Defence Systems Engineer — R&D & Prototyping

Saab Australia Pty Ltd; Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Up to 6 weeks leave

14% employer superannuation"

Free Income Protection Insurance

Job summary

Saab Australia Pty Ltd invites applications for a Systems Engineer - Research & Innovation to join a dynamic engineering team delivering advanced Defence technologies and rapid prototypes. You will work with systems, software and specialist engineers to design, develop, integrate and validate R&D capabilities across multiple technology domains.

Key duties include developing artefacts for Defence R&D, eliciting stakeholder requirements, supporting architecture baselines and coordinating with

Qualifications

• Experience across one or more stages of the Systems Engineering lifecycle.
• Understanding of systems engineering principles, processes and methodologies.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a practical mindset.
• Experience developing technical documentation and engineering artefacts.
• Effective communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Ability to collaborate within multidisciplinary engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop systems engineering artefacts for Defence R&D, proof-of-concept and rapid prototyping programs.
• Elicit and analyse stakeholder requirements to deliver fit-for-purpose capability outcomes.
• Support system architectures, requirements baselines and technical data packages.
• Align capabilities with product roadmaps, engineering strategies and future needs.
• Collaborate with Product Owners, Defence Delivery teams and multidisciplinary stakeholders.
• Support configuration management of assigned systems and engineering assets.
• Participate in technical reviews, design reviews and stakeholder workshops.
• Support the installation, integration, verification, validation and maintenance of prototypes.
• Serve as a technical point of contact for assigned R&D systems and capabilities.

Skills

Systems engineering

Analytical thinking

Documentation

Stakeholder engagement

Collaboration

Education

Systems Engineering

Engineering

Computer Science

Job description

Saab Australia Pty Ltd invites applications for a Systems Engineer - Research & Innovation to join a dynamic engineering team delivering advanced Defence technologies and rapid prototypes. You will work with systems, software and specialist engineers to design, develop, integrate and validate R&D capabilities across multiple technology domains.

Key duties include developing artefacts for Defence R&D, eliciting stakeholder requirements, supporting architecture baselines and coordinating with