Avionics Systems Engineer

Sapsol Technologies Inc; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Our client in the Aviation & Aerospace industry is seeking an Avionics Systems Engineer to shape navigation capabilities for airborne platforms. You will translate demanding technical and regulatory expectations into robust systems, working across disciplines from verification to flight activities.

You will design, develop, and validate GPS/GNSS-based navigation solutions, integrate with FMS and autopilot systems, and lead verification efforts across lab and flight-test environments.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years in avionics navigation systems engineering.
• Hands-on GPS/GNSS navigation experience.
• Strong knowledge of GPS, Galileo, GLONASS, BeiDou and INS/AHRS tech.
• Experience with DOORS for requirements management.
• FMS, PBN, RNAV/RNP understanding and aircraft navigation architectures.
• Familiarity with certification processes and regulatory guidance.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, integrate, and validate GPS/GNSS-based navigation for airborne systems.
• Develop navigation algorithms using GNSS/INS/AHRS and sensor fusion.
• Decompose, trace, and verify system requirements; support avionics/navigation architecture development.
• Analyze navigation performance, integrity, availability, and accuracy, including RF jamming/spoofing scenarios.
• Create and execute system-level tests across lab, sim, hardware-in-the-loop, and flight-test environments; prepare verification reports.
• Integrate navigation solutions with FMS, terrain awareness, and autopilot systems.
• Conduct failure analyses, safety assessments, and fault-tree analyses.
• Review customer and regulatory requirements; collaborate across software, hardware, verification, and certification teams.
• Support FAA/EASA and military certification activities and design reviews.

Skills

GPS/GNSS nav

Sensor fusion

Kalman filtering

FMS integration

RNP/RNAV

Aircraft navigation

DOORS

Systems engineering

Regulatory compliance

Education

Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering

Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

System modeling tools

SDR testing

GNSS receiver tech

Job description

Our client is a confidential organization in the Aviation & Aerospace industry working on advanced airborne systems where reliability, technical rigor, and certification readiness are essential. This is an opportunity to contribute to navigation and avionics programs that demand strong systems thinking, close cross-functional collaboration, and a deep understanding of performance and safety in complex operating environments.

As an Avionics Systems Engineer, you will play a central role in shaping navigation capabilities for airborne platforms, helping translate demanding technical and regulatory expectations into robust system solutions. You will work across engineering disciplines and partner with stakeholders involved in verification, certification, and flight activities to support programs from development through validation.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, integrate, and validate GPS/GNSS-based navigation solutions for airborne systems.
• Develop navigation algorithms using GPS/GNSS, INS, AHRS, IMU, air data, radio-navigation sensors, and sensor-fusion techniques.
• Develop, decompose, trace, and verify system requirements; support integrated avionics and navigation architecture development.
• Analyze navigation performance, integrity, continuity, availability, and accuracy, including behavior under RF jamming and spoofing.
• Create and execute system-level test plans and procedures across laboratory, simulation, hardware-in-the-loop, and flight-test environments, and prepare verification reports.
• Integrate navigation solutions with FMS, MMR, terrain-awareness, and autopilot/flight-director systems.
• Conduct failure-mode analyses, safety assessments, and fault-tree analyses.
• Review customer and regulatory requirements; collaborate across software, hardware, systems, verification, certification, and flight-test teams.
• Support FAA, EASA, and military certification activities, technical design reviews, and customer presentations.

Required Qualifications

• At least 5 years of experience in avionics navigation systems engineering.
• Hands-on experience with GPS/GNSS-based navigation systems.
• Strong understanding of GPS, GNSS (GPS, Galileo, GLONASS, BeiDou), inertial navigation systems (INS), IMU and AHRS technologies, sensor fusion and Kalman filtering, aircraft navigation architectures, flight management systems (FMS), performance-based navigation (PBN), required navigation performance (RNP), and area navigation (RNAV).
• Working knowledge of GNSS, including GPS signal structure, receiver processing, position and velocity solution, and integrity monitoring techniques such as RAIM.
• Experience with requirements management tools such as DOORS.
• Experience with system modeling and simulation tools.
• Familiarity with Software Defined Radio (SDR)-based GNSS testing.
• Eligible to work in the United States.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience with navigation products and avionics architectures.
• Experience with military navigation systems and anti-jam GPS technologies.
• Experience with navigation sensor integration and certification programs.
• Knowledge of aircraft certification processes and regulatory guidance.
• Flight test or navigation system troubleshooting experience.
• Master's degree in an engineering discipline.