R&D Systems Engineer - Defence Innovation

Saab; City of Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Up to 6 weeks leave

14% employer superannuation

Free Income Protection Insurance

Job summary

Saab Australia is seeking a Systems Engineer in Research & Innovation to join a dynamic engineering team delivering advanced Defence technologies, concept demonstrators and rapid prototypes.

You will develop artefacts, elicit requirements, support architectures, and work with multidisciplinary teams to integrate and validate R&D capabilities across domains. Hybrid work from home/office with a 9-day fortnight is available.

Qualifications

• Experience across one or more stages of the Systems Engineering lifecycle.
• Understanding of systems engineering principles, processes and methodologies.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills with a practical mindset.
• Experience developing technical documentation and engineering artefacts.
• Effective communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Ability to collaborate within multidisciplinary engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop systems engineering artefacts for Defence R&D, proof-of-concept and rapid prototyping programs.
• Elicit and analyse stakeholder requirements to deliver fit-for-purpose capability outcomes.
• Support system architectures, requirements baselines and technical data packages.
• Align capabilities with product roadmaps, engineering strategies and future needs.
• Collaborate with Product Owners, Defence Delivery teams and multidisciplinary stakeholders.
• Support configuration management of assigned systems and engineering assets.
• Participate in technical reviews, design reviews and stakeholder workshops.
• Support the installation, integration, verification, validation and maintenance of prototypes.
• Serve as a technical point of contact for assigned R&D systems and capabilities.

Skills

Systems engineering lifecycle

Engineering principles

Analytical problem solving

Technical documentation

Communication

Collaborative work

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Education

Systems Engineering/Engineering/CS

Job description

Saab Australia is seeking a Systems Engineer in Research & Innovation to join a dynamic engineering team delivering advanced Defence technologies, concept demonstrators and rapid prototypes.

You will develop artefacts, elicit requirements, support architectures, and work with multidisciplinary teams to integrate and validate R&D capabilities across domains. Hybrid work from home/office with a 9-day fortnight is available.