seeking an experienced Navigation and Autonomy Engineer to revolutionize maritime technology. As a Senior Navigation and Autonomy Engineer, you will be at the forefront of developing intelligent systems for autonomous marine operations. You will architect and implement software products for multi-target tracking, sensor fusion (marine Radar and EO/IR cameras), localization in GPS-denied environments, and path-planning. The users of these products include developers of Unmanned and Autonomous Surface Vehicles (USV and ASV) for the US Navy, as well as major marine electronic manufacturers for recreational ADAS and autopilot applications. This role offers a unique opportunity to define the autonomy roadmap for the maritime industry, evolving from perception systems to obstacle avoidance and full autonomous control.

Requirements

Advanced degree (MS/PhD) in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Robotics, or related technical field
7+ years of hands-on experience applying parameter and state estimation, dead-reckoning and localization, and sensor fusion to dynamic systems (graduate research counts if directly applicable)
Proven track record through Master's thesis, dissertation, or commercial projects demonstrating mastery of both localization and target tracking.
Expert-level C++ development backed by python and/or MATLAB prototyping.
Must be eligible to obtain a U.S. Department of Defense security clearance.
Must be a U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident (Green Card Holder).

Nice To Haves

Expert understanding of geometry, statistics, and state estimators
Experience optimizing and deploying localization, fusion, and tracking models to edge computing platforms using C++
Portfolio of personal projects or research solving complex real-world problems through software innovation
Background in automotive or marine systems, robotics, or other autonomous vehicle development
Passion for pushing the boundaries of what's achievable with sensor fusion in challenging environments
Design-of-experiment for perception and fusion system testing and evaluation.

Responsibilities

Design and optimize multi-object tracking systems for maritime situational awareness
Contribute to real-time multi-sensor-multi-object fusion tracking algorithms
Create vessel motion models to enhance object tracking using parameter estimation
Develop Radar-based global localization and SLAM against reference cartography
Deploy high-performance tracking and SLAM algorithms on real-time edge hardware using optimized C++ implementations
Create robust sensor fusion algorithms for precise vessel localization combining GPS, IMU, and signals of opportunity, ensuring real-time inference capabilities in challenging maritime conditions
Build global path-planning and local obstacle avoidance techniques for over-the-horizon autonomous routing.