Senior GNC Engineer – Autonomous Flight Systems

Jackalope Digital LLC; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 74,000 - 118,000; Full time

Job summary

Applied Intuition Defence UK seeks a Guided, Navigation & Control Engineer to design, integrate and rigorously test flight autonomy capabilities across diverse UAS platforms. You will contribute to the core software stack and reusable autonomy capabilities for multiple programs, delivering high-assurance systems for defense missions.

You will work with cross-functional teams, implement advanced GNC algorithms, and support flight testing and data analysis to ensure robust performance and safety

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Aerospace, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science or a related 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.
• Experience developing and simulating 3DoF or 6DoF models of air vehicles for GNC.
• Experience with flight testing and data analysis.
• Experience with UAS GNC/navigation systems such as PX4 and Ardupilot.
• Strong functional, procedural, and object-oriented programming experience.

Responsibilities

• Write software that operates real autonomous aircraft systems and simulators to accomplish missions.
• Build and improve aerial autonomy software architectures for real deployments.
• Collaborate with 3rd party UAS vendors to integrate autonomy software onto hardware.

Skills

GNC software development

C++ programming

Autonomous systems

Outer-loop control

Path planning

Control theory

3DoF/6DoF models

Flight testing

UAS navigation (PX4/ArduPilot)

OO and procedural programming

Education

Master's degree in Aerospace, Robotics, Electrical, Mechanical, CS

Tools

Docker

Linux

Bazel

Job description

Applied Intuition Defence UK seeks a Guided, Navigation & Control Engineer to design, integrate and rigorously test flight autonomy capabilities across diverse UAS platforms. You will contribute to the core software stack and reusable autonomy capabilities for multiple programs, delivering high-assurance systems for defense missions.

You will work with cross-functional teams, implement advanced GNC algorithms, and support flight testing and data analysis to ensure robust performance and safety