Vacancy Name Manager High Precision Navigation
Location City Espoo
Location Region
Location Country Finland
Role also available in Cambourne, UK; Thalwil, Switzerland
About u-blox u-blox (SIX:UBXN) is a global technology leader in positioning and wireless communication in automotive, industrial, and consumer markets. Their smart and reliable solutions, services and products let people, vehicles, and machines determine their precise position and communicate wirelessly over cellular and short range networks. With a broad portfolio of chips, modules, and secure data services and connectivity, u blox is uniquely positioned to empower its customers to develop innovative and reliable solutions for the Internet of Things, quickly and cost effectively. With headquarters in Thalwil, Switzerland, the company is globally present with offices in Europe, Asia, and the USA. (www.u-blox.com )
Job Description As a Manager High Precision Positioning at u-blox you are responsible for the heart of u-blox’s cutting edge high precision positioning devices. With your experience and in-depth knowledge in the domain of GNSS navigation you are the expert for high precision positioning techniques like Precise Point Positioning and RTK. You are familiar with the complex ambiguity resolution algorithms and the generation, transmission and application of correction data represented either in the state (SSR) or observation space (OSR). Capitalizing on your profound programming skills you efficiently lead a team of motivated engineers to design and implement new features into the firmware of an embedded GNSS real-time system. You feel responsible for testing, documentation, quality control and maintenance of the source code and you coordinate the support to our application engineers in debugging and providing workarounds of nonconformities. You are able to lead the draft of new technical concepts, evaluate their feasibility and derive specifications for new features of a GNSS receiver firmware. As a part of our international multi-site team of specialized software developers you contribute to the next generation of u-blox’s innovative and competitive high precision navigation systems. Tasks
Leadership in the technical discipline of high precision positioning Lead your team in the areas listed below along with your own contributions Realization of feasibility studies, drafting of technical concepts and preparation of specifications for new features of the GNSS receiver firmware Design, implementation and testing of new features and maintenance of existing features Contribution to or technical lead of research and development projects Preparation of technical documentation Quality control and error analysis Providing workarounds or fixes for bugs and nonconformities Profile
PhD or MS in geodesy, applied mathematics, or electrical engineering Experience in management positions with personnel responsibility Sound standing knowledge and years of experience in GNSS technology and related technologies Statistics and adjustment theory Kalman Filter High Precision Positioning Real Time Kinematic solutions Profound scientific and engineering skills Problem solving Data analysis and statistics Mathematical and physical models Knowledge in the following areas: Embedded software development Verification and validation Digital signal processing and satellite communications Programming languages and tools:
C, C++, Perl, Python Subversion, GIT, or other version control software MS Visual Studio Code or similar development environment Matlab or Octave Ability to work as a member of bigger projects. Flexible team player. Good communication skills (oral and in writing) in English and corresponding local language We Offer We offer a challenging position within an international work environment.
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