GNC & Autonomy Engineer (Associate Staff)
Location: Lexington, MA (Onsite â 5 days/week, potential hybrid flexibility)
Citizenship: U.S. Citizenship required (no clearance required at start) About the Team
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The Tactical Autonomy Group develops and delivers AI-enabled autonomy and robotic systems where it counts - at the tactical edge. As an FFRDC, we combine academic depth in algorithms, controls, and machine learning, the execution speed of industry, and direct mission pull from operational end-users to solve problems others canât. We donât stop at papers: we design, build, integrate, field-test, and transition autonomy stacks - spanning perception, decision-making, learning, and control - into real operations across the DoD and Intelligence Community.
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Position Description
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In this role you will contribute to navigation and estimation teams that are developing autonomous systems and payloads for sea, ground, and air domains. Many of the projects incorporate GPS-denied capabilities (e.g. magnetic, vision, radio frequency) for single and multi-agent concepts. Individual contributors leverage experience in state estimation, optimization, and object-oriented programming to contribute throughout the full lifecycle of a project from concept definition to field testing. In addition to direct project contributions, staff are encouraged to explore cutting-edge approaches and execute publishable research. Key Responsibilities
- Design and develop autonomous navigation and estimation systems for uncrewed platforms
- Build and implement GPS-denied navigation solutions using alternative sensing (e.g., vision, LiDAR, RF, magnetic)
- Develop and deploy GNC algorithms , including feedback control and state estimation
- Contribute to system architecture, software development, and integration efforts
- Participate in field testing and real-world deployment of autonomous systems
- Collaborate across multidisciplinary teams to deliver mission-ready capabilities
- Explore and contribute to cutting-edge research in autonomy and robotics
Required Qualifications
- Bachelorâs degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field with 5+ years of experience, or Masterâs degree with 3+ years of experience
- Hands-on experience with autonomous systems or robotics
- Strong background in state estimation (e.g., Kalman filters, SLAM, factor graphs) and control systems
- Proficiency in C++ development within a Linux environment
- Experience building clean, maintainable, and scalable software systems
- Strong communication skills with the ability to present technical concepts clearly
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with GPS-denied navigation systems
- Familiarity with ROS and/or Python
- Experience with computer vision, LiDAR, or sensor fusion
- Exposure to machine learning in autonomy applications
- Experience with real-time systems or RTOS
- Background in aerospace or air-domain autonomy systems
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret clearance (not required to start)
- Work on cutting-edge autonomy systems deployed in real-world environments
- Solve complex challenges in GPS-denied navigation
- Contribute to impactful programs across air, land, and sea domains
- Join a team that bridges research and real-world deployment
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