Project Technical Lead (Project Engineer)

Electro Optic Systems; Canberra; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Electro Optic Systems seeks a Project Technical Lead (Project Engineer) to own the technical integration strategy for complex defence projects in Canberra. This full-time role focuses on delivering an integrated system architecture that combines hardware, software and mechanical subsystems into a verified baseline.

You will manage cross-disciplinary interfaces, dependencies and risks, and provide direction to engineering leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related discipline; postgraduate qualifications are desirable.
• At least five years’ experience leading multidisciplinary engineering and technical integration on complex projects.
• Strong understanding of system architecture, requirements, governance and production transition.

Responsibilities

• Own the project’s technical integration strategy and delivery from planning through acceptance.
• Integrate hardware, software and mechanical subsystems into a coherent system architecture and verified product baseline.
• Coordinate safety, security and industrialisation activities across the lifecycle of the project.
• Provide clear system-level technical direction, decisions, reporting and escalation to project and engineering leadership.
• Develop and maintain the technical integration plan, including architecture, interfaces and milestones.
• Lead interface definition and control across teams, suppliers, platforms and customer systems.
• Plan and lead integration, verification, validation and acceptance activities.

Skills

Leadership

System integration

Cross-disciplinary coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Postgraduate qualifications desirable

Job description

Project Technical Lead (Project Engineer)

Full time

6d ago , from Electro Optic Systems Holdings

We continually strive to help our workforce achieve their professional and personal goals, engaging them in challenging and inspiring projects.

Primary duties

• Own the project’s technical integration strategy, engineering scope and coordinated delivery from planning through acceptance.
• Integrate hardware, software and mechanical subsystems into a coherent system architecture and verified product baseline.
• Integrate systems, safety, security and industrialisation activities across the development lifecycle.
• Manage technical interfaces, dependencies, trade-offs and cross-disciplinary risks.
• Provide clear system-level technical direction, decisions, reporting and escalation to project and engineering leadership.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the technical integration plan, including architecture, interfaces, dependencies, integration sequence, resources, milestones and evidence.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary design and ensure subsystem solutions collectively satisfy system requirements and operational needs.
• Lead interface definition and control across internal teams, suppliers, platforms and customer systems.
• Plan and lead incremental subsystem and system integration, verification, validation and acceptance activities.
• Resolve cross-disciplinary conflicts and technical gaps through evidence-based trade-offs and system-level decisions.
• Maintain requirements traceability, interface control, configuration baselines and integration evidence.
• Ensure the integrated design is producible, supportable and ready for production, deployment and customer use.

Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related discipline; postgraduate qualifications are desirable.
• At least five years’ experience leading multidisciplinary engineering and technical integration on complex projects.
• Demonstrated delivery of subsystem integration, interface management and system-level verification through to an accepted product baseline.
• Demonstrated depth in at least one engineering discipline and working knowledge across hardware, software, mechanical engineering, systems engineering, safety, security and industrialisation.
• Strong understanding of system architecture, requirements, technical governance, configuration management and production transition.
• Experience delivering within Australian Defence technical-regulatory and ASDEFCON environments is desirable.