Senior Systems Engineer – Defence & Aerospace Leadership

Lockheed Martin Corporation; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Lockheed Martin Australia is seeking a Senior Staff Systems Engineer to apply your expertise across Defence and national security programs, leading multidisciplinary engineering teams and shaping technical outcomes.

You will work on complex systems across requirements management, systems architecture and verification, leveraging MBSE practices and strong stakeholder engagement to deliver high‑reliability capability while upholding security and export control requirements.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in delivering complex Defence/aerospace programs.
• Deep expertise in systems engineering disciplines such as requirements management, systems architecture, specialty engineering, or verification & validation.
• Proven ability to lead across multidisciplinary teams and manage multiple priorities.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support systems engineering activities across complex Defence programs, from requirements definition through integration, verification and delivery.
• Provide specialist expertise in areas such as requirements management, systems architecture, specialty engineering, or verification & validation.
• Collaborate with project teams, functional leaders and stakeholders to solve complex technical and program challenges.
• Mentor and guide engineers while promoting engineering best practice across the organisation.

Skills

Systems Engineering

MBSE

Requirements management

Systems architecture

Verification & validation

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Agile development practices

NV1 security clearance

AI prompting

Job description

Lockheed Martin Australia is seeking a Senior Staff Systems Engineer to apply your expertise across Defence and national security programs, leading multidisciplinary engineering teams and shaping technical outcomes.

You will work on complex systems across requirements management, systems architecture and verification, leveraging MBSE practices and strong stakeholder engagement to deliver high‑reliability capability while upholding security and export control requirements.