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IAMD Communications Engineer

jobr.proCanberra, Australian Capital Territory🇦🇺AustraliaPosted 6 Aug 2026

Quick Overview

Work Type
Hybrid
Schedule
Full Time
Level
Mid Senior

Job Description

Amentum is a global leader in advanced engineering and innovative technology solutions,trusted by the United States and its allies to address their most significant and complex challenges in science, security and sustainability. Our people apply undaunted curiosity, re-lentless ambition and boundless imagination to challenge convention and drive progress. Our commitments are underpinned by the belief that safety, collaboration and well-being are integral to success. Headquartered in Chantilly, Virginia, we have approximately50,000 employees in more than 70 countries across all 7 continents.

Are you seeking a career that offers a healthy work-life balance, a friendly companyculture, and engagement with a supportive community?

We'll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed - today and into tomorrow. We offer an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive and diverse team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities.

People are our greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent.

Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and diversity. We putpeople at the heart of our business, and we genuinely believe that we all succeed bysupporting one another through our culture of caring. We value positive mental healthand a sense of belonging for all employees.

Amentum is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer, please refer to our EnterpriseAgreement and for more information.

Role Title

IAMD Communications Network Engineer

Role Description
  • Amentum is seeking an experienced specialist in Communications and Data Networks and Integration to provide expertise into the production, review, update and management of IAMD C2 capability project documentation and supporting artefacts .
Key responsibilities
  • The successful candidate will provide expertise into the production, review, update and management of IAMD C2 capability project documentation and supporting artefacts
Essential Requirements
  • Demonstrated knowledge of and experience supporting Integrated Air and Missile Defence (IAMD), systems engineering and systems integration activities within the Australian Defence Force or a comparable defence environment. The response should demonstrate experience contributing to the development and integration of complex, networked Defence capabilities within a joint system-of-systems environment.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of and experience supporting Defence capability development activities, including capability definition, requirements development, options analysis, technical assessments and the development of capability documentation within the ADF Capability System.
  • Demonstrated experience applying systems engineering principles to complex Defence capability projects, including architecture development, interface definition, interoperability analysis and systems integration activities.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of and experience with Command and Control (C2) systems, Combat Management Systems (CMS), Tactical Data Links, Defence networks and interoperability considerations relevant to joint and coalition operations.
  • Demonstrated ability to work effectively within a dynamic project environment, engage with a broad range of Defence stakeholders and prepare technical reports, briefs and decision-support material for senior military and civilian audiences
Essential qualifications
  • Bachelor of Electrical Engineering, Software engineering or similar
  • Strong working knowledge in cyber-security
Desirable Requirements
  • Experience in IAMD, TAC C2 engineering environments or other related capabilities would be an advantage

Required Security Clearance Level: NV1

Location: Canberra

Hours: 80hr per fortnight, as agreed with client.

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