LCRC Systems Engineer – Canberra

Must have an active Negative Vetting Level 1 (or higher) security clearance and be able to obtain Negative Vetting Level 2 security clearance.

Location: Canberra (Onsite).

Job Details:

• The Senior Specialist Engineer Systems (Communications) will support the EWIS Land SPO within CASG, providing engineering expertise to sustain the CA51 fleet and related communication capabilities including counter-IED and Land Electronic Warfare systems.
• Key responsibilities include performing complex RF/communications engineering activities, exercising technical regulatory authority delegations, stakeholder engagement, and ensuring compliance with Defence engineering management systems and regulatory frameworks.
• The role also involves mentoring engineers and managing workflows and team plans.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Perform critical and complex engineering activities and provide advice in the field of communication engineering under broad direction.
• Accountable for exercising assigned engineering authorities and any Technical Regulatory Authority delegations.
• Apply engineering knowledge and experience to identify risks and uncertainties and take these into account in planning, decision making and priority setting.
• Demonstrate communication engineering knowledge and provide advice and recommendations on the development of advancements to established engineering principles, techniques, methods and regulations.
• Build and sustain positive relationships with team members, actively participate in teamwork and motivate and mentor developing engineers.
• Tailor communication style and language to communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders.
• Assess technical and design packages including scoping, planning, reviewing, provide recommendations and contribute to the implementation of actions.
• Evaluate that the delivered materiel meets the endorsed requirements and legislative, policy and regulatory frameworks, provide recommendations and contribute to the implementation of actions.
• Monitor and ensure safety aspects of Defence materiel systems are considered and incorporated into communication engineering activities.
• Manage workflows, resources, prepare work area and team plans detailing measurable milestones and expected outcomes.

Technical Skills:

• Bachelor of Engineering (RF Communications, Systems Engineering) from an Australian institution, or a qualification gained elsewhere, that satisfies the requirements of the Washington Accord for recognition as a Professional Engineer.
• Registered Professional Engineer – Professional Engineers Registration Act 2019.
• Demonstrated experience in the Engineering discipline, including the planning, scoping, budgeting and forecasting of tasks, activities and deliverables within the Project, and the ability to work in a distributed team across a varied workforce and environment.
• Demonstrated experience in sustainment and maintenance of in service of RF/Communications systems in a Defence environment.
• Demonstrated experience in the conducting of test and evaluation activities specifically at the DT&E and AT&E levels.

Candidate Requirements:

• Have an Australian Government security clearance of at least NV1 with the ability to attain an NV2 (Essential).
• Ability to work on site (Essential).
• Qualifications / experience as per above (Essential).