# GNC Engineer

At Vessev, we’re defining a new category of marine transport: hydrofoiling electric vessels that are genuinely better for people and the planet. Our boats fly above the surface using advanced hydrofoils, control systems, and electric propulsion - designed and built here in Aotearoa. With strong momentum, global growth, and major milestones ahead, we’re looking for a GNC Engineer to help develop the algorithms that keep our vessels flying smoothly above the water. Controlling the complex hydrodynamics of a foiling boat, while keeping passengers comfortable, is a genuinely interesting problem to work on and you’ll be right at the heart of it. This is an exciting opportunity to help build the technical capabilities of a category-defining, Kiwi startup from the earliest stage. There’s so much scope to make this role your own, and we want you to create something you’re insanely proud of. The role You’ll sit within our Vessel Controls team, developing the Guidance, Navigation, and Control algorithms that ultimately get implemented on the boat. You’ll be trusted to own pieces of the control law development yourself, working closely with senior engineers and bringing your own judgement to

- **Id**: 492152
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/vessev-gnc-engineer>
- **Role**: Aerospace
- **Role family**: Aerospace
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Wellington, New Zealand
- **Countries**: NZ
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-08-12T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-08-12
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-11T18:05:33Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 91
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 6224
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Parental leave
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Smart Mobility

## Company

- **Id**: 6686
- **Name**: Vessev
- **Domain**: vessev.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/vessev>
- **Size band**: 11-50
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workable

## Salary estimate

- **Min usd**: 56000
- **Max usd**: 145000
- **Period**: year
- **Sample n**: 688

## Technologies

- **Human-in-the-Loop** — Optional: no
- **MATLAB** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **Sensor Fusion** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: stale
- **Repost count**: 0
- **Flags**: stale
- **Days open**: 91

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-07T01:44:11Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 6
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.219
- **P room**: 0.28
- **Age days**: 91
- **Expected fill days**: 19
- **Reasons**: conf:2, win:tail, crowd:
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

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