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We are a German company with international presence in the UK and in the US, while we are headquartered in Braunschweig for design, development and production.\nWe make the future of mobility a reality.\nWe are looking for an experienced Algorithm Engineer for Radar Tracking.\nYour Tasks\nIn this role, you develop tracking and sensor fusion algorithms for radar and camera-based sensor systems used in intelligent traffic systems, smart mobility, ADAS-related applications, automated driving scenarios and airborne radar applications.You develop, implement and validate algorithms for multi-object tracking, sensor fusion and statistical signal processing\nYou work on advanced tracking approaches such as extended object tracking, Bernoulli filters, Kalman filters, Bayesian filtering, probabilistic data association and related estimation methods\nYou work with real radar, camera and radar/camera fusion data and analyze algorithm performance in realistic traffic, mobility and airborne scenarios\nYou turn algorithmic concepts, prototypes and proof-of-concepts into robust, maintainable and testable software for product development and customer projects\nYou improve robustness, accuracy, runtime behavior and reliability of tracking and fusion algorithms under challenging real-world conditions\nYou define and use suitable test cases, metrics and validation methods to evaluate detection, tracking, fusion and object-level perception quality\nDepending on the project, your work may contribute to applications such as intelligent traffic infrastructure, ADAS, automated driving, drone detection, UAV/UAS tracking and airborne radar systems.\nYou cooperate closely with embedded software, system engineering, testing and product teams to ensure reliable integration into our sensor platforms\nYour work contributes to safety-critical and high-performance radar applications, for example by improving traffic flow, protecting vulnerable road users and enabling robust radar-based perception in airborne use cases\nYour Strengths\nWe are looking for an engineer with proven professional experience in algorithm development, not only an academic background.You have completed a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Robotics, Mathematics or a comparable technical field\nYou have some years of full-time professional experience in industrial or commercial algorithm/software development after graduation (Internships, thesis work, student jobs and purely university-based projects do not count toward this requirement)\nYou have practical experience with at least one of the following areas: multi-object tracking, sensor fusion, radar tracking, object-level fusion, nonlinear state estimation, statistical signal processing, perception algorithms or probabilistic methods\nYou are confident in programming with Python and C or C++ and can write structured, maintainable and testable code\nYou have a solid mathematical foundation, especially in linear algebra, statistics, probability theory, estimation theory and filtering methods\nExperience with radar systems, camera systems, automotive sensors, ADAS, automated driving, intelligent traffic systems, embedded systems, real-time applications, drone tracking, UAV/UAS applications, airborne radar or radar altimeters is a strong advantage\nKnowledge of tracking methods such as Kalman filters, EKF, UKF, particle filters, JPDA, MHT, Bernoulli filters, PHD filters or extended object tracking is beneficial\nYou are able to analyze complex technical problems independently and convert your findings into reliable software solutions\nYou work in a structured, delivery-oriented way and can balance technical quality with project constraints.\nYou communicate clearly in English; 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