Global role | International travel | Reports to Director, Global Engineering

Location: South East, Melbourne

A global manufacturer of safety critical products for regulated markets is looking for a Systems Engineering and Verification & Validation Manager to lead how products are specified, built and proven across new product development, sustaining engineering and customer projects.

Exposure the the full V-Model lifecycle

The role

You will be the global authority for systems engineering and V&V;, setting the standard that engineering teams across multiple regions work to.

You will:

- Own and improve an ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288 aligned lifecycle, tailored to programme risk and complexity
- Approve or reject V&V; strategies, evidence and gate submissions, holding the line when evidence falls short
- Define V&V; strategy from programme start, covering requirements coverage, test environments, regulatory evidence and acceptance testing
- Represent Systems Engineering at design, governance and type approval forums
- Set common methods, tools and metrics for requirements, traceability, architecture and test
- Lead customer, quality and certification audits
- Manage capacity, budget,



external labs and suppliers for the function
- Lead a team of systems engineers and guide regional validation and test engineers through a matrix structure
- Champion a safety first culture across engineering and test

About you

- Degree in systems, electrical, mechanical or software engineering, or equivalent experience
- Substantial experience leading full lifecycle systems engineering and V&V; in a regulated, safety critical or certified product setting
- Proven ownership of formal stage gate and technical acceptance decisions under commercial and schedule pressure
- Experience leading senior engineers and matrix teams across multiple sites or regions
- Strong command of requirements, traceability, test and configuration management tools
- Confident communicator at executive level with sound judgement and conflict resolution skills
- Willing to travel internationally

Nice to have

- INCOSE CSEP/ESEP or equivalent
- Experience in MBSE, product line architecture, reliability, functional safety, cybersecurity or human factors
- Background in aviation, marine or other infrastructure markets

📌 Systems Engineering Manager (Melbourne)
🏢 ProFound People
📍 Melbourne