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Principal Scientist

Arkeus

Port Melbourne

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Principal Scientist

Arkeus is seeking a Principal Scientist to provide deep technical leadership across the development of disruptive technologies and capabilities. The role involves working closely with engineers, scientists, product leaders, and defence customers to turn research into practical, scalable systems. The ideal candidate has a PhD or equivalent advanced technical expertise, significant experience in advanced R&D, and deep expertise in areas such as physics, optics, AI/ML, or signal processing.

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Salary

Not specified

Work Location

Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, AU

Work Model

On-site

Employment Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Principal

Core Qualifications

Technical (Must-have)

PhysicsOpticsPhotonicsElectromagneticsSignal ProcessingRFSensingMachine LearningControl SystemsAutonomous SystemsElectronic WarfareAdvanced MaterialsEnergy SystemsMathematical AnalysisExperimental Design

Soft Skills

InnovationResponsivenessAccountabilityCommunicationTechnical StorytellingLeadershipMentoring

Preferred Qualifications

Technical (Nice-to-have)

DefenceAerospaceNational Security

Key Responsibilities

•Define and lead the scientific roadmap for disruption technologies and capabilities.
•Identify emerging technologies, research opportunities and technical approaches that could create a significant operational advantage.
•Develop and test novel concepts through modelling, experimentation, prototyping and field trials.
•Translate complex scientific problems into practical engineering challenges and deliverable outcomes.
•Work across disciplines including sensing, optics, AI/ML, signal processing, physics, autonomy, electronics and systems engineering.
•Provide technical leadership to scientists and engineers, raising the scientific and engineering capability of the team.
•Partner with Product and Engineering to transition research concepts into robust, deployable technology.
•Engage with defence customers, research organisations, universities and industry partners.
•Define experiments and technical demonstrations that rapidly validate or kill ideas.
•Build intellectual property, technical knowledge and differentiated capability for Arkeus.
•Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
•Represent Arkeus externally through technical partnerships, research programs and relevant industry forums.

Principal ScientistDefense and Space ManufacturingResearchAIMachine LearningOpticsSignal ProcessingAutonomyDefenceDeep-tech

Core Qualifications

Technical (Must-have)

Soft Skills

InnovationResponsivenessAccountabilityCommunicationTechnical StorytellingLeadershipMentoring

Key Responsibilities

•Define and lead the scientific roadmap for disruption technologies and capabilities.

•Identify emerging technologies, research opportunities and technical approaches that could create a significant operational advantage.

•Develop and test novel concepts through modelling, experimentation, prototyping and field trials.

•Translate complex scientific problems into practical engineering challenges and deliverable outcomes.

•Work across disciplines including sensing, optics, AI/ML, signal processing, physics, autonomy, electronics and systems engineering.

•Provide technical leadership to scientists and engineers, raising the scientific and engineering capability of the team.

•Partner with Product and Engineering to transition research concepts into robust, deployable technology.

•Engage with defence customers, research organisations, universities and industry partners.

•Define experiments and technical demonstrations that rapidly validate or kill ideas.

•Build intellectual property, technical knowledge and differentiated capability for Arkeus.

•Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

•Represent Arkeus externally through technical partnerships, research programs and relevant industry forums.