Senior Applications Engineer

Title: Senior Applications Engineer

Location: Hamilton, Brisbane

Extensive travel is required, relocation assistance is available.

About the role:

L3Harris Australia excels as a prime defence contractor, providing integrated tech solutions for over four decades. Specialising in technology that connects and shapes operations spanning multiple domains: space, air, land, sea, cyber and first responders. Today, we employ over 500 professionals in all major cities who understand the region's unique requirements.

L3Harris Communications (Australia) is seeking a Senior Applications Engineer to work with the Asia Pacific (APAC) team to support existing international business units. This team is responsible for supporting system design, installation, integration, maintenance and training for International and Domestic Programs.

The Senior Applications Engineer provides services for international customer engagement for operation support, demonstrations, trials and trade shows. The responsibilities include planning, preparation, configuration and operation of tactical radio products, software applications and IP Networked Systems.

What the role will involve

The responsibilities of your role will include the following:

• Provide field and remote technical support of RF Communications tactical radio equipment in the HF, VHF, UHF and SHF RF spectrum.
• Provide guidance, planning and training to customers in product operation, maintenance procedures and techniques.
• Provide effective solutions, integration and operational quality of technical systems and equipment.
• Provide pre-sales or post-sale technical support for company products and systems.
• Construct, present and interpret technical design for business development and customers.
• Plan and design communication systems to support customer requirements.
• Plan, design, coordinate and conduct of trials, demonstrations and validation activities.
• Conduct equipment and system installations for fixed sites, towers, maritime and land platforms.
• Assess and analyse company products and competing equipment to meet customer needs.
• Support with sales proposals through the provision of technical drawings, equipment specifications and technical text.
• Analyse and troubleshoot equipment failures to determine cause and recommendations and/or performance corrective action.

What you'll bring

The role requires the following experience and skills:

• Current Commonwealth security clearance
• Certificate IV in Training and Assessment (TAE) or equivalent.
• Military Communications experience essential.
• Field engineering experience with tactical radio equipment including training, operation, fault finding and basic maintenance of military communications equipment.
• Bachelor's Degree and minimum 4 years of prior relevant experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior related experience.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Previous exposure to high tempo logistics environment (preferably Australian Defence Force).
• Ability to operate independently with minimal direction.
• Proven written and oral communication skills to provide reports and briefings to the customer.

Conditions:

• Requirement to conduct extensive travel in support of Australian domestic and international tasks.
• Requirement to work reasonable overtime as required to support customer and business requirements.
• Weekend or after-hours travel is required to meet customer requirements.
• Field Service Premiums provided for tasks excess of 31 days.
• Hardship allowance in accordance with international policy.
• Relocation assistance.

A few of our employee benefits are:

• An additional week of leave per annum plus the option to buy or sell up to 2 weeks additional annual leave.
• Salary continuance insurance (SCI pays 75% of your base salary and bonus for up to 2 years)
• Flexible working hours and patterns depending on location
• Discounted private health insurance
• Life & Total Permanent Disability Cover
• Novated Car Leasing
• Company supported professional development programs
• Retail Reward programs

Important to know

Due to the nature of our work many our roles require an Australian citizenship and will require the successful candidate to successfully apply and hold an Australian Defence Security Clearance and/or be assessed to work with ITAR information.

As an equal opportunities employer, L3Harris is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.