Senior Naval Systems Engineer - Maritime Defense Innovator

Leidos; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Extra leave

Learning & certs

Cross-program experience

Career pathways

Job summary

Leidos Australia is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to contribute to the Gibbs & Cox Australia team, delivering outcomes that matter across naval design, systems integration and sustainment. You will review deliverables, manage requirements, support change and risk management, and engage with Commonwealth, Navy and industry stakeholders to influence decisions.

This role requires Australian citizenship and NV1 clearance; you will work in a Defence environment with opportunities to advance

Qualifications

• Strong systems engineering and organisational capability in complex engineering programmes demonstrated through maritime or naval project experience.
• Demonstrated experience in requirements management, engineering change management, or verification and validation (V&V).
• Sound understanding of ship design, build and operations, and the technical, project and operational implications of engineering decisions.
• Strong technical judgement and communication skills, with demonstrated ability to explain complex technical issues and influence senior stakeholders across organisational boundaries.
• Ability to operate independently in a complex Defence environment, exercising sound judgement with limited guidance and maintaining effective stakeholder engagement.

Responsibilities

• Provide engineering expertise, assurance and advice by reviewing technical deliverables, plans and engineering outcomes, and advising senior project engineering stakeholders on technical issues and solutions.
• Coordinate systems change across the ship design, including technical data management and systems change management through the end of the design phase and into production.
• Support requirements, engineering change and technical risk management, assessing design and production issues, system characteristics, likely performance and compliance with relevant technical requirements.
• Support design integration through verification and validation, identifying practical solutions that enable programme delivery while meeting Engineering Directorate requirements.
• Engage with Commonwealth, Navy and industry stakeholders, building the relationships and technical credibility needed to influence outcomes and support project decisions.

Skills

Systems engineering

Requirements management

Engineering change management

Verification & Validation

Stakeholder management

Independent work

Job description

Leidos Australia is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to contribute to the Gibbs & Cox Australia team, delivering outcomes that matter across naval design, systems integration and sustainment. You will review deliverables, manage requirements, support change and risk management, and engage with Commonwealth, Navy and industry stakeholders to influence decisions.

This role requires Australian citizenship and NV1 clearance; you will work in a Defence environment with opportunities to advance