Test and Assurance Manager

Synteligen Consulting; Canberra; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Synteligen Consulting seeks an experienced Test and Assurance Manager to lead Test & Evaluation (T&E) and Verification & Validation (V&V) activities across a complex system-of-systems environment in Canberra, Australia. The role focuses on governance, test strategy, planning, execution and reporting to ensure interfaces and standards alignment.

Responsibilities include coordinating V&V, integration, acceptance and assurance testing, managing technical risks, and delivering evidence-based test

Qualifications

• Australian Citizen with Active Security clearance and AFP police check

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage test strategies, plans, methodologies and T&E activities
• Coordinate V&V, integration, acceptance, compliance and assurance testing
• Manage testing across complex system-of-systems environments
• Ensure appropriate requirements traceability, test coverage and verification evidence
• Identify and support resolution of integration issues, technical risks and system dependencies
• Coordinate test environments, technical teams, projects and technology providers
• Analyse results and produce test reports, assurance findings and recommendations
• Provide evidence-based test outcomes to support engineering, integration and project decisions
• Engage with client stakeholders, project teams, engineers and ICT providers to ensure system alignment and integration readiness

Skills

Systems and Software Eng – Testing & E

Job description

Role Description

Skill: Systems and Software Engineering – Testing and Evaluation, including Verification and Validation

Skill Level: 3

Mandatory: Australian Citizen with Active Security clearance and AFP police check

Role Description

Skill: Systems and Software Engineering – Testing and Evaluation, including Verification and Validation

Skill Level: 3

Mandatory: Australian Citizen with Active Security clearance and AFP police check

The client is seeking an experienced Test and Assurance Manager to support a complex systems integration environment involving multiple interconnected projects, platforms and technology capabilities.

The role will support the design, development, planning, execution and reporting of Test & Evaluation (T&E), Verification & Validation (V&V) and assurance activities, ensuring systems are effectively integrated and meet applicable requirements, interfaces and standards.

The broader project environment includes several specialist areas:

• Validation & Test: System-of-systems integration, T&E, V&V, experimentation and management of representative integration and test environments.
• Digital Design: Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), architecture, standards management, system baselines and system-of-systems design.
• Integration & Technical Advice: Analysis of system dependencies, interfaces, integration risks, security considerations and alignment with engineering frameworks.
• Systems Engineering: Systems integration, technical assurance, engineering analysis, design and technical assessment.
• AI Governance & Assurance: Governance and Testing, Evaluation, Verification and Validation (TEVV) of AI-enabled capabilities, including assessment of performance, limitations and risks.

Test & Evaluation Scope

Specialist T&E activities include:

• Experimentation and Developmental T&E
• Operational testing and trials
• Acceptance, compliance and performance testing
• Cyber T&E
• System integration and interoperability testing
• Verification, validation and technical assurance

Key Responsibilities

The Test and Assurance Manager will:

• Develop and manage test strategies, plans, methodologies and T&E activities.
• Coordinate V&V, integration, acceptance, compliance and assurance testing.
• Manage testing across complex system-of-systems environments.
• Ensure appropriate requirements traceability, test coverage and verification evidence.
• Identify and support resolution of integration issues, technical risks and system dependencies.
• Coordinate test environments, technical teams, projects and technology providers.
• Analyse results and produce test reports, assurance findings and recommendations.
• Provide evidence-based test outcomes to support engineering, integration and project decisions.
• Engage with client stakeholders, project teams, engineers and ICT providers to ensure system alignment and integration readiness.