Senior Avionics Navigation Engineer (GPS/INS)

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 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.