Autonomous UAV Navigation & Control Engineer

GMV Spain; Nottingham; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working model

8 weeks teleworking outside usual area

Personalized career plan

Language learning support

Wellbeing program: Health, dental and

free fruit and coffee

Discount on brands

Job summary

GMV is seeking a motivated engineer to join our UAV and resilient navigation team in the UK. You will take control algorithms from concept to flight, working with open-source flight stacks and GMV's software to ensure aircraft fly well in the real world.

You will apply multi-sensor fusion, vision-based navigation, and state estimation, while collaborating across the division on diverse projects and ensuring security clearance readiness.

Qualifications

• Degree in Aerospace, Physics or other relevant STEM field.
• Guidance, navigation and control / control systems fundamentals.
• Programming in Python and/or C/C++.
• Flight log analysis and practical flight testing.
• Multi-sensor fusion and state estimation (vision, INS/GNSS, signals of opportunity).
• Hands-on experience with at least one open-source flight stack (ArduPilot, PX4 or Betaflight), including configuration, parameter tuning and MAVLink.

Responsibilities

• Work on innovative UAV and resilient navigation technologies.
• Take control algorithms from concept to flight with open-source stacks and GMV software.
• Contribute to multi-sensor fusion, AI tools, and navigation under challenging conditions.

Skills

Aerospace

Python

C/C++

Guidance navigation and control

Flight testing

Multi-sensor fusion

MAVLink

ArduPilot

PX4

Betaflight

DJI SDK

MAVSDK

Education

Degree in Aerospace, Physics or STEM field

Tools

ArduPilot

PX4

Betaflight

MAVSDK

DJI SDK

Job description

GMV is seeking a motivated engineer to join our UAV and resilient navigation team in the UK. You will take control algorithms from concept to flight, working with open-source flight stacks and GMV's software to ensure aircraft fly well in the real world.

You will apply multi-sensor fusion, vision-based navigation, and state estimation, while collaborating across the division on diverse projects and ensuring security clearance readiness.