Senior V&V Engineer

Senior Verification & Validation (V&V) Engineer

Leidos Australia delivers IT 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.

We have an opportunity for a senior Verification & Validation (V&V) Engineer to support testing and assurance activities across multiple mission systems operating within complex, multi-domain security environments.

In this role, you will independently plan, execute, and document verification and validation activities for systems, components, and operational processes. You will work closely with technical teams, V&V leadership, and stakeholders to ensure delivered capabilities meet defined requirements, standards, and user expectations.

This role suits an experienced V&V practitioner who is confident operating with minimal supervision, contributing to test improvement initiatives, and supporting less experienced team members.

Key responsibilities include:

• Plan and execute verification and validation activities across system changes, upgrades, and releases.
• Develop and maintain test artefacts including test plans, cases, procedures, reports, and traceability.
• Perform developmental, integration, and acceptance testing to ensure system quality and compliance.
• Identify, analyse, and manage defects using test and defect management tools, supporting root cause analysis.
• Collaborate with engineering and sustainment teams to ensure testability, quality outcomes, and compliance with security and change controls.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of V&V processes and provide guidance to junior team members.

Qualification in IT, Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience.

Proven experience in verification and validation, systems testing, or quality assurance roles.

Experience developing and maintaining test artefacts aligned to requirements and standards.

Familiarity with test management and defect tracking tools (e.g. ALM, Jira, Confluence or similar).

Understanding of systems engineering principles and structured V&V practices.

Experience testing enterprise ICT environments, with exposure to SOE, infrastructure, applications, or test automation/scripting considered an advantage.

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.

This role does require the successful applicant to be an Australian Citizen and hold an active TSPV Clearance, accompanied by the ability to be successful for a DISA/OSA.

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 or 1 face to face, a psychometric test & 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 contact our Careers team at careers.au@au.leidos.com if you'd like to discuss any additional support during your application or throughout the recruitment process.

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