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.

• 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.

• 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, Ardu Pilot 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.

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