GNC Engineer — Aerial Autonomy (Defense/Commercial)

Applied Intuition; Ann Arbor (MI); On-site; USD 150,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

Applied Intuition, Inc. seeks a Guidance, Navigation & Control Engineer to develop, integrate, and test core flight autonomy capabilities across Group 1-5 aerial platforms.

You\'ll work with teams across the company to embed GNC algorithms into software and product stacks for both commercial and defense applications. This in-office role in the United States requires a Master\'s in a related field and 6+ years of hands-on GNC experience, with C++ or Python, DoD collaboration, and flight testing.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Aerospace, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science or similar field.
• 6+ years of hands-on experience developing GNC software for autonomous systems.
• Experience developing autonomy algorithms in either C++ or Python.
• Experience developing or implementing outer-loop control systems or path planning algorithms.
• Experience developing and simulating 3DoF or 6DoF models of air vehicles to support GNC algorithm development.
• Experience with flight testing and performing data analysis.
• Experience with UAS GNC/navigation systems such as PixHawk and Ardupilot.
• Strong functional, procedural, data-oriented, and object-oriented programming experience.
• Experience using git, Visual Studio Code, GitLab.

Responsibilities

• Write software that operates real autonomous aircraft systems including F16 fighter jets, group 1-5 UAVs, and simulations.
• Build, leverage, and improve aerial autonomy software architectures deployed on real systems to accomplish military missions.
• Collaborate with DoD warfighter domain experts and 3rd party UAS vendors to develop and integrate aerial autonomy software onto OEM hardware.

Skills

GNC software

C++

Python

Git

Visual Studio Code

GitLab

Education

Master's degree in Aerospace/Robotics/EE/Mechanical/CS or similar

Tools

PixHawk

ArduPilot

Docker

Linux

Job description

Applied Intuition, Inc. seeks a Guidance, Navigation & Control Engineer to develop, integrate, and test core flight autonomy capabilities across Group 1-5 aerial platforms.

You\'ll work with teams across the company to embed GNC algorithms into software and product stacks for both commercial and defense applications. This in-office role in the United States requires a Master\'s in a related field and 6+ years of hands-on GNC experience, with C++ or Python, DoD collaboration, and flight testing.