Senior Guidance, Navigation & Control (GNC) Engineer

Senior Guidance, Navigation & Control (GNC) Engineer

AION Robotics builds best in class autonomous vehicles designed for critical infrastructure monitoring, construction, mining and energy. Our vehicles operate in the toughest off-highway environments, where safety, accuracy, and efficiency are paramount. We are seeking a highly experienced GNC Engineer to design and optimize next-generation control architectures for our real-time edge autonomous systems.

Location: Arvada, Colorado

Company: AION ROBOTICS CORPORATION

Key Responsibilities

As a Senior GNC Engineer at AION Robotics, you will:

• Design and implement robust vehicle control architectures optimized for real-time edge computing in challenging 3D outdoor environments.
• Develop and refine multi-sensor fusion frameworks combining advanced odometry, IMU calibration/filtering, GNSS, LiDAR, and vision-based localization.
• Control system development including motion control, advanced PID tuning, optimization-based model-predictive control strategies.
• Build and integrate navigation planners and mapping solutions with accurate transform calculations and geo-referencing.
• Develop safety-critical embedded systems for autonomous vehicles, including HIL (Hardware-in-the-Loop) simulation and low-level safety monitoring.
• Integrate and optimize communication and control over CAN bus, working closely with sensor and actuator drivers.
• Collaborate across hardware, software, and perception teams to ensure tightly coupled system integration.
• Provide electrical and sensor-level insights (including MEMS IMUs and other precision sensors) to improve vehicle stability, accuracy, and robustness.
• Contribute to ROS2-based system architecture, ensuring modular, reliable, and scalable implementations.

Qualifications

We are looking for candidates who bring:

• Proven expertise in GNC engineering, ideally with autonomous vehicle or robotics applications.
• Strong background in sensor fusion, with hands-on experience integrating multiple odometry sources, IMUs, GNSS, LiDAR, and visual SLAM.
• Deep understanding of control systems, including motion control, advanced PID, and nonlinear/optimal control methods.
• Strong ROS2 experience, including navigation stacks, transform handling, and middleware integration.
• Hands-on experience with HIL simulation environments for control validation and tuning.
• Low-level embedded systems experience, including safety-critical architectures, CAN bus, and real-time firmware.
• Solid electrical engineering foundation with familiarity in MEMS sensors, calibration, and sensor-level signal processing.
• Strong programming skills (C++, Python, or embedded C).
• A track record of deploying robust control systems in real-world robotics or autonomous platforms.

Preferred Experience

• Background in off-highway, aerospace, defense, or rugged autonomous systems.
• Familiarity with GPU-accelerated or edge compute architectures (e.g., NVIDIA Jetson).
• Experience with redundancy strategies and fault-tolerant control.
• Strong understanding of 3D outdoor mapping, localization, and terrain-adaptive navigation.

Why Join AION Robotics?

• Work on cutting-edge autonomous vehicles tackling some of the hardest real-world environments.
• Direct opportunity to shape the future of autonomy in construction, mining, energy and defense sectors.
• Help build a world-class, efficient team of high ownership roboticists, engineers, and innovators.
• Competitive compensation, equity opportunities, and comprehensive benefits.

Compensation and Benefits:

Robotics Engineer: $150,000.00 - $250,000.00/per year

This position is eligible for:

• Restricted Stock Options
• Aggressive Annual Bonus & Base Salary Reviews
• Personalized PTO
• Wellness Program
• 401K Retirement Plan
• Medical, Vision & Dental

AION Robotics is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with AION Robotics is governed based on merit, competence, and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.

Salary: $150,000 - $250,000 per year