Senior Defence Systems Engineer (NV1)

Internationalinsuranceprofessionals; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Lockheed Martin Australia is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to contribute to the delivery of advanced Defence and national security capabilities. Working within our Systems Engineering function, you will support a diverse portfolio of programs, applying your expertise across the engineering lifecycle.

This role offers the chance to work across Defence domains and technologies, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to solve complex challenges and drive capability development initiatives.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering systems or subsystems engineering outcomes within Defence or complex engineering environments.
• Expertise in systems engineering disciplines such as requirements management, systems architecture or verification.
• Strong analytical and stakeholder engagement skills with ability to manage competing priorities.
• Experience across the lifecycle from concept to integration, test and acceptance.
• Degree in Engineering or equivalent industry experience.
• Exposure to MBSE, Agile, or Defence capability domains is advantageous.
• NV1 security clearance and ability to handle export controlled information.
• Proficiency in AI prompting as it applies to this position.

Responsibilities

• Support complex Defence programs through the application of systems engineering principles across the full engineering lifecycle.
• Develop, analyse and manage requirements, architectures, interfaces, verification activities and other engineering artefacts.
• Provide specialist expertise in areas such as requirements management, systems architecture, specialty engineering or verification & validation.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders to solve complex technical and program challenges.
• Contribute to engineering reviews, bids, governance activities and capability development initiatives across the business.
• Support continuous improvement of systems engineering processes, tools, training and best practices.

Skills

Systems engineering

Requirements management

MBSE

Security clearance

Stakeholder engagement

Agile

Education

Engineering degree

Job description

Lockheed Martin Australia is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to contribute to the delivery of advanced Defence and national security capabilities. Working within our Systems Engineering function, you will support a diverse portfolio of programs, applying your expertise across the engineering lifecycle.

This role offers the chance to work across Defence domains and technologies, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to solve complex challenges and drive capability development initiatives.