Engineering Manager

Leidos; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexibility

Wellbeing programs

Learning & development

Impactful projects

Job summary

Leidos Australia is seeking a senior engineering leader to drive multidisciplinary capability across complex projects and environments. You will align people, priorities, governance and resources with customer needs to deliver high-quality outcomes.

Lead, develop and coordinate engineering teams, oversee delivery and ensure risk-aware, timely progress. Collaboration with program leaders and technical authorities is essential for success.

Qualifications

• Experience leading engineering or technical teams in a complex project, product or operational environment.
• Capability in workforce planning, resource prioritisation, coaching and professional capability development.
• Knowledge of engineering lifecycle, technical governance, assurance, risk and quality management practices.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary engineering activities across competing priorities and dependencies.
• Ability to engage customers, senior leaders, delivery teams and technical specialists.
• Ability to communicate technical and delivery matters clearly and support timely decision‑making.
• Advantageous: experience leading geographically dispersed or matrixed engineering teams; knowledge of systems engineering, Agile delivery or DevSecOps; exposure to regulated, safety‑critical, defence or mission‑focused environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead multidisciplinary engineering capability across complex projects and operational environments.
• Create the conditions for teams to deliver quality outcomes by aligning people, technical priorities, governance and resources with program and customer needs.
• Oversee engineering delivery, ensuring technical activities are appropriately planned, governed and aligned with schedule, quality and risk expectations.
• Partner with program leaders, customers and technical authorities to resolve priorities, dependencies and engineering challenges.
• Improve engineering frameworks, assurance practices, knowledge sharing and collaboration across disciplines and delivery teams.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Workforce planning

Resource prioritisation

Coaching & development

Lifecycle governance

Customer engagement

Clear communication

Job description

About Leidos Australia

At Leidos Australia, our work goes beyond a job title. We design, build, operate and support the systems, services and capabilities that help protect and advance the Australian way of life. Backed by a global organisation of more than 40,000 people, our Australian team of around 2,000 has partnered with government, defence and national security customers for more than 30 years. We deliver mission‑critical solutions where reliability, trust and purpose matter. Leidos is a destination for people who want their work to have purpose, their contribution to be recognised, and their career to grow without needing to fit a single mould. Meaningful work is supported by benefits, flexibility and career pathways that help you grow while balancing life outside work.

Benefits

• Flex Your Way – Tailor work to your life with options including Life Days (up to 12 extra days off per year), part‑time arrangements, job sharing, and compressed hours.
• Wellbeing That Matters – Free access to Headspace and MeQuilibrium, plus dedicated wellness spaces to support your mental, physical, and emotional wellbeing.
• Learn Without Limits – Access over 120,000 on‑demand courses, alongside technical, project management, leadership, and professional development opportunities.
• Work That Makes an Impact – Contribute to nationally significant projects that matter, solve complex challenges, and accelerate your career through unique growth opportunities.
• Build Your Future – Whether you’re deepening technical expertise or preparing for leadership, we’ll invest in your development every step of the way.
• And Much More – These are just a few of the ways we invest in our people and help them thrive.

About the Team

You’ll join a team where people work with integrity, inclusion, innovation, agility, collaboration and commitment. In practice, that means sharing ownership, solving complex problems together and staying connected to the customer context, the purpose behind the work and how each role contributes to meaningful outcomes. Mission Software Systems (MSS) brings together expertise across intelligence, software, and cloud to deliver end‑to‑end capability supporting the full intelligence lifecycle, from planning through to dissemination and feedback. The team fosters a culture of innovation, leveraging modern engineering practices and shared infrastructure to rapidly build, test, and deploy software solutions across a range of environments, including cloud. MSS also plays a key role in advancing technology modernisation within Government, delivering scalable and adaptable solutions for complex enterprise challenges.

The Opportunity

In this role, you will lead multidisciplinary engineering capability across complex projects and operational environments. You will create the conditions for teams to deliver quality outcomes by aligning people, technical priorities, governance and resources with program and customer needs. Lead, support and develop engineering teams, including workforce planning, capability development and allocation of specialist resources. Oversee engineering delivery, ensuring technical activities are appropriately planned, governed and aligned with schedule, quality and risk expectations. Partner with program leaders, customers and technical authorities to resolve priorities, dependencies and engineering challenges. Improve engineering frameworks, assurance practices, knowledge sharing and collaboration across disciplines and delivery teams.

About You

You bring experience leading technical teams and understand how people leadership, engineering governance and delivery performance work together. You can provide direction while enabling specialists to exercise their expertise and professional judgement.

Essential

• Experience leading engineering or technical teams in a complex project, product or operational environment.
• Capability in workforce planning, resource prioritisation, coaching and professional capability development.
• Knowledge of engineering lifecycle, technical governance, assurance, risk and quality management practices.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary engineering activities across competing priorities and dependencies.
• Ability to engage customers, senior leaders, delivery teams and technical specialists.
• Ability to communicate technical and delivery matters clearly and support timely decision‑making.

Advantageous

• Experience leading geographically dispersed or matrixed engineering teams.
• Knowledge of systems engineering, Agile delivery or DevSecOps practices.
• Exposure to regulated, safety‑critical, defence or mission‑focused environments.

This role does require the successful applicant to be an Australian Citizen and hold an active NV‑1 security clearance. Due to the nature of our work, applicants must be Australian Citizens and be eligible to obtain and maintain the security clearance required for the role. Certain roles may be subject International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) requirements which may limit persons who hold dual nationality with certain proscribed countries from accessing material, or in the case of dual Australian‑U.S citizens, may require the candidate to obtain a U.S. Persons Abroad authorisation from the U.S DDTC.

What to Expect When You Apply

Our hiring process is designed to be straightforward, respectful and easy to navigate.

If your skills, experience and qualifications look aligned with the role, our Talent Acquisition team will contact you to discuss the next stage.

You can expect:

• An initial conversation with our Talent Acquisition team
• An interview with the hiring manager or interview panel
• Any role‑specific assessment, technical discussion or customer step required for the position

We’ll let you know what to expect before each stage, including who you’ll meet and how to prepare.

If you need any adjustments or support during the process, please let us know.

Pay Range

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

Pay and Benefits

Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers.

Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement.

More details are available here.

Securing Your Data

Leidos will never ask you to provide payment‑related information at any part of the employment application process. And Leidos will communicate with you only through emails that are sent from a Leidos.com email address. If you receive an email purporting to be from Leidos that asks for payment‑related information or any other personal information, please report the email to [e-mail].

Commitment and Diversity

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.

If you have any questions about the role or recruitment process, please contact Praveena Sundarakumar, Talent Acquisition.

If you’re looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We’re not hiring followers. We’re recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We’re already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.