V&V Engineer

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

Job summary

Leidos Australia is seeking a Verification & Validation Engineer to assure the quality and performance of complex systems across the engineering lifecycle. You will work with Systems Engineers, developers, cyber specialists and stakeholders to verify, validate and trace requirements to successful delivery.

You will develop V&V artefacts, maintain test plans and RTMs, execute tests, and report objective evidence to support system acceptance and capability delivery.

Qualifications

• Experience in verification and validation with Systems Engineering.
• Ability to develop and document test plans, test cases, verification procedures and validation activities.
• Experience executing test plans and test cases and assessing outcomes against requirements.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Systems Engineering to develop and execute verification and validation activities.
• Develop and maintain V&V artefacts including test plans, cases, RTMs, procedures and reports.
• Execute formal V&V activities, analyze results and report evidence for system acceptance.
• Contribute to Agile delivery, ensure cyber security requirements and ISM controls are validated.

Skills

V&V engineering

Requirements tracing

Test planning

Test case development

RTMs

Cyber security

Jira/Confluence

Agile practices

Systems engineering

Documentation

Tools

ETM

Jira

Confluence

Job description

About Leidos Australia

At Leidos Australia, our work goes beyond a job title. We design, build, operate and support the systems, services and capabilities that help protect and advance the Australian way of life.

Description

Backed by a global organisation of more than 40,000 people, our Australian team of around 2,000 has partnered with government, defence and national security customers for more than 30 years. We deliver mission-critical solutions where reliability, trust and purpose matter.

Job Description

At Leidos Australia, our work goes beyond a job title. We design, build, operate and support the systems, services and capabilities that help protect and advance the Australian way of life.

This Includes

• Flex Your Way - Tailor work to your life with options including Life Days (up to 12 extra days off per year), part-time arrangements, job sharing, and compressed hours.
• Wellbeing That Matters - Free access to Headspace and MeQuilibrium, plus dedicated wellness spaces to support your mental, physical, and emotional wellbeing.
• Learn Without Limits - Access over 120,000 on-demand courses, alongside technical, project management, leadership, and professional development opportunities.
• Work That Makes an Impact - Contribute to nationally significant projects that matter, solve complex challenges, and accelerate your career through unique growth opportunities.
• Build Your Future - Whether you're deepening technical expertise or preparing for leadership, we'll invest in your development every step of the way.
• And Much More - These are just a few of the ways we invest in our people and help them thrive.

About The Team

You’ll join a team where people work with integrity, inclusion, innovation, agility, collaboration and commitment. In practice, that means sharing ownership, solving complex problems together and staying connected to the customer context, the purpose behind the work and how each role contributes to meaningful outcomes.

Mission Software Systems (MSS) brings together expertise across intelligence, software, and cloud to deliver end-to-end capability supporting the full intelligence lifecycle, from planning through to dissemination and feedback. The team fosters a culture of innovation, leveraging modern engineering practices and shared infrastructure to rapidly build, test, and deploy software solutions across a range of environments, including cloud. MSS also plays a key role in advancing technology modernisation within Government, delivering scalable and adaptable solutions for complex enterprise challenges.

The Opportunity

As a Verification & Validation (V&V) Engineer, you will play a critical role in assuring the quality, compliance and performance of complex systems throughout the engineering lifecycle. Working closely with Systems Engineers, developers, cyber specialists and program stakeholders, you will help ensure that system and subsystem requirements are thoroughly verified, validated and traced through to successful delivery.

In This Role, You Will

• Collaborate with Systems Engineering teams to develop and execute verification and validation activities against system and subsystem requirements, ensuring solutions meet defined performance and acceptance criteria.
• Develop and maintain V&V artefacts including test plans, test cases, Requirements Traceability Matrices (RTMs), verification procedures and test reports to support end-to-end traceability and compliance.
• Execute formal verification and validation activities, analyse results, document objective evidence and provide clear reporting to support system acceptance and capability delivery.
• Contribute to Agile delivery practices, working within multidisciplinary teams to support adaptive planning, user story development and estimation activities while ensuring cyber security requirements, security hardening measures and ISM controls are effectively validated.

About You

You are a detail-oriented V&V Engineer who enjoys ensuring complex systems perform as intended and meet stakeholder expectations. You bring a structured approach to testing, verification and compliance activities and are comfortable working across multidisciplinary teams to deliver quality outcomes in a dynamic engineering environment.

Essential

• Experience working in verification and validation environments, including close collaboration with Systems Engineering teams on system and subsystem requirements.
• Experience developing and documenting test plans, test cases, verification procedures and validation activities.
• Experience executing test plans and test cases and assessing outcomes against defined requirements and acceptance criteria.
• Experience producing and maintaining verification artefacts including test reports, Requirements Traceability Matrices (RTMs) and supporting documentation at system and subsystem level.
• Experience collecting, managing and documenting objective evidence to support verification, validation and compliance activities.
• Familiarity with test management tools, including ETM or similar test execution and management platforms.
• Knowledge of cyber security principles, security hardening practices and ISM controls, with experience supporting the verification of security-related requirements.
• Experience using Jira and Confluence for planning, collaboration, reporting and documentation.
• Experience working within Agile delivery programs, including adaptive planning, user story development and story point estimation.
• Ability to communicate technical findings clearly and effectively to a range of stakeholders.

Advantageous

• Experience supporting V&V activities within Defence, Government or other highly regulated environments.
• Familiarity with systems integration, acceptance testing and compliance assurance processes.
• Experience working with requirements management and traceability frameworks across complex engineering programs.
• Exposure to multidisciplinary engineering teams delivering software, infrastructure and systems-based solutions.

This role does require the successful applicant to be an Australian Citizen and hold an NV-1 security clearance.

Due to the nature of our work, applicants must be Australian Citizens and be eligible to obtain and maintain the security clearance required for the role. Certain roles may be subject International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) requirements which may limit persons who hold dual nationality with certain proscribed countries from accessing material, or in the case of dual Australian-U.S citizens, may require the candidate to obtain a U.S. Persons Abroad authorisation from the U.S DDTC.

Pay Range

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

About Leidos

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

Pay And Benefits

Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits.

Securing Your Data

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Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.