Verification and Validation (V&V) Officer

Amentum company; Canberra; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Amentum is a leader in global engineering, project management and solutions integration. We are seeking a Verification & Validation (V&V) Engineer to support the delivery of a critical Defence acquisition capability.

Working within a multidisciplinary engineering environment, you will verify, validate, integrate and test complex maritime and/or land systems through the capability lifecycle, collaborating with Defence stakeholders and industry partners to ensure requirements are demonstrated

Qualifications

• Degree qualification in Engineering, Systems Engineering, Science or a related technical discipline.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain and coordinate Verification & Validation Plans (VVPs) aligned to program objectives, engineering activities, and delivery schedules.
• Define verification strategies and methodologies using inspection, analysis, demonstration and test techniques.
• Support the planning, coordination and execution of Test & Evaluation activities; including development of test concepts, procedures, schedules and acceptance criteria.
• Participate in integration, qualification, acceptance and operational testing activities, including platform trials and capability demonstrations where required.
• Maintain requirements traceability to ensure system requirements are allocated, verified, validated and formally closed.
• Analyse test outcomes and verification evidence to identify deficiencies, non-conformances, risks, and corrective actions.
• Prepare verification reports, validation evidence, compliance records and engineering assurance artefacts to support governance and capability acceptance.
• Contribute to engineering and program reviews, including SRR, PDR, CDR and TRR.
• Collaborate with engineering, integration, project and Defence stakeholder groups to ensure systems are ready for verification, validation and acceptance activities.
• Ensure all V&V and T&E activities are conducted in accordance with Defence policies, engineering standards and program requirements.

Skills

V&V planning

Systems engineering

Test & Evaluation

Defence experience

Education

Engineering degree or related technical discipline

Job description

Amentum is a leader in global engineering, project management and solutions integration, trusted to modernise the most critical missions anywhere in the world. Driven to create a safer, smarter, cleaner world, we innovate as a team of inventive doers passionate about making a difference. Underpinned by a strong culture of ethics, safety and inclusivity. Amentum is fiercely committed to operational excellence and successful execution.

Are you seeking a career that offers a healthy work-life balance, a friendly company culture, and engagement with a supportive community?

We’ll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed – today and into tomorrow. We offer an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive and diverse team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities.

People are our greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent.

Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and diversity. We put people at the heart of our business, and we genuinely believe that we all succeed by supporting one another through our culture of caring. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees.

Amentum is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer, please refer to our Enterprise Agreement and www.fairwork.gov.au for more information.

Verification and Validation (V&V) Officer

We are seeking a Verification & Validation (V&V) Engineer to support the delivery of a critical Defence acquisition capability.

Working within a multidisciplinary engineering environment, you will play a key role in assuring that complex systems are designed, integrated, tested and accepted in accordance with Defence requirements.

This position is focused on the verification, validation, integration and Test & Evaluation (T&E) of complex maritime and/or land systems throughout the capability lifecycle. You will work closely with Defence stakeholders, engineers, project teams and industry partners to ensure system requirements are appropriately verified, validated and demonstrated through a structured and evidence-based approach.

You will bring practical experience from Defence acquisition, systems engineering, integration or Test & Evaluation environments involving complex physical platforms and mission systems. This role is best suited to engineers with maritime, land or broader Defence materiel systems experience rather than ICT, enterprise software, or business system testing backgrounds.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain and coordinate Verification & Validation Plans (VVPs) aligned to program objectives, engineering activities, and delivery schedules.
• Define verification strategies and methodologies using inspection, analysis, demonstration and test techniques.
• Support the planning, coordination and execution of Test & Evaluation activities; including development of test concepts, procedures, schedules and acceptance criteria.
• Participate in integration, qualification, acceptance and operational testing activities, including platform trials and capability demonstrations where required.
• Maintain requirements traceability to ensure system requirements are allocated, verified, validated and formally closed.
• Analyse test outcomes and verification evidence to identify deficiencies, non-conformances, risks, and corrective
• Prepare verification reports, validation evidence, compliance records and engineering assurance artefacts to support governance and capability acceptance.
• Contribute to engineering and program reviews, including System Requirements Reviews (SRR), Preliminary Design Reviews (PDR), Critical Design Reviews (CDR) and Test Readiness Reviews (TRR).
• Collaborate with engineering, integration, project and Defence stakeholder groups to ensure systems are ready for verification, validation and acceptance activities.
• Ensure all V&V and T&E activities are conducted in accordance with Defence policies, engineering standards and program requirements.

About You

To be successful in this role, you will possess:

• Degree qualification in Engineering, Systems Engineering, Science or a related technical discipline.
• Experience supporting Defence acquisition programs.
• Experience supporting Verification & Validation, Systems Engineering, Integration, Test & Evaluation or Engineering Assurance activities within Defence environments.
• Knowledge of systems engineering principles and the application of verification and validation throughout the system lifecycle.
• Experience developing and maintaining verification plans, requirements traceability, verification matrices, test procedures and assurance documentation.
• Experience supporting integration, qualification, acceptance, operational testing, or platform trial activities.
• Familiarity with Defence engineering governance, capability acceptance, and Test & Evaluation frameworks.
• Experience supporting the integration, verification, or testing of platform, mission, communications, sensor, mechanical, electrical, combat or integrated systems.

Required Security Clearance Level: NV1

Location: Canberra

Weekly Hours: 40