Engineer: Avionic Systems Engineer (Electronics) Senior

Introduction

PURPOSE OF THE POSITION

To participate with the Avionic Systems Engineering team mainly with Control System tasks which has the following responsibilities for all development projects:

• Specification on the current contracted programme or R&D task.

• Development on the current contracted programme or R&D task.

• Verification on the current contracted programme or R&D task.

• Certification on the current contracted programme or R&D task.

• Support other team members in preparing requirements, designs and verification on the current contracted programme or R&D tasks.

• Current contracted product support tasks.

• Skills development in support of the currently contracted programme or R&D task.

To develop and maintain reliable and efficient system solutions that meets the defined requirements.

Duties & Responsibilities

Systems Engineering

• Transform user’s needs into technical requirements.

• Develop project’s Statement of Work for the development phase.

• Develop System specifications.

• Populate and maintain a project’s Requirements database.

• Perform System Interface control management.

• Oversee implementation and development process of the system.

• Perform System verification and qualification testing.

System Specification

• Participate in the development of system specifications (requirements and/or designs), based on department manager, project team leader or system engineering supplied product/project requirements, using company system specification procedures.

• Participate in the development of system requirements based on the system specifications.

System Design and Architecture

• Design system architecture based on system requirements and guided by the system safety analysis.

• Design system based on system requirements, using company hardware development procedures.

Hardware/Firmware Development

• Develop system based on team leader or system engineering supplied requirements, using company hardware development procedures.

• Implement hardware designs to support required application data requirements/design.

• Implement firmware to support required application data requirements/design.

• Document all low-level implementation/designs in accordance with company procedures.

• Functionally test developed hardware and code against requirements by using project/company testing and verification procedures.

System Verification and Testing

• Execute verification methods/tests, based on department manager, project team leader or system engineering supplied product/project verification procedures.

Certification

• Participate in preparing certification evidence, based on department manager, project team leader or system engineering supplied product/project requirements, using company hardware certification procedures.

Support

• Assist other members of the Avionic Systems Engineering department with document reviews, design reviews and system architecture reviews for the programmes under development within the department.

• Assist department manager in evaluation and selection of specification/ Verification tools.

• Support current and contracted programs and projects.

Skills Development

• Participate in programme related skills development activities.

• Participate in the mentoring of junior department/project personnel.

• Implementation of DO254/DO178C objectives.

• Knowledge of selected avionic system components.

• Develop team leadership skills.

• Develop presentation skills.

• Develop solid understanding of airborne Control systems.

People and Transformation

• Participate in the performance management process

• Participate in staff meetings as and when required to discuss operational performance and business issues

• Attend scheduled courses

Desired Experience & Qualification

Minimum Qualifications and Certifications

• B. Eng in Electrical Engineering (Electronics) or Mechatronics Engineering.

• Adequate engineering knowledge equivalent to NQF 8.

Ideal

• Knowledge of Avionics systems and architectures.

• Knowledge and experience in Flight Dynamics.

• Practical experience in development and design.

• Experience within Aerospace, Defence or safety-critical development environments.

• Knowledge of airworthiness standards (RTCA DO254, RTCA DO178C, ARP4754A).

• Familiarity with avionics communication and data bus standards (ARINC 429, MIL-STD-1553, CAN bus, Ethernet)

• Knowledge of project management principles.

Minimum Experience

• 5 years experience in System Development

• 5 years experience in System Engineering

• Theoretical and practical background in Control Systems engineering.

Training and Knowledge

• Product design, development, verification and certification knowledge.

• Feedback loops, and autopilot or flight management integration.

• Thorough knowledge of engineering procedures and standards.

• Proficiency with modelling and simulation software (MATLAB, Simulink)

• Experience in requirements management.

Interested?

Correspondence will be with short-listed candidates only. Should you not hear from us within 30 days after the closing date, please consider your application unsuccessful.

Internal Applicants , please email a detailed CV and relevant qualification/s to: HRDepartment_das@denel.co.za .

Closing date:  03 September 2026

External Applicants, please apply on PNet, do not forget to attach your CV and copies of relevant qualification/s.

DENEL is an equal opportunity employer and position will be filled in line with its EE targets.