Naval Combat Systems Engineer – Fps & Requirements

Downer; Canberra; In loco; AUD 120.000 - 160.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Up to 12 life days of additional leave

Learning and development support

Opportunities to work across programs

Career pathways and development

Descrizione del lavoro

Leidos Australia is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to contribute to Gibbs & Cox Australia projects. You will provide engineering expertise, review Deliverables, and coordinate system changes across ship design through the design phase to production, engaging with government and industry stakeholders to influence outcomes.

Essential experience includes maritime project leadership, requirements management, and V&V.

Competenze

• Essential for this role: maritime/naval project experience.
• Experience in requirements management, engineering change management or verification and validation (V&V).
• Strong technical judgement and communication; ability to influence senior stakeholders.

Mansioni

• Provide engineering expertise, assurance and advice by reviewing deliverables, plans and outcomes and advise senior stakeholders on issues and solutions.
• Coordinate systems change across the ship design, including data management and change management through design and into production.
• Support requirements, engineering change and technical risk management, assessing design and production issues and compliance with technical requirements.
• Support design integration through verification and validation, enabling programme delivery while meeting engineering requirements.
• Engage with Commonwealth, Navy and industry stakeholders to influence outcomes and support project decisions.

Conoscenze

Maritime/naval project experience

Requirements management

Engineering change management

Verification and validation (V&V)

Ship design, build and operations

Strong communication

Stakeholder management

Independent defence work

Descrizione del lavoro

Job Description

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.

• Up to 12 Life Days of additional leave each year
• Support for learning, development and relevant certifications
• Opportunities to work across programs, domains and emerging technologies
• Career pathways that can evolve with your interests, capability and ambition

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.

We provide world‑leading naval and marine engineering expertise in support of Australia's maritime enterprise. Through our highly skilled team of naval architects, engineers and maritime specialists, we support major Australian naval programmes and emerging maritime technologies across ship design, engineering, systems integration, acquisition and sustainment.

Leveraging nearly a century of naval design excellence and access to Gibbs & Cox's global network of specialists, we help deliver complex maritime projects that strengthen Australia's sovereign shipbuilding, naval design and maritime capability.

The Opportunity

As a Senior Systems Engineer, this role is an opportunity to contribute to the Leidos Gibbs & Cox Australia team by delivering outcomes that matter.

In this role, you will:

• Provide engineering expertise, assurance and advice by reviewing technical deliverables, plans and engineering outcomes and advising senior project engineering stakeholders on technical issues and solutions.
• Coordinate systems change across the ship design, including technical data management and systems change management through the end of the design phase and into production.
• Support requirements, engineering change and technical risk management, assessing design and production issues, system characteristics, likely performance and compliance with relevant technical requirements.
• Support design integration through verification and validation, identifying practical solutions that enable programme delivery while meeting Engineering Directorate requirements.
• Engage with Commonwealth, Navy and industry stakeholders, building the relationships and technical credibility needed to influence outcomes and support project decisions.

About You

We are looking for someone who brings judgement, curiosity and a collaborative approach to work that matters.

Essential for this role:

• Strong systems engineering and organisational capability in complex engineering programmes demonstrated through maritime or naval project experience.
• Demonstrated experience in requirements management, engineering change management or verification and validation (V&V). Preferably this will have been gained during build, test and acceptance stages of a project.
• Sound understanding of ship design, build and operations, and the technical, project and operational implications of engineering decisions.
• Strong technical judgement and communication skills, with demonstrated ability to explain complex technical issues and influence senior stakeholders across organisational boundaries.
• Ability to operate independently in a complex Defence environment, exercising sound judgement with limited guidance and maintaining effective stakeholder engagement.

This role requires the successful applicant to be an Australian citizen and hold, or be eligible to obtain, NV1 security clearance.

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

Diversity and Inclusion

Leidos Australia is an equal opportunities organisation and is committed to creating a truly inclusive workplace. We welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, culturally and linguistically diverse people, people with disabilities, veterans, neurodiverse people and people of all genders, sexualities and age groups.