Autonomous UAV Navigation Engineer

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

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working model

Teleworking outside geographical area

Personalized career plan

Language learning support

Competitive compensation

Wellbeing program

Job summary

GMV, a technology leader in navigation and autonomous systems, invites you to join our UAV team to lead guidance, navigation and control of unmanned aircraft from flight controller setup to autonomous testing.

This role blends hands-on development with real-world flight work on next‑gen positioning and timing capabilities, working within GMV's assured and resilient division. You will apply multi-sensor fusion and AI tools to ensure robust navigation, even under challenging conditions.

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

• Take control algorithms from concept to flight.
• Work with open-source flight stacks alongside GMV's in-house software.
• Contribute to multi-sensor fusion positioning and timing work to support autonomous UAVs.
• Collaborate with the UAV team within the assured and resilient positioning, navigation, and timing division.

Skills

Python

C/C++

Guidance navigation and control

Flight log analysis

Multi-sensor fusion

State estimation

Vision systems

MAVLink

Education

Degree in Aerospace, Physics or other relevant STEM field

Tools

ArduPilot

PX4

Betaflight

Job description

GMV, a technology leader in navigation and autonomous systems, invites you to join our UAV team to lead guidance, navigation and control of unmanned aircraft from flight controller setup to autonomous testing.

This role blends hands-on development with real-world flight work on next‑gen positioning and timing capabilities, working within GMV's assured and resilient division. You will apply multi-sensor fusion and AI tools to ensure robust navigation, even under challenging conditions.