# GNC Engineer (Guidance, Navigation & Control) at Applied Intuition

- Company: Applied Intuition
- What the company does: Applied Intuition powers physical AI, automating machines across automotive, defense, trucking, mining, construction, & agriculture. Backed by General Catalyst, Kleiner Perkins and a16z.
- Company website: https://www.appliedintuition.com/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: Washington, D.C.
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $140K to $175K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-16
- Apply by: 2026-10-31
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/Applied/f5de3234-a5d2-4c4c-9c79-3ae803807c63
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/applied-intuition-gnc-engineer-guidance-navigation-and-control/

## About the role

As a Guidance, Navigation & Control Engineer at Applied, your role is pivotal. Your work will involve developing, integrating, and testing core flight autonomy capabilities that span all classes of aerial platforms (Group 1-5). You'll work closely with teams across the entire company to integrate core GNC algorithms into their software and product stacks, supporting applications in both commercial and defense spaces.

## What they're looking for

- Master's degree in Aerospace, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science or similar field
- 6+ years of hands-on experience developing GNC software for autonomous systems
- Experience developing autonomy algorithms in either C++ or Python
- Experience developing or implementing outer-loop control systems or path planning algorithms
- Experience developing and simulating 3DoF or 6DoF models of air vehicles to support GNC algorithm development
- Experience with flight testing and performing data analysis

Tags: Defense