Application Engineer

Norse Navigation AS; Trondheim; Hybrid; NOK 700,000 - 900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee option programme

Job summary

Norse Navigation is seeking an Applications Engineer for our Trondheim office. This hands-on role works closely with product development, customers and vessels, spanning testing, installation, troubleshooting and product improvements.

You will travel for onboard commissioning, support partners, and contribute to test campaigns and documentation, shaping practical navigation solutions for the maritime industry.

Qualifications

• Hands-on technician with hardware and software interest.
• Experience with installation, testing or troubleshooting.
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• Linux-based systems experience.
• Strong understanding of electronics and networks.
• Clear documentation practices.
• Excellent communication with customers and developers.
• Willingness to travel and work on vessels.

Responsibilities

• Install, commission and troubleshoot our products
• Follow up customers, system integrators and installation partners
• Plan and carry out internal and external test campaigns
• Build and further develop test setups, demonstrators and test facilities
• Contribute to product verification, certification and system integration
• Prepare installation, test and technical documentation
• Contribute to smaller development tasks, scripting and technical improvements
• Bring experience from customers and vessels back into product development

Skills

Hands-on hardware experience

Software experience

Installation

Testing

Troubleshooting

Linux familiarity

Electronics basics

Networks basics

Technical documentation

Customer communication

Independent work

Ownership

Willing to travel

Norwegian

English

Education

Trade certificate

Technical college degree

Bachelor's degree

Job description

A hands-on, technically curious role working closely with product development, customers and vessels.

Norse Navigation is developing a new generation of navigation products for the maritime industry. We are now looking for a practical and technically curious Application Engineer who wants a broad role working closely with product development, customers and vessels.

With us, you won't be confined to one narrow part of the product. You will work with everything from testing and system integration to installation, troubleshooting and further development of our products.

One week you may be onboard a vessel commissioning a new system. The next, you may be working with the development team to track down the root cause of a technical issue, improve a test setup or contribute to a new product feature.

The experience you gain out with customers and in hands-on testing will help shape our products, our installation methods and the way we work.

This is a permanent, full-time position based at our office in Trondheim. The role involves hands‑on work with hardware, test equipment and vessels, and some travel should be expected.

What you will do

• Install, commission and troubleshoot our products
• Follow up customers, system integrators and installation partners
• Plan and carry out internal and external test campaigns
• Build and further develop test setups, demonstrators and test facilities
• Contribute to product verification, certification and system integration
• Prepare installation, test and technical documentation
• Contribute to smaller development tasks, scripting and technical improvements
• Bring experience from customers and vessels directly back into product development

Who we are looking for

First and foremost, we are looking for someone who likes to understand how things work, make them work, and figure out why they don't when something goes wrong.

You may have a background in electrical engineering, electronics, automation, IT, telecommunications, maritime systems or similar. A relevant trade certificate, technical college degree, bachelor's degree or equivalent experience are all good starting points.

We think you'll be a good fit if you:

• Are hands‑on and enjoy working with both hardware and software
• Have experience with installation, testing or troubleshooting
• Are comfortable with Linux-based systems
• Have a basic understanding of electronics, networks and technical documentation
• Communicate well with both customers and developers
• Work independently and take ownership of technical issues
• Are able to travel and work onboard vessels when required
• Have strong command of both Norwegian and English

Experience from the maritime industry is an advantage, but not a requirement. The same applies to experience with GNSS, navigation systems, Ethernet, serial communication, Python or Bash.

What matters most is that you are technically curious, learn quickly and thrive in a varied working day.

What we offer

• A broad technical role with significant responsibility
• The opportunity to shape our products while they are still being developed
• Close collaboration with an experienced team and leading maritime players
• A working environment with short decision paths and little bureaucracy
• A competitive total compensation package with high upside
• Participation in Norse Navigation's employee option programme, so you get to share in the value you help create

This is a role for someone who wants something broader than a traditional developer, service or engineering position - and who finds it exciting to help build both the products and the company around them.

About Norse Navigation

Norse Navigation is building a new generation of resilient and integrated navigation products for the maritime industry.

The company was founded in Trondheim by a team with extensive experience from maritime navigation, product development and certification. Our products are developed for an international market and aim to make modern navigation systems easier to install, integrate and use - while meeting increasingly strict requirements for precision, cybersecurity and resilience against threats such as jamming and spoofing.

Norse Navigation has received support from Innovasjon Norge, the Norwegian Space Agency and the European Space Agency.