Senior GNC Engineer

About the role

As a Guidance, Navigation & Control Engineer, you will design, integrate, and test core flight autonomy capabilities for a range of aerial UAS platforms. You will partner with cross-functional teams to create and adapt GNC algorithms, contributing directly to a core software stack that powers autonomous systems for national security customers.

Responsibilities

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

Required skills

• C++
• Control theory
• Dynamics
• Optimization
• 3DoF models
• 6DoF models
• Flight testing
• Data analysis
• PX4
• Ardupilot
• Autonomous systems

Nice to have

• Data visualization
• Docker
• Linux
• Python
• DevOps
• SIL
• HIL
• Bazel

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Aerospace, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science or similar field

About the Company

Applied Intuition is a Silicon Valley company powering the future of physical AI by creating digital infrastructure for moving machines. They service the automotive, defense, trucking, construction, mining, and agriculture industries with solutions for tools and infrastructure, operating systems, and autonomy.