Lead Naval Electrical Engineer — Ship Systems

Navantia Australia Pty Ltd.; Sydney; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company Paid Parental Leave

Flexible Work Policy

Defence Reservist Leave

Employee Discounts Portal

Salary sacrifice for Superannuation

Novated Lease

Training opportunities

Spanish language classes

Quarterly Employee Achievement Award

Shuttle bus provided

Weekly fruit boxes

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Navantia Australia Pty Ltd. seeks a Senior Electrical Engineer in Sydney to lead electrical and control system design for naval ships under the DSC contract.

You will deliver integrated electrical solutions, provide technical documentation, and collaborate with cross-disciplinary teams. The role requires a Electrical Engineering degree and defence/naval experience, with CAD proficiency (MicroStation, AutoCAD) and strong report-writing and stakeholder liaison capabilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
• Proven experience in electrical engineering within defence/ naval environments.
• Experience delivering electrical/controls design for naval ship platforms.
• Ability to produce clear, well-presented reports per standards.
• Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide high level electrical engineering competence across naval ship systems.
• Complete electrical and control systems design for naval ships.
• Conduct technical investigations, root cause analysis and solution identification.
• Create designs to integrate platform electrical and control systems.
• Deliver technical reports and documentation per Navantia standards.
• Collaborate with Engineering Team across disciplines.
• Plan and coordinate projects from concept to delivery with stakeholders.
• Participate in design reviews with the client and coordination meetings.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Defence industry experience

Naval ship systems knowledge

Technical report writing

Autonomous / initiative

Stakeholder liaison

Ability to work under pressure

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Micro-station

AutoCAD

Job description

Navantia Australia Pty Ltd. seeks a Senior Electrical Engineer in Sydney to lead electrical and control system design for naval ships under the DSC contract.

You will deliver integrated electrical solutions, provide technical documentation, and collaborate with cross-disciplinary teams. The role requires a Electrical Engineering degree and defence/naval experience, with CAD proficiency (MicroStation, AutoCAD) and strong report-writing and stakeholder liaison capabilities.