Defence Verification & Validation Engineer

Amentum company; Canberra; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Amentum is a leader in global engineering, project management and solutions integration. We are seeking a Verification & Validation (V&V) Engineer to support the delivery of a critical Defence acquisition capability.

Working within a multidisciplinary engineering environment, you will verify, validate, integrate and test complex maritime and/or land systems through the capability lifecycle, collaborating with Defence stakeholders and industry partners to ensure requirements are demonstrated

Qualifications

• Degree qualification in Engineering, Systems Engineering, Science or a related technical discipline.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain and coordinate Verification & Validation Plans (VVPs) aligned to program objectives, engineering activities, and delivery schedules.
• Define verification strategies and methodologies using inspection, analysis, demonstration and test techniques.
• Support the planning, coordination and execution of Test & Evaluation activities; including development of test concepts, procedures, schedules and acceptance criteria.
• Participate in integration, qualification, acceptance and operational testing activities, including platform trials and capability demonstrations where required.
• Maintain requirements traceability to ensure system requirements are allocated, verified, validated and formally closed.
• Analyse test outcomes and verification evidence to identify deficiencies, non-conformances, risks, and corrective actions.
• Prepare verification reports, validation evidence, compliance records and engineering assurance artefacts to support governance and capability acceptance.
• Contribute to engineering and program reviews, including SRR, PDR, CDR and TRR.
• Collaborate with engineering, integration, project and Defence stakeholder groups to ensure systems are ready for verification, validation and acceptance activities.
• Ensure all V&V and T&E activities are conducted in accordance with Defence policies, engineering standards and program requirements.

Skills

V&V planning

Systems engineering

Test & Evaluation

Defence experience

Education

Engineering degree or related technical discipline

Job description

Amentum is a leader in global engineering, project management and solutions integration. We are seeking a Verification & Validation (V&V) Engineer to support the delivery of a critical Defence acquisition capability.

Working within a multidisciplinary engineering environment, you will verify, validate, integrate and test complex maritime and/or land systems through the capability lifecycle, collaborating with Defence stakeholders and industry partners to ensure requirements are demonstrated