Senior Product Validation Engineer - Real-World Navigation

Rippling, Inc.; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Advanced Navigation is seeking a Senior Product Validation Engineer to lead real-world testing and validation of our navigation solutions at the customer level. You will design and execute test plans, collect field data, and ensure performance, usability, and reliability meet customer expectations.

In this role you will collaborate closely with product managers, engineers, and customers to refine products based on insights and to drive continuous improvement across land, air, and sea

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, CS, Robotics or related field.
• 3–5 years’ experience testing hardware and software-based systems, ideally in navigation, robotics or autonomous systems in a defence environment.
• Experience with defence standards and GNSS, inertial navigation, sensor fusion.
• Proficiency in Python and MATLAB (or similar) for data analysis and validation.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute product validation test plans to ensure high reliability and customer satisfaction.
• Conduct real-world field testing across land, air, and sea to evaluate product performance.
• Collect, analyze, and report test data to identify performance gaps and improvements.
• Collaborate with engineering and product teams to troubleshoot issues and validate fixes.
• Maintain detailed validation reports and field test procedures.
• Support automation and optimization of test processes to improve efficiency.
• Develop new testing tools and capabilities.

Skills

Test planning

Field testing

Data analysis

Python

MATLAB

Troubleshooting

Documentation

Team collaboration

Independent work

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Robotics, or related field

Tools

Data acquisition systems

Job description

Advanced Navigation is seeking a Senior Product Validation Engineer to lead real-world testing and validation of our navigation solutions at the customer level. You will design and execute test plans, collect field data, and ensure performance, usability, and reliability meet customer expectations.

In this role you will collaborate closely with product managers, engineers, and customers to refine products based on insights and to drive continuous improvement across land, air, and sea