Total Salary Package - $113,648 - $146,684 (plus 15.4% super)
Perth CBD – WA

About the Role

The Operational Engineering (OE) Branch comprises high-performing, dynamic, multidisciplinary teams committed to enabling ASD’s missions in unique and exciting ways. Our people are highly skilled and work at the forefront of innovation to support mission requirements through their specialist skills in software, firmware and/or electronic development.

Embedded Software Engineers are accountable for leading multidisciplinary capability development teams responsible for tackling complex and unusual problems to protect Australia and its national interests.

OE Branch are looking for individuals who:

• Can provide technical leadership as members of an integrated, agile team
• Encourage and participate in mentoring, guiding and developing existing and new staff
• Provide and enable innovative thinking in capability development
• Lead the design, development and delivery of bespoke capabilities to support mission outcomes
• Want to build, break or rebuild software or hardware to really know its inner workings
• Are always learning new technologies, languages and development methodologies
• Drive concepts and build them into workable and appropriate solutions for mission outcomes
• Demonstrate dynamic analytical thinking, resilience, and adaptability, and
• Look for innovative ways to streamline and improve processes and procedures.

About the Team

ASD is entering an exciting phase of growth, innovation and transformation. Our agency has committed to delivering REDSPICE, which is the most significant single investment in the Australian Signals Directorate’s 75 years.

The Operational Engineering (OE) Branch comprises high-performing, dynamic, multidisciplinary teams committed to enabling ASD’s missions in unique and exciting ways.

Our people are highly skilled and work at the forefront of innovation to support mission requirements through their specialist skills in software, firmware and/or electronic development.

Our Ideal Candidate

The occupants of these positions play a pivotal role in the design, development and delivery of critical capabilities used by ASD’s workforce, ensuring they are fit-for-purpose to meet sensitive and time-critical mission requirements.

Interested candidates should have contemporary qualifications and/or demonstrated skills and experience in one or more of the following areas:

• Embedded software engineering experience in the design and development of complex systems in C, Assembly and or other low-level programming languages
• Reverse engineering experience with analysis software (Ghidra, IDA Pro or others)
• Strong understanding of process and memory management concepts including security concerns and mitigations
• Experience using debuggers such as GDB and WinDbg
• Experience developing networked software, and understanding of the role and function of each layer of the OSI model
• Experience developing and testing critical software, and integrating with complex systems
• Experience conducting vulnerability research, and in researching and understanding the security implications of new technologies.

Application Closing Date: 7 August 2023

For further information please review the job information pack, reference ASD/06896/23 on www.defence.gov.au/apscareers.