Guidance, Navigation and Control Engineer (Summer 2024 Internship)

We're building safety-enhancing technology for aviation that will save lives. Automated aviation systems will enable a future where air transportation is safer, more convenient and fundamentally transformative to the way goods — and eventually people — move around the planet. We are a team of mission-driven engineers with experience across aerospace, robotics and self-driving cars working to make this future a reality.
As a Guidance, Navigation and Control (GNC) intern engineer at Reliable Robotics, you will work with a team of mission-driven engineers with experience across aviation, space, robotics and self-driving cars to make this future a reality. Reliable Robotics has year-round internship opportunities for students pursuing a degree in aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, robotics or a similar field of study. Successful candidates will work alongside senior engineers to design, implement and test GNC systems.

Responsibilities

• Support the design, analysis and verification of GNC components
• Help improve the simulation models for various phases of flight
• Develop tooling and Monte Carlo tests in support of navigation and control system verification

Basic Success Criteria

• A graduate program in aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, robotics or equivalent practical experience
• A solid understanding of fundamentals -- engineering math, dynamics, numeric methods
• Proficient in any of C/C++/Python
• Proactive and motivated to tackle hard problems

Preferred Success Criteria

• Experience in one or more disciplines related to GNC: flight simulation, control systems analysis, sensor fusion and state estimation
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Learn more about the internship experience at Reliable Robotics from former interns: link
This internship opportunity is located at our corporate headquarters in Mountain View, CA. The estimated annualized salary for this position is $102,000. 
Reliable Robotics does not presently sponsor candidates for employment visas. In order to comply with export control regulations applicable to our technology and products, all candidates for this position must reside in the United States and be “U.S. persons” for purposes of the Export Administration Regulations (i.e., a U.S. citizen, a lawful permanent resident, or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as refugees or granted asylum in the U.S.) or otherwise eligible to access our technologies without an export license.
At Reliable Robotics, our goal is to be a diverse and inclusive workforce.  As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, creed, ancestry, sex, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability or medical conditions, national origin, military or veteran status, genetic information, marital status, or any other basis covered by applicable law. All employment and promotion is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.
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