GNC Engineer

As a GNC Engineer at Auterion you will work on the guidance navigation and control capabilities that enable autonomous platforms to operate reliably in complex real-world environments. You will support the development integration tuning and validation of flight control navigation estimation guidance and terminal behaviour across Auterion-enabled systems.

This role combines strong analytical foundations with practical field engineering. You will work across PX4/APX4 sensor fusion control laws onboard autonomy visual navigation payload-driven guidance and simulation environments. You will help ensure that Auterion systems can fly navigate and execute missions safely and effectively.

Responsibilities and Duties

• Develop integrate and tune guidance navigation and control (GNC) behaviours for autonomous platforms using PX4/Auterion-based systems.
• Configure and validate state estimation and sensor fusion across GNSS IMU visual navigation and other onboard sensors.
• Analyse and validate vehicle stability navigation accuracy and mission performance using simulation SIL/HIL and flight test data.
• Develop and evaluate guidance control and degraded-navigation behaviours for autonomous mission execution.
• Integrate GNC capabilities with onboard applications payloads sensors and platform-specific systems.
• Define operating modes failure responses safety constraints and acceptance criteria with systems engineering teams.
• Analyse telemetry PX4 logs and performance data to produce quantitative engineering recommendations.
• Support modelling Monte Carlo analysis testing customer demonstrations flight trials and operational deployments.
• Collaborate across embedded software perception systems and field engineering teams to improve platform capability and readiness.

Qualifications and Skills

• 5 years of experience in GNC flight control robotics aerospace UAV systems or autonomous platforms.
• Strong understanding of control theory estimation sensor fusion flight dynamics and navigation.
• Hands-on experience with PX4 ArduPilot or equivalent flight control stacks.
• Experience tuning controllers configuring estimators and analysing flight logs.
• Strong programming capability in C Python MATLAB or equivalent engineering tools.
• Familiarity with MAVLink embedded Linux simulation SITL/HITL and hardware integration.
• Experience with visual navigation GNSS-denied navigation target tracking or terminal guidance preferred.
• Practical flight test or field deployment experience preferred.
• UK citizenship and eligibility for UK security clearance required.

Benefits

• Flexible working hours
• Stock Options
• Generous holiday allowance
• Company pension plan
• Mental health and wellbeing support
• Regular team social events

About Auterion

We are building the leading software platform for AI-powered autonomous systems for enterprise and government customers. Our team is supporting the most important missions and solving the most challenging problems.

At Auterion we bring together the sharpest minds who love to solve the hardest problems. Join a vibrant team built on innovation openness and excellence where youll be empowered to develop ideas collaborate across all levels and make an impact that matters.