Job Description

About the job

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Senior Systems Engineer | Defence | Canberra

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Canberra

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- Permanent Full-time
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- NV1/NV2
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- $160,000–$200,000 TRP (inc. super)
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In less than two years, Eolas has grown from 1 to 23+ Defence and national security professionals. Twelve joined through LinkedIn. We're currently looking for a Senior Systems Engineer to join a high-impact Defence program.

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For the right candidate, this would be a backfill role on an existing engagement (subject to client approval) — and we're also actively looking to fill several other interesting Defence roles with our clients across Canberra. If you're a strong Systems Engineer, we want to talk to you regardless of which of these ends up being the right fit — we'll work that out together.

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What Makes You Right for This

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- Strong systems engineering background within Defence acquisition or capability development programs
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- Comfortable operating in complex, multi-contract, system-of-systems environments
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- Confident reviewing and endorsing complex engineering documentation — specifications, design packages, technical risk registers
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- Experience mentoring less senior engineers and building technical capability in a team
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- Chartered Professional Engineer status is not required — eligibility to attain CPEng is though. Eolas supports and mentors staff through their CPEng application if that's useful to you
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- Australian citizen with a current NV1 or NV2 clearance
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- Canberra-based, primarily office-based (Campbell Park Offices) with limited work from home flexibility
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Please note: due to ITAR-related obligations on some of our programs, not all dual-citizenship combinations will be workable for every role.



We're happy to talk through what this means for you in a confidential conversation.

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What You'll Actually Do

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- Lead development of complex engineering documentation and provide engineering advice and assurance across design, integration, and verification activities
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- Identify, assess, and manage technical risk, and support governance and delegations frameworks
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- Represent engineering interests in technical forums, working groups, and formal system reviews with contractors and stakeholders
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- Mentor and develop engineers earlier in their career, and help grow our talent pipeline more broadly
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- Collaborate across discipline streams to keep engineering inputs aligned with program objectives
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Why Eolas

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At Eolas, you won't be rewarded for looking busy. You'll be recognised for what you deliver and how you deliver it. We're also serious about building a genuinely fun, safe and welcoming home for our consultants — not just a talent supply chain. We're developing a formal Career Management Framework to support that, and we'll be sharing more on it soon. Three values shape our work:

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- Own It. See a problem, fix it. Take responsibility, follow through, and make things better.
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- Focus on What Matters. Transparent the noise. If something doesn't move the needle, challenge it or change it.
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- Create Together. Respect what the client knows, bring what you know, and shape the solution together.
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Ready to Join a Team Doing Things Differently? We're not looking for contractors, we're looking for full-time, permanent staff. People who see what needs doing, take responsibility, and get results.

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Eolas Solutions. Less noise. More clarity. Real outcomes.

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We actively encourage applications from veterans and professionals from diverse backgrounds.

📌 Senior System Engineer (Canberra)
🏢 Eolas Solutions
📍 Canberra