An exciting opportunity exists for an experienced engineering leader to drive sustainment outcomes across a complex Defence capability program. Working within a highly technical environment, you will lead multidisciplinary engineering, technical and logistics teams responsible for maintaining the operational availability and performance of advanced combat systems.

This is a senior leadership position suited to someone who combines strong systems engineering expertise with program delivery, stakeholder management, and people leadership experience.

About the Role As the Engineering Manager, you will be responsible for leading engineering sustainment activities across mission-critical Defence systems. You will work closely with customers, program teams, logistics specialists, and technical stakeholders to ensure ongoing capability availability, engineering compliance, and continuous improvement outcomes.

Leading multidisciplinary engineering and sustainment teams

Managing engineering support activities for complex combat and mission systems

Delivering engineering change initiatives and in-service support programs

Overseeing planned and corrective maintenance activities

Managing technical investigations, risk, obsolescence and supportability issues

Driving systems engineering governance, processes and technical compliance

Managing budgets, forecasting and program performance

Engaging with Defence and industry stakeholders to achieve successful sustainment outcomes

Supporting long-term capability growth, reliability and availability objectives





About You You are a proven engineering leader with experience delivering outcomes in complex Defence, maritime, aerospace, or mission-critical environments.

You will bring:

Extensive experience in systems engineering and engineering management

Experience leading multidisciplinary engineering teams

Strong background in sustainment, asset management, integrated logistics support or in-service support environments

Demonstrated project or program management experience

Ability to manage complex stakeholder relationships across industry and government

Strong understanding of systems engineering principles and lifecycle management

Excellent communication and leadership skills

Tertiary qualifications in Engineering or a related discipline

Highly regarded experience includes

Combat systems or military systems engineering

Combat management systems, weapons, sensors, communications, navigation or electronic warfare systems

Systems integration environments

Defence maritime programs

Technical regulatory and compliance frameworks

What's on Offer

Leadership role within a nationally significant Defence program

Prospect to influence long-term sustainment and capability outcomes

Work alongside highly regarded engineering professionals

Diverse and complex technical challenges

Flexible location options across Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne or Perth

Career growth within a large and established Defence environment

Applicants must be Australian Citizens and be eligible to obtain and maintain a Defence security clearance (NV1 minimum).

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📌 Engineering Manager - Defence (Adelaide)
🏢 Brunel
📍 Adelaide