## Combat Systems Engineer Rockingham, WA | Permanent Opportunity | Defence Industry ## Shape the Future of Naval Defence Capability Join a team delivering advanced combat system capabilities that support Australia's naval defence mission. Working across complex, integrated systems, you will contribute to the development, integration and assurance of technologies that enhance operational effectiveness and mission success for defence customers. This is an opportunity to work on mission-critical defence programs involving the integration of combat management systems, sensors, communications, command and control technologies, and other advanced mission systems. You will collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering teams and play a key role in delivering capabilities that matter. ##

About the Role
As a Combat Systems Engineer, you will contribute to the design, integration, verification and delivery of complex combat system solutions across maritime defence programs. You will work across the systems engineering lifecycle, ensuring that combat system elements are successfully integrated and meet operational, performance and safety requirements. Key areas of involvement include:
- Combat system requirements development and management
- System architecture and design activities
- Integration of combat system components and subsystems
- Verification, validation and acceptance testing
- Technical investigations, trade studies and engineering analyses
- Risk identification and management
- Engineering reviews and technical governance activities
- Collaboration with software, hardware and platform engineering teams to deliver integrated solutions This role offers exposure to long-term defence programs and the prospect to work with leading-edge technologies in a highly collaborative environment.



## About You You are a systems engineering professional who enjoys solving complex technical challenges and working within multidisciplinary teams to deliver mission-critical capabilities. To be successful, you will bring:
- A degree qualification in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical discipline
- Experience applying systems engineering principles across requirements management, system architecture, integration, verification and validation activities
- Proven experience contributing to the design, integration, verification and delivery of complex systems within defence, maritime, aerospace, communications, or other highly regulated environments
- Strong technical problem-solving and analytical skills
- Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills
- The ability to work collaboratively across engineering and project teams Experience in any of the following would be highly regarded:
- Combat Systems
- Naval or Maritime Defence Programs
- Combat Management Systems (CMS)
- Mission Systems
- C4ISR Systems
- Systems Integration and Test & Evaluation
- Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)
- DOORS, Cameo, Enterprise Architect, SysML or similar engineering tools Australian Citizenship and the ability to obtain and maintain an NV1 Security Clearance are essential requirements for this role. ## Why Join Us? You'll be part of a collaborative and innovative team working on technologies that directly contribute to Australia's defence capability.

We offer
- 6 weeks paid leave each year
- 14% superannuation plus income protection insurance
- Flexible working arrangements
- Share-matching scheme and additional employee benefits
- Ongoing professional development and career growth opportunities
- The chance to work on complex, meaningful defence programs with real-world impact ## Ready to Make an Impact? If you're passionate about delivering advanced defence capabilities and want to work on some of Australia's most challenging and rewarding engineering programs, we would love to hear from you. Apply now and help shape the future of Australia's defence capability.

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