Verification and Validation Engineer at Leidos · Melbourne

Verification and Validation Engineer Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Accrue up to an extra 12 days of leave per year through our Life Days program. Work with world leading technology business at the forefront of innovation. We’re a ‘Family Friendly’ certified workplace – we understand the often many and varied roles our team members need to play within their own unique family setting and actively support them. 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 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. Your New Role and Responsibilities We are looking for a Verification and Validation Engineer to join our team to support end to end testing activities across the complex, interconnected systems. The role is responsible for planning, designing, and executing system and integration testing activities with strong emphasis on the documentation, validation, governance, stakeholder coordination and consolidated reporting. The role will require the ability to effectively communicate with all members of the team, ranging from technical personnel to programme leadership. The role includes executing tests across a variety of software products, their interfaces and network & infrastructure configurations, and identifying and managing resulting defects. Key Responsibilities Develop, maintain, and enhance test plans, strategies, and reusable specialised test procedures, including identifying and creating required test data. Analyse and verify requirement statements to ensure clarity, correctness, feasibility, implementability, and testability, while maintaining end-to-end traceability between requirements, test cases, defects, and test reports. Prepare and conduct test readiness reviews, and execute end-to-end testing across interconnected systems throughout the software development life cycle. Create, document, and manage test defects, including detailed reproduction steps, severity and priority assignment, and collaborate with development teams to drive defect closure. Facilitate defect management processes such as logging, triaging, retesting, and maintaining accurate defect tracking and reporting. Develop test reports and collaborate with the broader program team and customer to achieve program milestones within defined scope, quality, and schedule. About You and What You'll Bring Bachelor degree in Computer Science/Information Technology/Software Engineering This role does require the successful applicant to be an Australian Citizen and hold an NV-1 security clearance but be willing and able to uplift to an NV-2 security clearance. 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 To apply for this role, follow the links or apply via our Careers page. Recruitment process - virtual / face to face interview & 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 careers.au@au.leidos.com 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. Original Posting: 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. Pay Range: 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.