Project Technical Lead (Project Engineer)

EOS Defence Systems Pty Ltd; City of Hume; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

EOS Defence Systems Pty Ltd is seeking a qualified systems engineer to own the project’s technical integration strategy and lead cross‑disciplinary engineering delivery from planning through acceptance. You will integrate hardware, software, and mechanical subsystems into a coherent system architecture, manage interfaces, and drive evidence-based decisions to deliver a production-ready product.

The role requires at least five years leading multidisciplinary engineering with deep knowledge across

Qualifications

• Leadership in multidisciplinary engineering environments.
• Strong grasp of system architecture and requirements traceability.
• Experience steering technical integration on complex projects.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• 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.

Skills

Leadership experience

Systems engineering

System architecture

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Postgraduate qualifications desirable

Job description

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.
• 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.

Our team come from a diverse range of disciplines and backgrounds and include engineers, scientists, technicians, project managers and administrative staff.

EOS designs, develops, and builds the world's most accurate and highest precision remote weapon systems. EOS has designed, manufactured and exported advanced technology systems for nearly 40 years. Our product range covers remote weapon systems, turrets, high energy laser weapons, counter‑drone systems, and space intelligence and space control services.