Autonomous Systems Design Engineer

Syos Aerospace; Tauranga; On-site; NZD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Visa sponsorship

Job summary

SYOS Aerospace seeks a Systems Design Engineer to shape architecture, integration, and validation of autonomous systems. You will translate stakeholder needs into verifiable system designs, working across hardware, software, and autonomy to deliver high-performance solutions.

You will document requirements, manage interfaces, and coordinate hardware/software integration while driving rigorous testing and root-cause analysis in a fast-paced environment based in Mount Maunganui, New Zealand.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant engineering field and 3+ years of systems engineering experience.
• Strong understanding of architecture, requirements management, and integration.
• Experience with JIRA, Confluence and DOORS for traceability and collaboration.
• Familiarity with hardware and software testing and validation methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with stakeholders and internal teams to gather and document both functional and non-functional system requirements.
• Translate needs into detailed, verifiable system requirements and manage them through the project lifecycle.
• Develop and maintain system architecture, subsystems, and interfaces for seamless integration.
• Evaluate design options and select effective architectures for UAV/UxV systems.
• Create and maintain interface control documents (ICDs) for subsystem communication.
• Plan and coordinate hardware and software integration into cohesive systems.
• Design and execute testing strategies to verify performance and validate requirements.
• Analyze results, identify root causes, and troubleshoot with teams.
• Serve as central communications hub to ensure cross-team coherence.
• Feed test and performance insights back into system design for continuous improvement.

Skills

Systems engineering

Requirements management

System integration

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

DOORS

Job description

SYOS Aerospace seeks a Systems Design Engineer to shape architecture, integration, and validation of autonomous systems. You will translate stakeholder needs into verifiable system designs, working across hardware, software, and autonomy to deliver high-performance solutions.

You will document requirements, manage interfaces, and coordinate hardware/software integration while driving rigorous testing and root-cause analysis in a fast-paced environment based in Mount Maunganui, New Zealand.