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Senior Systems Engineer - Communications

Ignite

Senior Systems Engineer - Communications

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Contract type:

Freelance / Contract

Location:

Brisbane QLD, Australia

Work mode:

Hybrid

Published on:

10 August 2026

What they need


  • 2 year contract
  • Federal Government Department
  • Brisbane based office

Looking to join one of Australia’s most integral federal government departments? This department helps to make life of all Australians safer and is looking for a Senior System Engineer.
 
Working in Brisbane office, you will be focused on engineering for their real time tracking and communications platforms. This is an end to end role working on all aspects of systems engineering (design, planning, delivery etc)

Aside from the above you will be responsible for  

  • Engineering through system design, implementation and support
  • New systems and system upgrade projects
  • Creation of engineering reports, specifications, feasibility studies etc
  • Authoring design and specifications documents
  • Configuration of systems including hardware, software/firmware, and documentation

 
These roles are looking for engineers with a background in communications systems as well real time systems. As such we are looking to see:  

  • End to end engineering from design to post delivery
  • Strong understanding of the Systems Engineering lifecycle
  • Telecommunications systems engineering
  • Analogue voice audio hardware and circuitry
  • Documentation – prepare / review architecture and system design
  • N-tier architectures knowledge beneficial
  • Real time systems experience highly beneficial
  • Have or qualify as a Registered Professional Engineer (RPEQ)
  • Australian citizenship with the ability to get a security clearance

On offer to the successful candidate will be a contract role with a duration of 2 years rates based on your experience around $1300 per day.

This role is based in the Brisbane office with a work from home split of 3 days onsite.
 
For more information, please contact Aidan Daly on [0425 156 051](tel:0425 156 051) or please hit APPLY NOW for consideration of this role.

Ignite is Australia's preferred partner in recruitment and technology solutions across private and public sectors.

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