Senior Electrical & Electronic Engineer — Hardware Lead

Silentium Defence; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Silentium Defence is seeking a Senior Electrical & Electronic Engineer to lead and deliver complex electronic systems while mentoring a growing Hardware Team in Adelaide, SA. You’ll stay hands-on with design, development, integration, verification and troubleshooting, guiding junior engineers and coordinating priorities with the Hardware Team Lead.

You’ll bring a Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of experience in analogue, digital and mixed-signal design, with strong governance, traceability and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering or a related discipline.
• 8+ years of electrical/electronic engineering experience in product design and development.
• Strong analogue, digital and mixed-signal design experience.
• Experience with electronic subsystem integration, verification, validation and troubleshooting.
• Strong engineering judgement and structured problem-solving capability.
• Experience with engineering governance, requirements traceability and configuration management.
• Demonstrated technical leadership across multidisciplinary engineering environments.
• Experience mentoring, coaching and developing engineers.

Responsibilities

• Providing technical leadership across Electrical & Electronic Engineering activities.
• Leading complex electronic hardware and subsystem design and development.
• Mentoring and coaching junior and mid-level engineers.
• Supporting the Hardware Team Lead with technical priorities, workload coordination and task allocation.
• Reviewing engineering outputs and providing constructive technical feedback.
• Guiding engineering decisions through analysis, trade studies and risk assessment.
• Supporting requirements development, design, integration, verification and validation.
• Helping resolve technical blockers and complex engineering problems; improving processes, tools and standards.
• Coordinating with Systems, Firmware, Software, Mechanical, Test, Production and Project teams.

Skills

Technical leadership

Mentoring

Systems integration

Requirements traceability

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering

Job description

Silentium Defence is seeking a Senior Electrical & Electronic Engineer to lead and deliver complex electronic systems while mentoring a growing Hardware Team in Adelaide, SA. You’ll stay hands-on with design, development, integration, verification and troubleshooting, guiding junior engineers and coordinating priorities with the Hardware Team Lead.

You’ll bring a Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of experience in analogue, digital and mixed-signal design, with strong governance, traceability and