# Systems Engineer

**Company**: Leidos Australia
**Location**: Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Aerospace & Defence

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## Description

At Leidos Australia, you'll join a team where people work with integrity, inclusion, innovation, agility, collaboration, and commitment. This is an exciting opportunity for a Systems Engineer to join a high-profile Defence program delivering mission-critical capability outcomes that support Australia's national security objectives.

In this role, you will:

- Support systems engineering activities across the project lifecycle, including requirements analysis, system design, integration, verification, and validation.

- Collaborate with Defence customers, project teams, and industry partners to develop and deliver capability solutions that meet operational and technical requirements.

- Contribute to engineering reviews, technical documentation, risk management activities, and systems assurance processes within a secure Defence environment.

- Assist in the development of engineering artefacts and technical recommendations that support successful program delivery and capability outcomes.

As a Systems Engineer, you should have:

- Experience in Systems Engineering within Defence, aerospace, intelligence, national security, or similarly complex environments.

- Experience supporting systems engineering activities across the system lifecycle, including requirements management, system design, integration, verification, and validation.

- Ability to engage effectively with Defence customers, project stakeholders, and multidisciplinary technical teams.

- Experience developing and maintaining engineering documentation, technical artefacts, and compliance evidence.

- Knowledge of systems engineering methodologies, frameworks, and industry standards.

- Tertiary qualifications in Engineering, Systems Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline.

Leidos offers various benefits, including:

- 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.

## Skills

### Required
- Systems Engineering
- Defence
- aerospace
- intelligence
- national security
- Engineering
- Computer Science

### Nice to have
- Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)
- Defence acquisition
- integration
- sustainment programs
- geospatial capabilities

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