Avionics Systems Engineer - GPS/GNSS

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related field.
• 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 technologiesSensor fusion and Kalman FilteringAircraft navigation architecturesFlight Management Systems (FMS)Performance-Based Navigation (PBN)Required Navigation Performance (RNP)Area Navigation (RNAV)
• Experience with requirements management tools such as DOORS.
• Experience with system modeling and simulation tools.
• Strong debugging and root-cause analysis skills.
• Excellent technical documentation and communication skills.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, integrate, and validate GPS/GNSS-based navigation solutions for airborne systems.
• Develop navigation algorithms utilizing GPS, GNSS, INS, AHRS, IMU, air data, radio navigation sensors, and sensor-fusion techniques.
• Perform system requirements development, decomposition, traceability, and verification.
• Support architecture development for integrated avionics and navigation systems.
• Analyze navigation performance, integrity, continuity, availability, and accuracy requirements.
• Evaluate navigation system behavior in challenging RF environments, including jamming and spoofing conditions.
• Develop system-level test plans, procedures, and verification reports.
• Execute laboratory, simulation, hardware-in-the-loop (HIL), and flight-test activities.
• Support integration with Flight Management Systems (FMS), Multi-Mode Receivers (MMR), Terrain Awareness Systems, and Autopilot/Flight Director systems.
• Conduct failure modes analysis, safety assessments, and fault-tree analysis.
• Review and analyze customer and regulatory requirements.
• Collaborate with software, hardware, systems, verification, certification, and flight-test teams.
• Support FAA, EASA, and military certification activities.
• Participate in technical design reviews and customer presentations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with  navigation products and avionics architectures.
• Experience with military navigation systems and anti-jam GPS technologies.
• Familiarity with Software Defined Radio (SDR) based GNSS testing.
• 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 Engineering discipline.

GPS/GNSS/Navigation Systems Engineer to support the development, integration, verification, and certification of advanced avionics navigation systems for commercial, military, and business aviation platforms. The engineer will be responsible for designing and validating navigation solutions utilizing GPS, GNSS, INS, sensor fusion, and advanced positioning technologies while ensuring compliance with aerospace certification standards.