Job Expectations Position Title: FW Senior Design Engineer

A fantastic opportunity to join nbn, Australia's largest digital infrastructure provider, as a Senior Design Engineer
- Fixed Wireless Networks. Reporting to the Lead Design Engineer, you will play a key role in the design, integration, validation and deployment of Fixed Wireless network capabilities that support connectivity across Australia. Working within an Agile delivery environment, you will contribute to the evolution of nbn's Fixed Wireless network across access, backhaul and core domains, ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, resilient and operationally ready.

A bit about your role

As the Senior Design Engineer
- Fixed Wireless Networks, you will act as a subject matter expert for Routing and Switching network capability within the Wireless network. You will also contribute to the delivery of the end-to-end network solution for the Wireless access platform by ensuring that Mobile Packet Backbone Network components (Signalling Switch, Signalling Router and Firewall) components are scalable, cost effective and provide the performance required by nbn FW Solution & Architecture. As the Senior Design Engineer, you will actively participate in design and test activities by providing Engineering work breakdown. You will be developing high-quality Engineering, high Level and Detailed Designs as well as Configurations and deliverables to enhance, augment and maintain nbn’s Fixed Wireless networks and associated platforms.

Contributing to the success of Quarterly Program Increment (PI) planning workshops, daily stand-ups, team demonstrations/showcases, supporting System Integration Tests, First Time Deployments and Operational handover activities, Configuration and other deliverables through to production stability.



Finally, you’ll be required to work with external & internal business partners to provide EPIC sizing estimates and solving impediments during delivery, while ensuring right solution intent.

You will also be responsible for mentoring and promoting cross-skilling within the team. You will support the Lead Design Engineer as SME and provide guidance to other members of the team during design & testing of the solution. You’ll be a frontrunner of a collaborative team, where you will contribute and positively support the high-performing team culture to successfully deliver on the nbn and team purpose, strategy, and stakeholder engagement initiatives.

A bit about you

You bring strong experience in carrier-grade telecommunications networks, with deep expertise across routing and switching, firewall implementation, network design and integration testing. You have worked extensively with technologies including Cisco ASR, UCS and NCS platforms, IOS/IOS-XR operating systems and EPNM management platforms, complemented by experience with Juniper SRX and JunOS environments.

You have successfully delivered large-scale Fixed Wireless deployments and complex network migration programs, applying your knowledge of EVPN, BGP, MPLS, QoS and OSPF to design and implement scalable, high-performing network solutions.



Your experience developing end-to-end telecommunications capabilities has established you as a trusted subject matter expert within the Fixed Wireless domain, with a strong understanding of how technology, operational requirements and customer outcomes intersect.

You combine exceptional technical expertise with strong stakeholder management and communication skills, enabling you to build trusted partnerships and influence outcomes across both technical and business teams. Adaptable, proactive and comfortable operating with a high degree of autonomy, you thrive in fast-paced environments and enjoy mentoring others, solving complex challenges and contributing to cutting-edge network solutions that deliver meaningful outcomes for customers and the business.

Life at nbn

To be part of nbn is to be part of something bigger. There’s so much more from here. Our pioneering spirit drives us forward every day. Together, we help lift the digital capability of the nation by building and connecting Australia’s best fibre infrastructure into homes and businesses, plus places and things, everywhere. We’re continuing to create Australia’s network—a network made for more. Not just a way for everyone to do the things they love but transforming the way they do them.

A more inclusive working world nbn is committed to an inclusive, flexible, and supportive workplace where everyone can feel heard, valued, and respected. We believe diverse perspectives are the key to unlocking greater outcomes and encourage applications from people of all ages, nationalities, abilities, and cultures.

- Reconciliation Action Plan
- Accessibility & Inclusion Plan
- 18 weeks of paid parental leave
- Pride in Diversity Platinum Employer
- Active employee-led diversity pillars

📌 FW Senior Design Engineer (Melbourne)
🏢 nbn co
📍 Melbourne