Verification & Validation (V&V) Engineer - 6 Month Contract

About the role

Leidos Australia is recruiting a Verification & Validation (V&V) Engineer for a 6-month contract in Melbourne. You will ensure complex systems and solutions perform as intended and meet customer, technical and operational requirements, working in a collaborative engineering environment within Mission Software Systems (MSS), which covers intelligence, software and cloud.

Key responsibilities

• Develop and execute verification and validation plans, procedures and test activities across the systems engineering lifecycle.
• Translate system and customer requirements into traceable verification methods, test cases and acceptance criteria.
• Analyse test results, investigate anomalies and work with systems, software, hardware and integration engineers to resolve issues and demonstrate compliance.
• Contribute to requirements traceability, technical reviews, test reporting and continuous improvement of V&V processes.

Required profile

• Experience in verification and validation within a systems, software, defence or similarly complex engineering environment.
• Essential: experience developing and executing V&V plans, procedures, test cases and reports.
• Knowledge of systems engineering principles, requirements management and requirements traceability.
• Ability to interpret technical requirements and communicate verification outcomes clearly to engineering and program stakeholders.
• Experience in structured engineering lifecycles and configuration-controlled environments.
• Australian citizenship and an active NV-1 security clearance; eligibility to obtain and maintain the clearance is required.

Advantageous

• Requirements and test management tools such as IBM DOORS, Jama Connect or Jira.
• Systems integration, interface testing, acceptance testing and formal qualification.
• Complex, safety-critical, mission-critical or defence-related systems experience.
• Model-based systems engineering, automated testing or relevant systems engineering standards.

The pay range is $136,400-$170,500. Applicants apply online through the "Apply Now" button; the process includes a conversation with the Talent Acquisition team, an interview with the hiring manager or panel, and possibly a role-specific assessment.