Job Description

• Life Days are the Leidos way of recognising that we all need extra time to take care of life. By working slightly more than the minimum weekly hours (2 hours per week for full-timers), you can accrue up to 12 days of leave per year.
• Due to the nature of the role, you must be an Australian Citizen and hold (or have the ability to obtain) an active NV-1 AGSVA security clearance.

Our team feel Leidos is a great place to work. Learn more about our culture and benefits by visiting us here https://www.leidos.com/company/global/australia/careers

Do Work That Matters

Leidos Australia delivers technology and airborne solutions that protect and advance the Australian way of life. Our 2000 local experts, backed by our global experience and network of partners, are working to solve the world’s toughest challenges in government, intelligence, defence, aviation, border protection and health markets.

Your New Role and Responsibilities

LAND 156 is a flagship Australian Defence initiative delivering a cutting-edge Counter-Small Uncrewed Aerial Systems (CsUAS) capability. This program will protect ADF personnel and assets from evolving drone threats through a layered system of sensors, effectors, and command-and-control technologies.

We seek an Engineer to focus on the design, integration, and support of RF and radar subsystems within deployable physical system nodes, incorporating sensors, communications, power, and computing as part of a broader Command & Control (C2) system architecture. You will work closely with systems, software, and integration engineers to deliver ruggedised, deployable hardware solutions for Defence clients.

You will report directly to the Engineering Design Lead and play a hands‑on role across the full engineering lifecycle, from requirements definition through to integration, test, and verification.

The position will:

• Design, analyse, and integrate RF and radar subsystems, including transmitters, receivers, antennas, and associated signal chains.
• RF system architecture development including frequency planning, link budgets, and performance modelling.
• Select, place and integrate antennas, considering platform constraints and electromagnetic performance.
• Support to EMC/EMI analysis, spectrum management, and environmental compliance activities.
• Integrate RF and radar sensors with processing, communications, and C2 systems.
• Support radar and RF testing activities, including laboratory testing, field trials, and acceptance testing.

What You’ll Bring to Make an Impact

• Degree in Electrical, Electronics, RF Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Demonstrated experience in the design, integration, or support of RF and/or radar systems
• within Defence, aerospace, telecommunications, or complex systems environments.
• Experience contributing to requirements decomposition, interface definition, and working with systems, software, and integration engineers across the engineering lifecycle.
• Ability to support integration, test, and verification activities and produce engineering documentation aligned with Defence or regulated industry standards.

Don’t worry if you don’t tick all the boxes – if you meet most of them, we encourage you to submit your application. We’re most interested in your strengths, what you want to learn and how far you want to go.

Diverse Team Members, Shared Values and a Common Purpose

Providing our customers with smarter solutions takes an incredible team with diversity of thought, experience and perspectives driving innovation. Inclusion is at the heart of our culture and is one of our core values. It’s about creating a workplace where everyone can do important work, feels welcome, valued, and respected, and has equal access to opportunities to thrive. Paul Chase – Chief Executive, Leidos Australia.

Leidos Australia is an equal opportunities organisation and is committed to creating a truly inclusive workplace. We welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, culturally and linguistically diverse people, people with disabilities, veterans, neurodiverse people, and people of all genders, sexualities, and age groups.

Our five Advocacy Groups (Women and Allies Network, Young Professionals, Defence & Emergency Services, Action for Accessibility and Abilities and Pride+) provide an opportunity for team members to connect and collaborate on shared interests, and work to support and celebrate our diverse community.

Next Steps

• To apply for this role, follow the links or apply via our Careers page.
• Recruitment process - 1 virtual interview and/or 1 face-to-face & background checks.
• Applicants may also need to meet International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) requirements. In certain circumstances this can place limitations on persons who hold dual nationality, permanent residency or are former nationals of certain countries as per ITAR 126.1.
• We are committed to making our recruitment process accessible to all candidates. Please get in touch with our Careers team careers.au@au.leidos.com if you’d like to discuss any additional support during your application or throughout the recruitment process.

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.

Original Posting:

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.