Autonomy GN&C Engineer – Guidance, Navigation & Controls

Energy Jobline ZR; Laurel (MS); On-site; USD 100,000 - 245,000; Full time

Job summary

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory is seeking a Guidance, Navigation, and Controls Engineer to design, implement, and test estimation, guidance, navigation, and control algorithms for autonomous vehicles and robotic systems. You will develop state estimation, sensor fusion, and trajectory planning, while collaborating with software engineers and domain experts to deploy capabilities across lab, flight, maritime, and field tests.

A Secret clearance and U.S.

Qualifications

• You meet a BS in aerospace, mechanical, electrical, computer engineering, robotics, applied mathematics, physics, or related field.
• 2+ years of software, algorithm, model, or analysis tool experience.
• Experience in guidance, navigation, control, estimation, robotics, autonomy, dynamics, or related disciplines.
• Proficiency in MATLAB, Python, C++, or similar tools.
• Experience analyzing system performance via simulation, testing, or data.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills for multidisciplinary teamwork.
• Willingness to travel for lab, flight, and field testing.
• Active Secret security clearance and U.S. citizenship requirements.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, analyze, and test estimation, guidance, navigation, and control algorithms for autonomous vehicles and robotic systems.
• Develop and implement control, state estimation, sensor fusion, and trajectory planning algorithms.
• Model, simulate, and evaluate system performance using MATLAB, Python, and C++ in simulations and tests.
• Collaborate with software engineers, roboticists, and domain experts to integrate autonomy capabilities.
• Support laboratory, flight, maritime, and field testing, analyze results, improve robustness.
• Contribute to technical reports, presentations, and transition of concepts to deployed capabilities.

Skills

Programming experience

Team collaboration

Communication skills

Travel willingness

Problem solving

Education

BS in engineering or related field

Tools

MATLAB

Python

C++

Job description

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory is seeking a Guidance, Navigation, and Controls Engineer to design, implement, and test estimation, guidance, navigation, and control algorithms for autonomous vehicles and robotic systems. You will develop state estimation, sensor fusion, and trajectory planning, while collaborating with software engineers and domain experts to deploy capabilities across lab, flight, maritime, and field tests.

A Secret clearance and U.S.