Senior Systems Engineer - Defence Acquisition Lead

Amentum company; Canberra; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Amentum is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to lead the LAND 6504 capability development. The role supports Early Access Funding and acquisition planning, providing senior engineering advice to project leadership and coordinating with engineering SMEs.

Responsibilities include leading an APS/contractor team, maintaining the requirements baseline, and guiding technical scope, interfaces, risks and trade studies to ensure robust project outcomes in a defence context.

Qualifications

• Minimum NV1 clearance with ability to obtain NV2; NV2 preferred.
• Experience in leading an integrated engineering team and complex defence projects.
• Experience in establishing and maintaining baselines and architecture.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage an integrated engineering team of APS and contractors.
• Establish and maintain the LAND 6504 requirements baseline.
• Define and maintain technical scope, system boundaries and architecture baselines.
• Identify and manage interfaces, dependencies, risks, constraints and opportunities.
• Lead input to acquisition strategy and implementation planning.
• Conduct and assure technical assessments, trade studies and engineering recommendations.
• Support governance, reviews and decision making, and provide engineering reporting to leadership.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Systems engineering

Acquisition strategy

Trade studies

Technical governance

Job description

Amentum is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to lead the LAND 6504 capability development. The role supports Early Access Funding and acquisition planning, providing senior engineering advice to project leadership and coordinating with engineering SMEs.

Responsibilities include leading an APS/contractor team, maintaining the requirements baseline, and guiding technical scope, interfaces, risks and trade studies to ensure robust project outcomes in a defence context.