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Mechanical Field Engineer

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-23 → 2026-09-25

Core

Provide technical leadership and engineering expertise for sustainment and operational readiness of key Defence assets, managing complex mechanical systems including seawater, freshwater, HVAC, hydraulic, pneumatic, and lifting equipment.

Role type

Senior Mechanical Field Engineer (Systems Engineering & Certification)

Builds

Sustainment and operational readiness of Defence assets

Domain

Defence / Marine Systems Engineering

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Systems engineering, configuration control, technical certification, requirements engineering, integration engineering, verification and validation, safety engineering, design review, engineering change management

Preferred skills

Marine design or maintenance experience, Department of Defence design delivery experience

Technologies

HVAC, hydraulic, pneumatic systems, mechanical handling and lifting equipment

Responsibilities

Conduct work to Engineering Management Plan and CSC task plans; exercise technical oversight via systems engineering and configuration control processes; govern technical certification of systems for compliance and fitness for purpose; manage systems engineering process including requirements, integration, verification, validation, and safety engineering; develop tasking statements for design tasks; review engineering design deliverables and conduct technical Design Reviews; verify Request for Problem Resolution against requirements baseline and Safety Case; manage Request for Variations.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with mentorship responsibilities

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