Top Systems Engineer Jobs in Melbourne

Build and improve core AI and machine learning infrastructure enabling teams to develop, train, evaluate, deploy, and operate ML models and pipelines. Design scalable distributed systems, support end-to-end ML lifecycles, implement MLOps automation, collaborate with product engineering teams, lead projects from design through launch, review code, document solutions, and mentor junior engineers. Work may include dataset curation, LLM fine-tuning, model serving, monitoring, and generative AI systems.

Leads regional ICT strategy, infrastructure, cloud, network, identity, endpoint, vendor, and service operations for Shield AI’s Australian hub and Asia-Pacific/Middle East programs. Ensures sovereign data handling, export-control compliance, classified-environment access controls, cybersecurity, resilience, and accreditation. Manages a technical team, budget, vendors, IT assets, site deployments, executive support, and customer engagements while aligning Australian requirements with US enterprise standards.

Provides power systems analysis, grid connection planning, and technical advice for generation, energy storage, and network operations. Leads projects, supports engineers, analyses power system studies, and collaborates with clients and service providers. Requires an Electrical Engineering degree, post-graduation power industry experience, proficiency with PSSE, PSCAD, and DIgSILENT PowerFactory, and knowledge of National Electricity Rules and the NEM grid connection process.

Support Defence systems engineering for LC4CS capability acquisition and transition into sustainment. Responsibilities include developing engineering plans, specifications, requirements, verification documentation, and technical reports; reviewing ASDEFCON artefacts; applying Defence governance standards; evaluating technical solutions; supporting integration, verification, validation, and certification; and managing engineering risks, configuration baselines, and changes.

Leads pre-sales technical execution for AI security solutions across Australia. Responsibilities include technical discovery, architecture reviews, demonstrations, proof-of-concept support, customer deployments, partner enablement, sales engineer training, demo environment management, and post-sales handoffs. Builds relationships with technical decision-makers, supports cloud and self-hosted AI deployments, and evangelizes secure agentic AI practices.

Leads technical pre-sales for enterprise data management solutions, including discovery, solution design, product demonstrations, proof-of-concept engagements, executive briefings, RFP responses, and partner enablement. Translates customer requirements involving cloud infrastructure, data security, governance, privacy, and compliance into measurable business outcomes. Collaborates with sales, product, engineering, marketing, customer success, and channel partners throughout complex enterprise sales cycles.

Systems Engineer responsible for technical oversight and systems solution development for the TopSKY ONE air traffic management subsystem. Duties include leading technical working groups, reviewing specifications, supporting software development and validation teams, managing requirements and engineering changes, contributing to verification strategies, and mitigating architectural and functional risks. The role requires collaboration across multidisciplinary teams while meeting safety, security, human factors, cost, schedule, and quality requirements.

Lead power-system studies and technical advisory for islanded mining networks, stand-alone power systems, and weak grids. Analyze generation, storage, industrial loads, protection, voltage, frequency, stability, and contingencies. Develop models, operating envelopes, dispatch and restoration strategies, connection assessments, and compliance reports. Engage clients, network operators, and generators; lead technical workstreams, manage quality and delivery, mentor engineers, and support proposals and client relationships across renewable energy, mining, and industrial projects.

Engineer and enhance IBM Z, z/OS, and mainframe storage infrastructure supporting critical banking services. Responsibilities include storage provisioning, hardware upgrades, migrations, performance analysis, troubleshooting, disaster recovery, resilience testing, and automation. The role also explores AI-assisted engineering for diagnostics, documentation, and operational improvement.

Engineer and improve mainframe application lifecycle, source control, build, promotion, and deployment platforms. Integrate Broadcom Endeavor with Git, CI/CD, APIs, and automation while maintaining secure production controls. Automate builds and deployments across COBOL, PL/I, Assembler, and JCL environments; troubleshoot complex delivery issues; and strengthen traceability, reproducibility, rollback, auditability, and release integrity across development, test, and production.

Supports an ERP transformation program by maintaining engineering and manufacturing product data, drawings, product structures, and BOMs across PLM, MES, and ERP systems. Coordinates engineering changes, validates CAD and technical documentation, supports manufacturing engineering activities, tracks project progress, and contributes to continuous improvement and cost-saving initiatives. Collaborates with Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Product Management teams in a hybrid contract role ending December 2027.

Lead control systems engineering for hybrid power projects involving renewable generation, battery storage, and thermal generation. Design and review PLC, SCADA, HMI, and industrial network systems; supervise consultants and vendors; coordinate multidisciplinary interfaces; develop and witness FAT; support SAT, commissioning, troubleshooting, and plant performance testing; and ensure complete technical documentation and software handover to operations.

Supports an ERP transformation project by maintaining engineering and manufacturing product data, BOMs, product structures, drawings, CAD models, and technical documentation across PLM and related systems. Coordinates engineering changes, collaborates with Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Product Management, tracks project progress, identifies risks, and contributes to process improvements. The role suits an early-career engineer interested in mechanical product design, engineering change management, and project coordination.

Supports enterprise network and systems infrastructure across Cisco networking, Windows Server, Active Directory, Microsoft 365 identity, endpoint management, monitoring, and ITSM. Responsibilities include troubleshooting, incident and change management, infrastructure migrations, vendor coordination, documentation, and service improvement. The role requires hands-on management of network, identity, server, endpoint, and hybrid infrastructure environments while contributing to modernization initiatives.

Supports customer-facing production applications across Windows and Linux environments. Responsibilities include incident and service request management, troubleshooting application and infrastructure issues, root cause analysis, system monitoring, customer communication, documentation, and operational improvement. The role requires SQL, networking, system administration, and ticketing experience, with weekend on-call rotations and temporary early or late shifts for global onboarding.

Administer and improve Windows Server and Microsoft Azure infrastructure across production, disaster recovery, test, and client environments. Responsibilities include provisioning, monitoring, incident response, patching, vulnerability remediation, security hardening, backup and recovery, automation with PowerShell, privileged access support, documentation, and disaster recovery readiness. The role also supports client onboarding, infrastructure integrations, third-party platforms, change management, and after-hours maintenance while collaborating with global technical teams.

Support the sustainment, performance, and evolution of complex voice, data, communication, and networked systems. Responsibilities include systems engineering analysis, requirements management, technical risk management, safety assurance, configuration management, engineering change management, lifecycle support, technical documentation, and stakeholder coordination. The role evaluates defence materiel and ensures compliance with regulatory, safety, and capability lifecycle requirements.

Designs, automates, and operates corporate identity, endpoint, workplace, cloud, network, and enterprise AI infrastructure. Owns Okta administration, identity lifecycle automation, Jamf Pro and macOS fleet management, infrastructure-as-code, observability, incident escalation, root-cause analysis, security, and reliability improvements. Provides senior technical support, documents recovery procedures, mentors colleagues, and governs enterprise AI platforms and integrations.

Designs, develops, and validates system architectures for Level 2–5 ADAS and autonomous driving platforms. Translates functional objectives into testable specifications for state machines, control algorithms, and vehicle dynamics. Collaborates across HMI, safety, cybersecurity, and product teams; uses MATLAB, Simulink, Stateflow, and SIL/HIL simulation for validation. Develops ISO 26262 functional safety work products, performs root-cause analysis, and supports system refinement through testing.

Develop and maintain production C++ software for Linux-based edge/embedded platforms (NVIDIA Jetson, ARM). Integrate sensors and peripherals, build calibration/diagnostic tools, optimise performance (latency, throughput, power), debug across software/hardware/OS/networking, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver fieldable autonomy and mission systems.

Manage and optimize satellite mission resources across multiple missions in a rotating 12-hour crew and shift environment. Develop and execute mission plans, schedules, assessments, and procedures for mission asset operations, tasking, collection, execution, performance analysis, and optimization. Provide technical solutions to complex mission management problems, coordinate with multiple customers and personnel, and operate effectively in high-stress, near-real-time classified environments.

Owns, supports, and continuously improves critical automation and digital manufacturing systems at Moderna’s Clayton site. Responsibilities include configuring and testing Emerson DeltaV, MES, PLC/SCADA, historian, and OT systems; troubleshooting integrations; leading upgrades and lifecycle activities; supporting commissioning, validation, GMP/GAMP, investigations, CAPAs, and change controls; and collaborating with manufacturing, quality, engineering, IT/OT, validation, and vendors. The role also explores emerging technologies such as Generative AI in regulated manufacturing.

Provide second-level pre-sales technical support across APAC/EMEA for switching and IAM/NAC solutions. Design solutions for RFPs/RFIs, lead technical demos/POCs/workshops, assist field SEs, produce sales technical collateral, relay customer requirements to Product Management, analyze project trends, and travel regionally as required. Must cover at least two of three product areas (Switching, IAM, NAC).

Provide pre-sales technical consultancy and solution design for switching and Wi‑Fi network security. Prepare proposals, RFPs/RFIs, demos and POCs, deliver professional services and channel training, and troubleshoot complex enterprise networking security environments.

Optimize Ubuntu for the latest IoT and server hardware, leading technical engagements, and work with open source communities. Requires experience with Linux and C/C++.