Weapons Systems Engineer – Combat & Armored Platforms

KBR; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Competitive salary

Parental leave

Income protection

Career development

Job summary

KBR is seeking an experienced Weapons Systems Engineer to provide specialist engineering support for Combat Systems on Land platforms. You will lead technical certification, oversee requirements, design reviews, and acceptance testing while guiding other engineers and coordinating with internal and external stakeholders across Australia.

You will conduct field testing, support accreditation activities, and ensure compliance with Defence standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics, Mechatronics or Systems or a related discipline.
• Experience with Requirements Development, Design Review and Acceptance within a regulated technical framework, for example Department of Defence.
• Experience in weapons, communications and combat systems.
• Hold, or be eligible for, membership of a recognised professional body and registration as Chartered Engineer.
• A minimum of 5 years related experience, with typical experience ranging from 5-10 years.
• Must be eligible for ITAR clearance of relevant Army and Defence systems.
• Experience in a Department of Defence design delivery.
• Experience in Armoured Vehicle or mounted weapon system design or maintenance.
• Awareness of Systems Engineering.

Responsibilities

• Provide Combat and weapons Systems Engineering Subject Matter Expertise, technical guidance and leadership to support technical certification and acceptance testing of weapons systems on armoured platforms.
• Develop Acceptance testing task plans, contribute to program schedules and independently deliver engineering outputs for engineering changes.
• Deliver engineering activities in accordance with approved policy, plans and processes, including the Engineering Management Plan and individual CSC task plans.
• Provide technical oversight and assurance across systems engineering, configuration control and materiel support processes.
• Support technical certification, ensuring compliance with applicable standards, specifications and regulations and assuring systems are fit for purpose.
• Manage systems engineering services, including requirements engineering, integration engineering, verification and validation, test and evaluation, mechanical, electrical, structural and safety engineering.
• Develop tasking statements, review subcontracted quotations and deliverables, and support value for money and risk mitigation to as low as reasonably practicable.
• Develop test plans, review engineering design deliverables, conduct technical Design Reviews and undertake technical risk assessments within engineering delegation.
• Work within the Land engineering framework to support certification and accreditation of major platforms and integrated weapon systems, collaborating with internal and external stakeholders.
• Attend field firing and testing activities at ranges across Australia to support certification and accreditation safe for use of mounted weapons systems on the platforms.

Skills

Weapons systems

Systems engineering

Regulated framework

ITAR clearance eligibility

Field testing

Education

Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics/Mechatronics/Systems

Chartered Engineer

Job description

KBR is seeking an experienced Weapons Systems Engineer to provide specialist engineering support for Combat Systems on Land platforms. You will lead technical certification, oversee requirements, design reviews, and acceptance testing while guiding other engineers and coordinating with internal and external stakeholders across Australia.

You will conduct field testing, support accreditation activities, and ensure compliance with Defence standards.