Senior Electrical and Electronics Engineer

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Reports to: Electronics Team Leader

Hours of work: Full time, 38 hours per week (negotiable)

Remuneration: Negotiable based on experience. You may include your salary expectations in the application.

Citizenship: Due to defence security clearance requirements, only Australian citizens are eligible to apply.

Company Profile

We are a proudly Australian defence and space company located in South Australia. We offer specialist research and development services at the leading edge of technology for Defence and commercial customers. We provide services across several key areas including countermeasures and electronic warfare, simulation and modelling, space surveillance mission systems, and systems engineering.

We also develop satellite technologies and build spacecraft for our civilian and defence customers at our head office in Lot Fourteen, Adelaide.

Our Vision

Our vision is to create exciting technology to improve and protect our way of life on earth.

Important to Know

We are very passionate about space

We value work/life balance and provide a flexible working environment to recruit and retain the best people.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and a company that promotes a diverse and safe workplace environment. We strongly encourage women, people from Aboriginal or Torres Strait Island descent and ex-defence personnel to apply. Committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace we support applications with a strong emphasis on empowering women in STEM to join our innovative team.

We encourage applications from individuals returning from a career break, such as maternity leave, who are eager to re-engage with the field by collaborating and working with some of Australia's brightest engineers and scientists.

Position Broad Purpose

We are seeking people for multiple Senior Electrical and Electronic Engineering roles to join our dynamic satellite technologies team. If you are interested in collaborating and working with some of Australia's brightest engineers and scientists, here's your opportunity

You will be responsible for:

Design and verification of new satellite and ground system hardware

Managing and implementing change across a range of existing hardware.

Continuous improvement of people, process and tools.

Reporting Relationships and Key Stakeholders

This position reports to the Electronics Team Leader.

The position will work closely with our muti-disciplinary technical team, manufacturing team and project management group.

We are seeking talented and motivated electronics engineers who have:

Bachelor's, Masters or PHD in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, or related discipline.

Demonstrated experience in one or more of the following, the more the better: system design, schematic capture, PCB layout, circuit modelling and simulation, hands-on prototyping, and implementation of complex electronic systems.

Demonstrated experience in preparing and communicating technical information such as design specifications, design verification plans and reports, test plans and procedures, and engineering analysis.

Competence using version control systems such GIT, SVN etc.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Knowledge and expertise in one or more of the following areas is highly desirable:

Design for reliability (DFR) principles and techniques, including DFMEA, component derating, worst case analysis, fault tree analysis, redundancy, fault tolerance, thermal management and accelerated life testing.

Analysis and implementation of functional safety standards in embedded systems, such as IEC 61508 or ISO 26262.

Radiation effects on electronics, component up screening process, test planning and execution, data analysis and reporting, modelling and simulation of space environments.

Power electronics, radio communications, high performance analog and digital design or test and measurement automation.

Applying for this position:

Please forward your resume with a maximum two page covering letter addressing the professional competencies and attributes, essential criteria and relevant skills and knowledge.

Please include your salary expectation in the application.

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Your application will include the following questions:

• How many years' experience do you have as an Electrical and Electronics Engineer?
• Which of the following statements best describes your right to work in Australia?
• What's your expected annual base salary?

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