Baker Hughes

Baker Hughes

Provides innovative solutions for energy, industrial, and infrastructure sectors globally.

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Systems Engineering Manager

Lead design, integration, and delivery of complex systems while mentoring engineers.

Kensington, South Australia, Australia
Full Time
Expert & Leadership (13+ years)

Job Highlights

Environment
Onsite

About the Role

Principal Engineers manage delivery of large, integrated projects and coordinate multidisciplinary teams to create unique infrastructure‑level solutions for customers. They consider regulatory, safety, and environmental requirements while working with engineering teams, customers, and supply‑chain partners to address program logistics. Their leadership ensures that standards, best practices, and lessons learned are applied throughout the project. • Hold design authority and lead technical decisions • Apply deep expertise in a specific engineering discipline • Mentor and develop early‑career engineers • Communicate complex technical issues across the organization • Lead application of science, engineering theory, standards, and best practices • Manage delivery of large, integrated projects • Coordinate multidisciplinary teams to deliver infrastructure solutions • Ensure compliance with regulatory, safety, and environmental requirements • Oversee supply‑chain and program logistics in collaboration with customers • Reduce project risk through systems‑thinking and integration of technical, managerial, and business perspectives

Key Responsibilities

  • design authority
  • discipline expertise
  • project delivery
  • team coordination
  • regulatory compliance
  • supply chain

What You Bring

The Principal Engineer is the entry level of the Technical Title functional pathway and holds design authority. The role expects deep technical expertise, strong problem‑solving ability, effective communication and people skills, and active contributions to the technical community. Principal Engineers are recognized as experts in a specific discipline, serve as mentors to early‑career engineers, and excel at communicating technical issues across the organization.

Requirements

  • technical expertise
  • problem solving
  • communication
  • people skills
  • mentorship
  • design authority

Work Environment

Onsite

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