Systems Engineer

Sapsol Technologies • Melbourne, FL

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About The Position

The Systems Engineer designs, develops, integrates, and validates GPS/GNSS-based navigation solutions for airborne systems. The role develops navigation algorithms using GNSS, INS, AHRS, IMU, air data, radio navigation sensors, and sensor-fusion techniques, and supports architecture development for integrated avionics and navigation systems. It includes requirements development and verification, navigation-performance analysis, and evaluation of system behavior in challenging RF environments, including jamming and spoofing. The engineer also plans and conducts system-level verification through laboratory, simulation, hardware-in-the-loop, and flight-test activities; supports integration with related avionics systems; and contributes to safety analysis and certification activities. The position requires collaboration across engineering and flight-test teams, as well as participation in technical reviews and customer presentations.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related field.
• At least 5 years of experience in avionics navigation systems engineering.
• Hands-on experience with GPS/GNSS-based navigation systems.
• Strong understanding of GPS and GNSS, including GPS, Galileo, GLONASS, and BeiDou.
• Strong understanding of Inertial Navigation Systems (INS), IMU and AHRS technologies, sensor fusion, and Kalman filtering.
• Strong understanding of aircraft navigation architectures and Flight Management Systems (FMS).
• Strong understanding of Performance-Based Navigation (PBN), Required Navigation Performance (RNP), and 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.
• Working knowledge of GNSS, including GPS signal structure, receiver processing, position and velocity solutions, and integrity monitoring techniques such as RAIM.

Nice To Haves

• 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 an engineering discipline.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, integrate, and validate GPS/GNSS-based navigation solutions for airborne systems.
• Develop navigation algorithms using 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time