Navigation, Estimation, and Controls Co-Op

Navigation, Estimation, and Controls Co-op

We are seeking Undergraduate and Graduate Student Co-ops to support research, development, and engineering activities in the Navigation Research and Development Division (NRDD) of The Applied Research Laboratory (ARL) at Penn State, located in Warminster, PA.

Penn State's Applied Research Laboratory (ARL) is a Department of Defense (DoD) designated University Affiliated Research Center (UARC), which serves as a center of research excellence in a multitude of areas. ARL conducts basic and applied research, exploratory development, and advanced development in support of the U.S. government organizations; contributes to the educational objectives and research goals of Penn State; and promotes the transfer of advanced technology to the U.S. government.

NRDD is focused on developing the most advanced navigation technologies in the world, built around unique laboratories specially designed to test the most precise navigation sensors and systems. The mission of the NRDD is to conduct new navigation technology research and development, systems engineering and to provide expert knowledge for our Navy, Army, and other U.S. government sponsors.

As a Navigation, Estimation, and Controls co-op you will:

• Conduct research and development of navigation algorithms
• Work with a cooperative team of experienced engineers to support research projects being conducted at the NRDC. These projects fall in the areas of state estimation for navigation, modeling and simulation of sea vessels, modeling and simulation of geophysical systems, and robotics and autonomous systems
• Build skills in simulation/analysis with MATLAB, programming in C#/C++/Python, working in Linux, filter design, simulating physical systems, and implementing control algorithms

Undergraduate and Graduate students with the following majors are preferred:
Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, and Mathematics.

This position is ideal for those with interests in modeling dynamic systems, optimal filtering and state estimation, and control systems.

Students must be available to work at the Warminster facility for a six month time period.

You will be subject to a government security investigation, and you must be a U.S. citizen to apply. Employment with the ARL will require successful completion of a pre-employment drug screen.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION on ARL, visit our web site .psu.edu.