Systems Engineering Manager

Profound People; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

ProFound People Pty Ltd is seeking a Systems Engineering and Verification & Validation Manager to harmonise product specification, build and proof across development, sustaining engineering and customer projects. The role covers full V‑Model lifecycle and serves as the global authority for systems engineering and V&V.

You will define strategies from programme start, manage audits, and lead a matrix team across regions, driving a safety‑first culture and robust regulatory evidence.

Qualifications

• Degree in systems, electrical, mechanical or software engineering or equivalent experience.
• Proven experience leading full lifecycle systems engineering and V&V in regulated or safety‑critical environments.
• Strong track record making stage gate and technical acceptance decisions under pressure.
• Experience leading senior engineers and matrix teams across multiple sites or regions.
• Fluent grasp of requirements, traceability, test and configuration management practices.
• Excellent executive communication, judgment and conflict resolution.

Responsibilities

• Own and improve an ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288 aligned lifecycle tailored to programme risk and complexity.
• Approve or reject V&V strategies, evidence and gate submissions.
• Define V&V strategy from programme start covering requirements coverage and regulatory evidence.
• Represent Systems Engineering at design, governance and type approval forums.
• Set common methods, tools and metrics for requirements, traceability, architecture and test.
• Lead customer, quality and certification audits.
• Manage capacity, budget, external labs and suppliers for the function.
• Lead a team of systems engineers and guide regional validation and test engineers.
• Champion a safety-first culture across engineering and test.

Skills

Systems engineering

V&V

Requirements management

Traceability

Architecture design

Test management

Leadership

Education

Degree in systems, electrical, mechanical or software engineering

Tools

Requirements management tools

Traceability tools

Test management tools

Configuration management tools

Job description

Global role | International travel | Reports to Director, Global Engineering

Location: South East, Melbourne

A global manufacturer of safety critical products for regulated markets is looking for a Systems Engineering and Verification & Validation Manager to lead how products are specified, built and proven across new product development, sustaining engineering and customer projects.

Exposure the the full V-Model lifecycle

The role

You will be the global authority for systems engineering and V&V, setting the standard that engineering teams across multiple regions work to.

You will:

• Own and improve an ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288 aligned lifecycle, tailored to programme risk and complexity


• Approve or reject V&V strategies, evidence and gate submissions, holding the line when evidence falls short


• Define V&V strategy from programme start, covering requirements coverage, test environments, regulatory evidence and acceptance testing


• Represent Systems Engineering at design, governance and type approval forums


• Set common methods, tools and metrics for requirements, traceability, architecture and test


• Lead customer, quality and certification audits


• Manage capacity, budget, external labs and suppliers for the function


• Lead a team of systems engineers and guide regional validation and test engineers through a matrix structure


• Champion a safety first culture across engineering and test

About you

• Degree in systems, electrical, mechanical or software engineering, or equivalent experience


• Substantial experience leading full lifecycle systems engineering and V&V in a regulated, safety critical or certified product environment


• Proven ownership of formal stage gate and technical acceptance decisions under commercial and schedule pressure


• Experience leading senior engineers and matrix teams across multiple sites or regions


• Strong command of requirements, traceability, test and configuration management tools


• Confident communicator at executive level with sound judgement and conflict resolution skills


• Willing to travel internationally

Nice to have

• INCOSE CSEP/ESEP or equivalent


• Experience in MBSE, product line architecture, reliability, functional safety, cybersecurity or human factors


• Background in aviation, marine or other infrastructure markets