Snr Specialist Field Engineer
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 19, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 1, 2026. L3Harris Technologies scores A on the Alion truth index.
About the role
Under the L3Harris Communications Australia Global Field Services Team, the Senior Specialist Field Engineer will work within the existing Mature Support Contract to the Commonwealth of Australia. The Senior Specialist Field Engineer will be required to work as part of a team or as an individual to support the Australian Defence Force end users on L3Harris products.
Based in Townsville, the Senior Specialist Field Engineer will report to the Mature Support Contract Field Service Manager to provide direct customer support to Townsville based units and regional military establishments. The role will involve domestic travel in support to the Mature Support Contract concurrent activities for the Australian Defence Force to conduct training and operations support with L3Harris products.
What the role will involve
The responsibilities of your role will include the following:
- Travel to Australian Defence Force locations to provide customer services with L3Harris tactical radio products.
- Provide tactical radio operations training to the Australian Defence Force.
- Configure tactical radios and applications to support customer concept of operations.
- Provide technical planning advice to users and commanders.
- Support the design of Radio Frequency communications networks.
- Support Radio Frequency Internet Protocol networking of mobile adhoc networking waveforms.
- Conduct demonstrations on tactical radio concepts and capabilities.
- Conduct radio installations to Australian Defence Force land and maritime platforms.
- Conduct technical analysis, fault finding and troubleshooting of tactical radios and systems.
What you’ll bring
The role requires the following experience and skills:
- Australian Defence Force Experience with military tactical radio equipment including training, operation, fault finding and basic maintenance.
- Certificate IV in Training and Assessment (TAE) or equivalent.
- Minimum of 8 years of prior related experience.
- Current Commonwealth of Australia security clearance, minimum Negative Vetting (NV1).
Bonus:
- This position may require the ability to work independently over extended periods at isolated locations.
- Experience in the operation and configuration of military tactical communication systems.
- Experience in the troubleshooting of military tactical communication systems.
- Experience in the use and operation of Battle Management Systems.
About L3Harris Australia
L3Harris Australia excels as a prime defence contractor, providing integrated tech solutions for over four decades. Specialising in technology that connects and shapes operations spanning multiple domains: space, air, land, sea, cyber and first responders. Today, we employ over 500 professionals in all major cities who understand the region’s unique requirements.
A few of our employee benefits are:
- An additional week of leave per annum plus the option to buy or sell up to 2 weeks additional annual leave.
- Salary continuance insurance (SCI pays 75% of your base salary and bonus for up to 2 years)
- Flexible working hours and patterns depending on location
- Discounted private health insurance
- Life & Total Permanent Disability Cover
- Novated Car Leasing
- Company supported professional development programs
- Retail Reward programs
Important to know
Due to the nature of our work many our roles require an Australian citizenship and will require the successful candidate to successfully apply and hold an Australian Defence Security Clearance and/or be assessed to work with ITAR information. Please answer the pre-screening questions upon applying for this assessment.
L3Harris respectfully requests no agency submissions at this time.