Senior Systems Engineer, National Security & MBSE

MITRE Australia; Canberra; On-site; AUD 146,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

MITRE Australia is seeking an experienced Systems Engineer to contribute to technically challenging national security work from day one, while deepening capability across systems engineering, mission engineering, and digital engineering.

You will collaborate with Australian sponsors, operational stakeholders, and MITRE teams to translate mission needs into rigorous analysis, architectures, and recommendations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline.
• Typically 3+ years of relevant professional engineering experience.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze complex multidisciplinary problems.
• Experience producing engineering artifacts and technical recommendations.
• Strong technical communication across multidisciplinary teams.
• Interest in national security, defence, or critical infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Lead or contribute to systems engineering, mission engineering, and digital engineering activities.
• Frame mission needs, analyze systems and interfaces, define requirements, assess options, identify risks, and develop recommendations.
• Develop and maintain engineering artifacts including requirements, architectures, definitions, and traceability.
• Apply MBSE and related tools (SysML, Cameo/MagicDraw) across projects.
• Engage with sponsors, users, and teams to communicate findings and shape solutions.
• Mentor early-career engineers and contribute to technical quality reviews.

Skills

Systems engineering

MBSE

Problem solving

Technical communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, CS, Aerospace, Electrical, Mechanical, or related

Tools

SysML

Cameo/MagicDraw

Job description

MITRE Australia is seeking an experienced Systems Engineer to contribute to technically challenging national security work from day one, while deepening capability across systems engineering, mission engineering, and digital engineering.

You will collaborate with Australian sponsors, operational stakeholders, and MITRE teams to translate mission needs into rigorous analysis, architectures, and recommendations.