V&V and Hardware Engineering Manager

Title:

V&V and Hardware Engineering Manager

Location:

Sydney

The candidate must be an Australian citizen and be eligible for a security clearance.

About the role:

• Hands-on responsibility, both leading and building and contributing to a team of experienced engineering professionals.
• Ensure the quality and standards of work achieved in the delivery of verification and validation (V&V) and hardware engineering services are precise, timely and dedicated to meeting our company and Australian defence program requirements.

Key Responsibilities:

• Team Leadership: model leadership behaviours to grow and develop team members -
  supporting their career development, as they work to meet project and customer
  requirements aligned with our company Values.
• Subject Matter Expert: apply verification and validation, and hardware engineering
  expertise to deliver timely project outcomes; delivering superior quality of technical
  documentation to produce clear and concise content to meet required engineering and
  client standards.
• Resource Management: Regularly review capabilities, performance, capacity, process,
  and system requirements against current and future needs, to identify and address gaps
  in conjunction with the management of the departmental budget.
• Innovation: Lead and champion the development of new engineering practices, plans,
  techniques and technologies, systems and processes to deliver continuous
  improvement.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Work collaboratively and communicate effectively with
  internal and external stakeholders to influence and ensure that programs are delivered
  on time and in full. Plan and deliver associated products and services to meet assigned
  objectives.
• Exemplify Leadership: by example, as a technical contributor, produces engineering
  work of a high standard to meet project parameters; in a professional and collaborative
  manner.

About you:

• Bachelor of Engineering, Bachelor of Science degree or relevant applicable Degree.
• Prior technical leadership of engineering projects that involve product development
  across the broad spectrum of complex systems, including full system integration.
• Proven ability and experience representing the company as a technical expert across
  all stakeholder environments, including formal and informal presentations at both
  frontline and senior executive levels.
• Proven background and experience mentoring, supporting and leading a team; making
  programmatic and technical decisions with accuracy and within set timeframes.

At Randstad, we are passionate about providing equal employment opportunities and embracing diversity to the benefit of all. We actively encourage applications from any background.