Systems Engineer — Secure, High-Impact IT

Leidos; Australia; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life Days leave program

Family Friendly workplace

Job summary

Leidos Australia is seeking a Systems Engineer to join a high-performing delivery team supporting sustainment and evolution of complex systems. You will work under direction on requirements, design artefacts, and governance across engineering and assurance gates.

Responsibilities include investigations, ECP implementation, documentation, risk management, and collaboration with software engineers, architects, and stakeholders in secure environments.

Qualifications

• Must have systems engineering experience in complex projects, sustainment, enterprise, Defence or government environments.
• Strong understanding of lifecycle management, requirements analysis, and secure system design.
• Experience with assurance, verification/validation, CM and ECP processes.
• Ability to manage technical risks and collaborate across multiple stakeholders.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and engineering documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Conduct engineering investigations and system analysis to support defect resolution and capability enhancements.
• Define, develop, and implement Engineering Change Proposals through gates and assurance processes.
• Develop and maintain system engineering documentation including requirements and traceability.
• Collaborate with architects, engineers, and stakeholders to support change control and delivery outcomes.
• Support verification, validation, and risk management activities; escalate issues as needed.
• Ensure compliance with security, quality, governance, and ITIL-aligned service management frameworks.

Skills

Systems engineering principles

Lifecycle management

Requirements analysis

Engineering assurance

Verification and validation

Configuration management

Engineering change processes

Risk management

Stakeholder collaboration

Agile or hybrid delivery

Engineering documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering / Engineering / Information Technology or related discipline

Tools

ITIL

Job description

Leidos Australia is seeking a Systems Engineer to join a high-performing delivery team supporting sustainment and evolution of complex systems. You will work under direction on requirements, design artefacts, and governance across engineering and assurance gates.

Responsibilities include investigations, ECP implementation, documentation, risk management, and collaboration with software engineers, architects, and stakeholders in secure environments.