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.
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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.
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Work with cutting-edge autonomous underwater vehicle and maritime survey technology.
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Enjoy a clean, technically focused environment rather than traditional heavy mechanical maintenance work.
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Access opportunities for professional development, training, and continued learning.
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Contribute directly to important Defence and maritime capability outcomes for the Royal Australian Navy.
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
Leidos Australia supports the Military Survey activity of the SEA1770 Rapid Environmental Assessment project for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). We provide the RAN with underwater hydrographic data to help ships manoeuvre and deploy safely in unknown maritime environments.
Leidos is seeking a capable and hands-on Senior Electronics Technician to support the ongoing operation and maintenance of advanced maritime and defence systems used by the Royal Australian Navy. This role is ideally suited to an experienced Electronics Technician, Communications Technician, Field Service Representative, or technical maintenance professional with a strong background in electronics, communications, IT systems, and preventative maintenance.
You will play a key role in ensuring the operational readiness of critical maritime capabilities, supporting sophisticated technologies including Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs), hydrographic survey systems, communications equipment, and associated IT infrastructure. Working closely with engineers and technical specialists, you will deliver preventative maintenance, configuration management, documentation, and system support activities that contribute directly to the success of Defence and maritime operations.
This position will:
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Perform preventative and corrective maintenance activities across maritime, communications, and electronic systems.
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Execute scheduled maintenance tasks and maintain Objective Quality Evidence (OQE), including work records, photographic evidence, and required documentation.
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Support configuration management activities, including hardware and software updates, system configuration, and cyber-hardening requirements.
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Conduct fault finding, testing, inspection, and tagging of equipment, cables, and system components.
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Coordinate maintenance schedules to ensure equipment remains available, reliable, and mission ready.
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Support the management of IT hardware and software environments across a range of operational systems.
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Work closely with engineering and technical teams to resolve issues and maintain system performance.
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Provide professional support within a customer-facing Defence environment while maintaining high standards of safety, quality, and compliance.
What You’ll Bring to Make an Impact
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Experience in electronics, communications, field service, or technical maintenance roles.
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Strong hands-on troubleshooting and maintenance experience within electronic, communications, or IT-based systems.
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Experience managing preventative maintenance schedules and executing maintenance activities in a structured environment.
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Knowledge of configuration management, IT hardware support, software whitelisting, and/or cyber-hardening practices.
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Experience maintaining technical documentation, work orders, compliance records, and Objective Quality Evidence (OQE).
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Ability to work independently, take ownership of maintenance activities, and manage competing priorities.
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Strong interpersonal skills with the professionalism required to operate in a customer-facing Defence environment.
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The ability to adapt to changing workloads and work collaboratively within a small, highly supportive team.
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
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To apply for this role, follow the links or apply via our Careers page.
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Recruitment process - 1 virtual interview and/or 1 face-to-face & background checks.
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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.
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We are committed to making our recruitment process accessible to all candidates. Please get in touch with our Careers team [email protected] 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.
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.
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.
About Leidos
Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.
Pay and Benefits
Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits.
Securing Your Data
Beware of fake employment opportunities using Leidos’ name. Leidos will never ask you to provide payment-related information during any part of the employment application process (i.e., ask you for money), nor will Leidos ever advance money as part of the hiring process (i.e., send you a check or money order before doing any work). Further, Leidos will only communicate with you through emails that are generated by the Leidos.com automated system – never from free commercial services (e.g., Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail) or via WhatsApp, Telegram, etc. If you received an email purporting to be from Leidos that asks for payment-related information or any other personal information (e.g., about you or your previous employer), and you are concerned about its legitimacy, please make us aware immediately by emailing us at [email protected].
If you believe you are the victim of a scam, contact your local law enforcement and report the incident to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.
Commitment to Non-Discrimination
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.
