About Leidos Australia

At Leidos Australia, our work goes beyond a job title. We design, build, operate and support the systems, services and capabilities that help protect and advance the Australian way of life.

Description

At Leidos Australia, our work goes beyond a job title. We design, build, operate and support the systems, services and capabilities that help protect and advance the Australian way of life.

Backed by a global organisation of more than 40,000 people, our Australian team of around 2,000 has partnered with government, defence and national security customers for more than 30 years. We deliver mission-critical solutions where reliability, trust and purpose matter.

Leidos is a destination for people who want their work to have purpose, their contribution to be recognised, and their career to grow without needing to fit a single mould. Meaningful work is supported by benefits, flexibility and career pathways that help you grow while balancing life outside work.

This Includes

- Flex Your Way – Tailor work to your life with options including Life Days (up to 12 extra days off per year), part‑time arrangements, job sharing, and compressed hours.
- Wellbeing That Matters – Free access to Headspace and MeQuilibrium, plus dedicated wellness spaces to support your mental, physical, and emotional wellbeing.
- Learn Without Limits – Access over 120,000 on‑demand courses, alongside technical, project management, leadership, and professional development opportunities.
- Work That Makes an Impact – Contribute to nationally significant projects that matter, solve complex challenges, and accelerate your career through unique growth opportunities.




- Build Your Future – Whether you’re deepening technical expertise or preparing for leadership, we’ll invest in your development every step of the way.
- And Much More – These are just a few of the ways we invest in our people and help them thrive.

About The Team

You’ll join a team where people work with integrity, inclusion, innovation, agility, collaboration and commitment. In practice, that means sharing ownership, solving complex problems together and staying connected to the customer context, the purpose behind the work and how each role contributes to meaningful outcomes.

Mission Software Systems (MSS) brings together expertise across intelligence, software, and cloud to deliver end‑to‑end capability supporting the full intelligence lifecycle, from planning through to dissemination and feedback.

The team fosters a culture of innovation, leveraging contemporary engineering practices and shared infrastructure to rapidly build, test, and deploy software solutions across a range of environments, including cloud. MSS also plays a key role in advancing technology modernisation within Government, delivering scalable and adaptable solutions for complex enterprise challenges.

The Opportunity

This is an exciting opportunity for a Systems Engineer to join a high‑profile Defence program delivering mission‑critical capability outcomes that support Australia’s national security objectives.



Working within a highly secure environment, you will contribute to the design, integration, verification and delivery of complex systems, collaborating with Defence stakeholders and multidisciplinary engineering teams to solve challenging technical problems.

In This Role, You Will

- Support systems engineering activities across the project lifecycle, including requirements analysis, system design, integration, verification and validation.
- Collaborate with Defence customers, project teams and industry partners to develop and deliver capability solutions that meet operational and technical requirements.
- Contribute to engineering reviews, technical documentation, risk management activities and systems assurance processes within a secure Defence environment.
- Assist in the development of engineering artefacts and technical recommendations that support successful program delivery and capability outcomes.

About You

You are an experienced Systems Engineer who enjoys working in complex, highly regulated environments and contributing to capability outcomes that make a meaningful impact. You bring a collaborative approach, sound technical knowledge and the ability to work effectively with a range of stakeholders to deliver quality engineering outcomes.

Essential

- Experience in Systems Engineering within Defence, aerospace, intelligence, national security or similarly complex environments.
- Experience supporting systems engineering activities across the system lifecycle, including requirements management, system design, integration, verification and validation.
- Ability to engage effectively with Defence customers, project stakeholders and multidiscipli

📌 Systems Engineer (Canberra)
🏢 Leidos Australia
📍 Canberra