Senior GNC Engineer

The role

You will design, integrate, and test core flight autonomy capabilities for aerial UAS platforms. You will write software for real autonomous aircraft systems and simulated models to accomplish tactical military missions.

What you will do

• Write software that operates real autonomous aircraft systems including group 1-5 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)
• Write simulated models to accomplish tactical military missions
• Build, leverage, and improve aerial autonomy software architectures
• Collaborate with 3rd party UAS vehicle vendors to develop and integrate aerial autonomy software onto OEM hardware

Required qualifications

• Master's degree in Aerospace, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science or similar field
• 6+ years of hands-on experience developing GNC software for autonomous systems
• Experience developing autonomy algorithms in C++
• Experience developing or implementing outer-loop control systems or path planning algorithms
• Strong foundation in control theory, dynamics, and optimization, with experience applying them to real-world autonomous systems
• Experience developing and simulating 3DoF or 6DoF models of air vehicles to support GNC algorithm development
• Experience with flight testing and performing data analysis
• Experience with UAS GNC/navigation systems such as PX4 and Ardupilot
• Strong functional, procedural, data-oriented, and object-oriented programming experience

Nice to have

• Ability to use data visualization and debugging tools to support autonomy control development
• Experience developing in Docker and containerized development environments, using Linux-based operating systems (e.g., RHEL, Ubuntu), source control systems, and artifact registries
• Understanding of key technologies: C++, Python, DevOps, Containers, Linux
• Familiarity with software-in-the-loop (SIL) and hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) development and testing
• Experience with Bazel
• Experience working projects related to national security for one or more government agencies
• References who will describe them as low-ego, highly motivated, thoughtfully opinionated, strong communicators and curious listeners

Before you apply

• Must have ability to hold UK Security Clearance (current or previous preferred)

About the company

Applied Intuition, Inc. is a Silicon Valley company creating digital infrastructure for physical AI. Applied Intuition UK is a subsidiary that delivers dual-use solutions to national security customers.