He is co-founder and Head of Flight Medicine with Human Aerospace Pty Ltd and has formerly held long-standing consultant role with the RAAF Institute of Aviation Medicine. Gordon completed a week of space physician training at the ESA European Astronaut Centre in 2019, and worked on secondment at the Australian Space Agency 2020 – 2021.
He holds multiple Fellowships of professional aerospace organisations in Australia and internationally and in 2015 he was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for contributions to aerospace medicine.