Spaceport Systems Engineer – Integration & Mission Systems

Southern Launch; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Southern Launch is seeking a Systems Engineer to ensure launch ranges, infrastructure and mission systems are designed, developed and operated as an integrated capability. You will work across engineering disciplines to define requirements, develop system architectures and manage interfaces.

The role suits engineers who move between technical detail and system-wide thinking, ensuring decisions align with operational needs, reliability and long-term capability development, with opportunities

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant engineering discipline.
• Experience in systems engineering, systems integration or the development of complex multidisciplinary engineering capabilities.
• Experience developing engineering requirements, system architectures, interface specifications or technical documentation.
• Demonstrated ability to identify and manage system dependencies, technical risks and integration challenges.
• Experience supporting engineering verification, validation, testing or technical assurance activities.
• Strong analytical, communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work across multiple engineering disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Develop, manage and maintain system requirements, specifications and technical baselines throughout the engineering lifecycle.
• Translate operational and business needs into clear, measurable and verifiable engineering requirements.
• Develop system architectures that define the relationships, dependencies and interfaces between infrastructure, instrumentation, communications and mission systems.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary engineering activities to ensure individual components and subsystems integrate into a cohesive operational capability.
• Identify, document and manage technical interfaces, dependencies, constraints and risks across interconnected systems.
• Assess proposed engineering changes to understand their implications for system performance, compatibility, reliability and operational requirements.
• Support concept development, design reviews, technical assessments and engineering trade-off studies to inform capability decisions.
• Develop and maintain system models, architecture diagrams, interface documentation, requirements registers and other engineering artefacts.
• Plan and coordinate integration, verification and validation activities to demonstrate that systems meet their defined requirements.
• Investigate technical issues and integration challenges, working with specialist engineers and suppliers to develop effective resolutions.
• Collaborate with project managers and infrastructure teams to align engineering deliverables with design, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning activities.
• Support the transition of completed systems into operations through technical acceptance, documentation, configuration management and continuous improvement.

Skills

Systems engineering

Requirements management

System integration

Architecture design

Stakeholder management

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering

Tools

Model-based systems engineering

Interface control

Verification planning

Job description

Southern Launch is seeking a Systems Engineer to ensure launch ranges, infrastructure and mission systems are designed, developed and operated as an integrated capability. You will work across engineering disciplines to define requirements, develop system architectures and manage interfaces.

The role suits engineers who move between technical detail and system-wide thinking, ensuring decisions align with operational needs, reliability and long-term capability development, with opportunities