Project Technical Lead (Project Engineer)

Electro Optic Systems; City of Hume; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Electro Optic Systems in Victoria, Australia, seeks a Project Technical Lead (Project Engineer) to own the technical integration strategy across hardware, software and mechanical subsystems, delivering a coherent system architecture from planning through acceptance. You will coordinate multidisciplinary design and align interfaces to satisfy system requirements and operational needs.

The role requires a bachelor’s degree in engineering and at least five years in multidisciplinary engineering

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related discipline.
• At least five years leading multidisciplinary engineering and technical integration.
• Delivery of subsystem integration and system verification through to product baseline.
• Deep knowledge across hardware, software, mechanical and systems engineering.
• Understanding of system architecture, requirements and production transition.
• Desirable experience in Australian Defence regulatory environments (ASDEFCON).

Responsibilities

• Own the project's technical integration strategy from planning to acceptance.
• Integrate hardware, software and mechanical subsystems into a coherent system.
• Manage interfaces, dependencies and cross-disciplinary risks.
• Provide system-level technical direction and escalation to leadership.
• Develop the integration plan with architecture, milestones and evidence.
• Plan and lead integration, verification, validation and acceptance activities.
• Ensure producibility and readiness for production and customer use.

Skills

Systems engineering

Subsystem integration

Interface management

Risk management

Technical governance

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Postgraduate qualifications desirable

Job description

Project Technical Lead (Project Engineer)

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.