Flight Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) Engineer

Job Summary

The Bio-Inspired Perception and Robotics Laboratory (BPRL) isseeking a Flight Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) Engineer.

The successful candidate will design and implement the adaptiveguidance and navigation layers for novel bio-inspired forautonomous aerial platforms. Working closely with researchersdeveloping adaptive focal plane imaging, event-based vision, andmm

Wave radar. The candidate will be responsible for integratingheterogeneous perception systems with inner loop flight controllersto enable robust flight behaviors.

CU is an Equal Opportunity Employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment. We are committed to creating aworkplace where all individuals are treated with respect and dignity, and we encourage individuals from all backgrounds toapply, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

The Bio-Inspired Perception and Robotics Laboratory (BPRL) is afacility in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Robotics Graduate Program at the University of Colorado, Boulderthat conducts research and development in the areas of fieldrobotics and biologically inspired robotics. We seek to distill the fundamental sensing, processing and feedback principles that governrobust behavior in organisms to enable new classes of roboticsystems with improved agility, locomotion and autonomy.

The successful candidate will design adaptive guidance andnavigation algorithms for autonomous aerial vehicles and developperception-driven guidance laws that integrate event-based vision,adaptive focal plane imaging, and mmWave radar measurements. The candidate will also design multi-sensor fusion and state estimationalgorithms for dynamic tracking and autonomous pursuit, implement and evaluate algorithms within ROS2, PX4/Ardu Pilot and embeddedonboard computing platforms, conduct simulation studies, hardwareintegration, and autonomous flight experiments using motion capturesystems and outdoor flight testing, and analyze flight data anditeratively improve autonomous guidance performance inrepresentative pursuit, interception, and degraded-environmentscenarios.

The annual salary range for this appointment will be $70,000 -$80,000.

At the University of Colorado Boulder , we are committed to supporting the holistic health and well-being of our employees. Our comprehensive benefits package includes medical,dental, and retirement plans; generous paid time off; tuition assistance for you and your dependents; and an ECO Pass for local transit. As one of Boulder County’s largest employers, CU Boulder offers an inspiring academic community and access to world-class outdoor recreation.

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PhD in engineering, robotics, or computer science.

The candidate will need a strong background in robotics,estimation, guidance, navigation, and control, experience withsensor fusion and state estimation techniques (Extended Kalman Filters, Error-State Kalman Filters, factor graph optimization, orsimilar), and experience integrating vision systems, event cameras,LiDAR, radar, or other advanced perception sensors on roboticplatforms. Ideally the candidate has strong programming skills inC++ and Python, experience with ROS2, PX4.

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