Location: Cambridge or Bristol (In-Hub or Hybrid)

Hours of work: 40 hours per week

Length: Full-time / Permanent

Job Reference: FPP/GNSS2

Salary: £65,000 - £100,000 (DOE)

Our Purpose

Our purpose is simple: To improve every positioning solution
We develop groundbreaking technology that boosts the accuracy, reliability and security of radio receivers. Chipset manufacturers and Original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) partner with us to enhance the capability of their devices, helping to improve the lives of billions of people who rely on location technologies.

The Opportunity:

We are looking for a Principal GNSS Engineer who is passionate about technology and excited about the goals of our company. You will join our GNSS team and help lead the development of our proprietary S-GNSS technology, while working closely with our software engineers to build our products. The role offers significant scope for professional development spanning the research, product and software engineering disciplines and mentorship of junior staff.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership to our product development and R&D teams
• Help lead technical engagements and trialling with our customers
• Contribute to our S-GNSS technology and product roadmaps
• Direct and assist in the design, prototyping and testing of our S-GNSS technology
• Oversee and contribute to the enhancement of our software-defined GNSS receiver
• Provide technical mentorship to engineers within the company
• You may be required on occasion to use a variety of programming tools and languages as appropriate: e.g. C++, Python, Matlab

Your Experience

Essential

• Act as a backlog owner for an agile team
• Relevant industrial experience (product lifecycle, requirements capture and test definition)
  
• In-depth knowledge of GNSS measurement engine signal processing
  
• Strong programming or analysis in Matlab, C++, C or similar
  

Desirable

• Agile development
  
• Source Control (eg. git)
  
• Continuous Integration
  
• In-depth knowledge of the full GNSS signal-processing chain
  
• Synthetic aperture processing
  
• GNSS simulators
  
• Kalman filters and other probabilistic estimation techniques
  
• Multi-sensor fusion techniques, including tight and deep coupling for GNSS-INS
  
• Low-level embedded software development and testing (DSP)
  
• RTK and/or PPP and/or multi-constellation positioning
  
• Multipath mitigation methods
  

Your Skills

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong relationship-building skills with the ability to develop and maintain strong working relationships with stakeholders across the business.
• Effectively communicate and collaborate with cross-functional teams to achieve shared objectives and drive business growth.
• Demonstrated ability to adapt to changing business environments and overcome challenges with resilience and determination

Personal Attributes

• Self-motivated and results-oriented.
• Team player with strong collaboration skills.
• Proactive and innovative approach to problem-solving.
• Strong work ethic with a commitment to excellence.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to build rapport quickly

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Your Development and Perks

Our people are the reason why our business continues to thrive. We lead the way in the industry, we care for our people and we are always looking to support your development. Staff are regularly mentored by our team of experts and all employees are offered, bi-annual appraisals, career development plans, training courses relevant to their field and feedback sessions through 1-2-1 meetings.

Our generous benefits package includes the following:

• 8% employer-contribution pension scheme.
• You can choose your way of working- In-hub (3 days+ in office) or Hybrid (1-2 days in office)
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays.
• Additional annual leave after 3 years.
• Enhanced special leave.
• Extra annual leave at the end of December.

• Company Options Scheme (determined by Executive Team).
• Up to £5000 Recommend a friend scheme.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Private Healthcare - Vitality Health.
• Regular social events and in-hub lunch and learns.
• In-hub lunches on us.
• Paid professional memberships

Our purpose is to improve every positioning solution

At FocalPoint, our purpose is to improve the accuracy, reliability, and security of everyday devices that rely on positioning technology. We believe that GNSS is one of the marvels of the modern world, considering over a trillion dollars of the US economy and over 800 billion euros of the European economy currently depends on this incredible positioning and timing system. However, the sensitivity and accuracy of current receivers cannot fulfil the demands of 21st century businesses and users.

We develop groundbreaking technology that boosts the accuracy, reliability and security of radio receivers. Chipset manufacturers and Original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) partner with us to enhance the capability of their devices, helping to improve the lives of billions of people who rely on location technologies.

Our Guiding Principle and Values

Our guiding principle, Strive for Excellence, sets the expectation of how we operate.

It helps to shape our work environment, and how we should navigate everything we do from our day to day behaviours to the way we interact across the organisation.

We value high integrity.

We demonstrate this through honesty, transparency and ethical behaviours.

We value high performance.

We demonstrate this through active problem solving, proactively seeking out solutions.

We value high collaboration.

We demonstrate this through empowering our people and teams, creating an environment that encourages inclusivity and respect.

We are an equal opportunities employer.

We believe in diversity, equity and inclusion.

We believe that diversity fosters innovation and creativity, and we welcome and encourage candidates from all backgrounds, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, disability, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

We are committed to welcoming, respecting and valuing people for who they are as individuals, learning from their differences, embracing their uniqueness, and providing a positive workplace for a

Department

GNSS

Locations

Bristol Hub, Cambridge Hub

Remote status

Hybrid

Employment type

Full-time