Defense T&E Engineer — Systems & Integration (Hybrid)

KBR Careers; City of Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Competitive salary

Paid parental leave

Income protection

Corporate rewards

Novated leasing

Stock purchase plan

Private health insurance

Career development

Job summary

KBR is seeking a Sr. Technical Professional - Systems Engineering ADSS to coordinate and deliver T&E activities for the LAND 4140 program.

The role blends T&E and engineering tasks, requiring collaboration with the Project Manager, Army stakeholders, and partners, to design, test and install C4 systems on Army platforms. You will provide high‑quality engineering and T&E guidance to support future work, platform upgrades and capability decisions, with a hybrid work arrangement reflecting Defence

Qualifications

• A qualified T&E practitioner with relevant and recent defence industry experience of more than 3 years.
• Good understanding of Defence Test & Evaluation Systems Engineering concepts.
• Understanding of the One Defence Capability System (formerly the Capability Life Cycle).
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for effective client and team engagement.

Responsibilities

• Applying Test and Evaluation (T&E) principles across all stages of the product lifecycle, ensuring activities are appropriately planned, executed and aligned with capability requirements.
• Demonstrating understanding of how Defence engineering disciplines—mechanical, systems and safety engineering—interface with and support T&E activities.
• Supporting and authoring key T&E documentation such as T&E Strategies and Test and Evaluation Master Plans and providing T&E inputs and advice to Systems Engineering Management Plans, Safety Management Plans, and Configuration Management Plans.
• Providing professional T&E advice to support the achievement and maintenance of land‑worthiness for land military systems and equipment in accordance with relevant governance frameworks and technical regulations.
• Conducting mechanical engineering duties including, mechanical design review, engineering analysis, and integration of mechanical components within broader systems.
• Preparing and maintaining engineering documentation, including technical certification plans, engineering assessments, design artefacts, and verification & validation (V&V) reports.
• Applying mechanical and systems engineering principles to support the development, testing, integration and sustainment of Defence materiel.

Skills

T&E practitioner

Defence SE concepts

One Defence Capability System

Communication skills

Job description

KBR is seeking a Sr. Technical Professional - Systems Engineering ADSS to coordinate and deliver T&E activities for the LAND 4140 program.

The role blends T&E and engineering tasks, requiring collaboration with the Project Manager, Army stakeholders, and partners, to design, test and install C4 systems on Army platforms. You will provide high‑quality engineering and T&E guidance to support future work, platform upgrades and capability decisions, with a hybrid work arrangement reflecting Defence