As a fully owned subsidiary of Safran Electronics & Defense, Safran Electronics & Defense Australasia Pty Ltd (SEDA) delivers and supports various products including high-performance optronics and inertial navigation equipment.
Headquartered in Sydney, SEDA brings local expertise in the integration of optronics and navigation systems for the air, land, and naval platforms of the Australian and New Zealand Defence Forces.
As a Support Engineer, you will play a critical role in optimizing and sustaining support systems for the supported product throughout its lifecycle. In this position, a primary focus will be on Integrated Logistics and Product Support Engineering activities—including the management of Logistics Support Analysis Records (LSAR), conducting Level of Repair Analysis (LORA), and developing effective sparing solutions. Alongside these core responsibilities, you will also provide routine engineering services to ensure that all support processes remain efficient, cost-effective, and fully compliant with safety and operational standards.
The Support Engineer interacts closely with the SEDA Operations, by developing and adapting technical solutions with Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) for related products.
In this role, you will be responsible for:
Develop and maintain technical documentation related to system configuration, maintenance procedures, troubleshooting, integration and testing.
Define, maintain and improve product-lines maintenance process and instruction ensuring maximum efficiency while meeting stringent quality standards.
Provide technical guidance and support to the SEDA operations teams, helping them overcome challenges and ensure the MRO processes meet design/maintenance specifications.
Manage implementation, upkeep and optimization of Support & Test Equipment including commissioning, adaptation, calibration and maintenance activities.
Support the development and implementation of support system specification and description that address all aspects of a system's lifecycle, including operation, maintenance, supply, and disposal.
Define and maintain inventory requirements.
Conduct reliability, availability, maintainability and safety (RAMS) assessments on supported product to identify potential weaknesses and areas for improvement in design and maintenance programs, optimizing overall Life Cycle Cost (LCC).
Develop training materials and programs.
Adaptation and management (upkeep and upgrade) of SEDA's Support & Test Equipment (S&TE) required to support production and through-life support of Safran electro-optics sighting system including but not limited to optical means (such as large aperture collimator), power and control units, various measurement devices,
Development of the Industrial Special Process compliant to One Safran requirements.
