Autonomous Flight GNC Engineer - Bio-Inspired Robotics

The Chronicle Of Higher Education, Inc.; Allenspark (CO); On-site; USD 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and retirement plans

Generous paid time off

Tuition assistance for you and yourde

Job summary

The Bio-Inspired Perception and Robotics Laboratory (BPRL) at the University of Colorado Boulder is seeking a Flight Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) Engineer to design adaptive guidance and navigation layers for autonomous aerial platforms.

You will integrate perception systems (event-based vision, mmWave radar, LiDAR) with flight controllers, perform simulations, hardware integration, and conduct outdoor flight tests; PhD required. Salary range $70,000-$80,000.

Qualifications

• PhD in engineering, robotics, or computer science.
• Strong background in robotics, estimation, guidance, navigation and control.
• Experience with sensor fusion and state estimation techniques (EKF variants, factor-graph optimization).
• Experience integrating vision systems, LiDAR, radar on robotic platforms.
• Strong programming skills in C++ and Python; experience with ROS2 and PX4.

Responsibilities

• Design adaptive guidance and navigation algorithms for autonomous aerial vehicles.
• Develop perception-driven guidance laws integrating event-based vision, adaptive focal plane imaging, and mmWave radar.
• Design multi-sensor fusion and state estimation for dynamic tracking and autonomous pursuit.
• Implement and evaluate algorithms within ROS2, PX4/ArduPilot and embedded platforms.
• Conduct simulations, hardware integration, and outdoor flight experiments; analyze data and iterate to improve guidance.

Skills

Robotics

Estimation

Guidance

Navigation

Control

Sensor fusion

C++

Python

ROS2

PX4

Education

PhD in engineering, robotics, or computer science

Tools

ROS2

PX4

ArduPilot

Job description

The Bio-Inspired Perception and Robotics Laboratory (BPRL) at the University of Colorado Boulder is seeking a Flight Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) Engineer to design adaptive guidance and navigation layers for autonomous aerial platforms.

You will integrate perception systems (event-based vision, mmWave radar, LiDAR) with flight controllers, perform simulations, hardware integration, and conduct outdoor flight tests; PhD required. Salary range $70,000-$80,000.