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Leads a team of approximately 30 engineers supporting a complex air traffic management program. Responsibilities include team development, engineering governance, technical oversight, quality and process improvement, risk management, design reviews, delivery support, and stakeholder collaboration across matrixed organizations. The role requires strong systems engineering expertise and leadership experience in complex systems environments, with an Australian Defence security clearance required.

Lead strategy and implementation for new and existing energetics products. Develop R&D roadmaps, act as the technical authority for energetics, ensure regulatory and safety compliance, support capture and bid activities, translate client requirements into proposals, and build partnerships with academia and subject-matter experts. The role requires expertise in energetic materials for defence applications and experience coordinating complex cross-functional R&D projects using systems engineering, risk management, and defence engineering governance practices.

Supports finance applications, ERP systems, reporting, access reviews, process improvements, data extraction, and monthly close activities. The role implements and enhances financial systems including Oracle Financials, Planning Analytics, Basware, BlackLine, and business intelligence tools. It requires advanced SQL, accounting expertise, ERP implementation experience, change management, and collaboration across finance and broader business systems. Australian citizenship and eligibility for a Defence security clearance are required.

Design, develop, prototype, trial, and validate mechanical and electrical components for military and specialist vehicles. Create and optimize precision 3D CAD models, interpret technical documentation, perform engineering calculations, and ensure compliance with customer requirements, regulations, quality systems, and defense standards. The role collaborates across engineering disciplines and supports design qualification activities for tactical vehicle systems.

Lead planning and scheduling for the OneSky defence program, maintaining integrated schedules, timelines, costs, dependencies, milestones, and deliverables. Use Primavera and Deltek Cobra to monitor progress, cost performance, earned value, and budget adherence. Identify and mitigate schedule risks, analyse variances, support project controls, and provide actionable reporting to leadership while coordinating with project teams, suppliers, and stakeholders.

Manages ISIT procurement categories, supplier portfolios, strategic sourcing, RFIs and RFQs, contract negotiations, spend management, supplier performance, and stakeholder relationships. The role develops category strategies, qualifies suppliers, consolidates demand, identifies risks and savings opportunities, influences specifications, and executes procurement contracts in a complex project environment.

Lead system safety engineering for autonomous vehicle programs: perform safety analyses (FHA, SOTIF, STPA), develop safety arguments and artefacts, engage stakeholders, and ensure delivered systems meet safety, regulatory and program requirements.

Support Thales Australia by executing internal audits, control assessments and testing, tracking remediation, validating data integrity, and maintaining control dashboards to minimize risk and ensure timely corrective actions.