Real-Time GNC Software Engineer – Civil Aviation

Automatic Systems, Inc.; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity packages

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Automatic Systems, Inc. is seeking a Guidance, Navigation, and Control software engineer for the Civil Aviation team.

You will design algorithms to track and plan trajectories for thousands of aircraft in the National Airspace System in real time. You will apply state estimation, physics, and optimization to build software that monitors and controls one of the world’s most complex airspaces, while collaborating across teams in a mission-critical environment.

Qualifications

• Experience designing algorithms for mission-critical applications.
• Expertise in GNC domains, including state estimation and algorithm design.
• Experience with Monte Carlo analysis to validate and tune algorithm performance.
• Domain experience in aviation or related fields where physical systems are modeled and controlled.
• Proficient in Rust and Python.

Responsibilities

• Designs algorithms to track and plan trajectories for thousands of aircraft in the National Airspace System in real time.
• Analyzes and implements software to monitor and control NAS using state estimation, physics and optimization.
• Collaborates with cross-functional teams to deliver reliable GNC software for safety-critical aviation applications.

Skills

Algorithm design

State estimation

Monte Carlo analysis

Aviation domain experience

Collaboration across teams

LLM tools usage

Tools

Rust

Python

Job description

Automatic Systems, Inc. is seeking a Guidance, Navigation, and Control software engineer for the Civil Aviation team.

You will design algorithms to track and plan trajectories for thousands of aircraft in the National Airspace System in real time. You will apply state estimation, physics, and optimization to build software that monitors and controls one of the world’s most complex airspaces, while collaborating across teams in a mission-critical environment.