Lead GNC Engineer - Autonomous Ground Vehicles

Autonomous Solutions; Logan (UT); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Autonomous Solutions, Inc. (ASI) is seeking a GNC Engineer IV to tackle controls and localization for unmanned ground vehicles. You will design and validate controllers and localization algorithms, simulate before field tests, and iterate on real vehicles with a focus on reliability and performance.

You will mentor junior engineers, contribute to proposals, and collaborate with the Advanced Prototype team under a Product Manager and Tech Lead. On-site in Logan, Utah.

Qualifications

• Master's or PhD in engineering with an emphasis in controls and localization.
• 10+ years of relevant controls and localization experience.
• Depth in state-space control, modern controllers, and localization algorithm design.
• Proficiency in Python and C/C++, with ROS experience.
• Field experience tuning controls and localization on real vehicles.
• Strong technical documentation of designs, simulations, and tuning results.
• Demonstrated independence on complex problems and mentoring of junior engineers.
• Comfort using AI coding agents and modern tooling to develop quickly.

Responsibilities

• Design controls and localization algorithms for unmanned ground vehicles.
• Develop simulations that prove controls and localization designs before field testing.
• Validate and tune controls solutions on real vehicles in the field.
• Conduct research to produce design solutions, improvements, and new products.
• Document designs, analyses, and tuning results in company report format.
• Mentor junior GNC engineers and provide technical leadership in controls.
• Write proposals that require controls and localization solutions.
• Use AI coding agents to accelerate development from design to tested capability.
• Implement and integrate solutions across Python and C/C++/ROS.

Skills

Controls

Localization

Python

C/C++

ROS

AI tooling

Team leadership

Mentoring

Education

Master's or PhD in Engineering

Tools

ROS

Simulation tools

Job description

Autonomous Solutions, Inc. (ASI) is seeking a GNC Engineer IV to tackle controls and localization for unmanned ground vehicles. You will design and validate controllers and localization algorithms, simulate before field tests, and iterate on real vehicles with a focus on reliability and performance.

You will mentor junior engineers, contribute to proposals, and collaborate with the Advanced Prototype team under a Product Manager and Tech Lead. On-site in Logan, Utah.