The first thing you learn at Leidos Australia is to leave current thinking at the door. Our aim is to make the world a safer, healthier and more efficient place, but we won’t get far using existing ideas. We need incisive minds like yours to weave together information technology, engineering and science skills into practical solutions for the most complex and high risk challenges

As the Project Engineering Manager you will be responsible for managing a team of systems, software and ILS engineers to design, build, integrate  and deliver a single enterprise e-health solution for Defence.

Your leadership and governance of the project engineering team will require planning and leading the technical design, establishing and maintaining baselines and leading formal and informal engineering reviews.

You will:

• Manage the systematic conversion of customer requirements into total system solutions that acknowledge technical, enterprise, schedule, and cost constraints
• Manage integration of COTS products to achieve a unified solution
• Manage agile software development, integration, test deployment and logistics support
• Monitor subcontractor and team performance against plan and use your experience working in Defence environments to ensure regulatory compliance
• Build strong working relationships with key stakeholders both internally and in the customer organisation, and provide guidance to ensure the unified solution meets end user expectations
• Work with the program manager and team leads to manage risk and ensure successful program delivery

As an engineering leader you will have a Bachelor degree or higher in engineering/computer science/IT or a related discipline, together with substantial relevant professional experience and specialised training.  You will preferably have CPEng accreditation or equivalent.  A baseline security clearance is also initially required for this role.

Coupled with your education you will have: 

• Over 10 years professional experience working in a senior role with engineering responsibility for large scale, complex, software-centric programs
• Experience working within Defence Technical Regulation frameworks
• Experience working in a System Integrator organisation
• Experience of systems and software engineering, enterprise architecture and interface protocols
• Proven ability to resolve complex technical problems with strong conceptual and analytical skills

Your personal and professional attributes will include strong leadership and organisational skills with a demonstrated ability to build and maintain effective working relationships across all levels and to influence key
stakeholders.  Your career will demonstrate that you consistently produce excellent results in complex environments and that you have excellent communication and interpersonal skills