About the Role
The Product Engineering Manager manages a portfolio of software projects, overseeing staff, support services, and all associated deliverables.
Responsibilities
- Lead, mentor, and support experienced engineering individuals across teams in the US, Canada, UK, Australia, and New Zealand.
- Own product intent, portfolio priorities, and trade-off decisions for assigned product lines, acting as the accountable voice for engineering and product outcomes.
- Devise and apply communications strategies to align a global, cross-functional workforce around product and delivery goals.
- Engage stakeholders to reconcile strategic, commercial, and technical priorities, translating customer signals into product direction.
- Assemble and monitor high-performance, multidisciplinary engineering teams.
- Set objectives, monitor performance, promote communication, and ensure the well-being of direct reports.
- Support administrative tasks for timely processing of actions affecting direct reports.
- Define and guard product intent, establishing what each product is, what it is not, and who it is for, and restate this when scope pressure arises.
- Collaborate with team leads to review high-level architecture, internal project goals, and technical barriers.
- Partner with stakeholders to refine project priorities and adapt deliveries based on evolving market and customer requirements.
- Analyze program requirements and develop effort estimates in conjunction with program management partners.
- Maintain depth in respective disciplines and contribute to ongoing software projects in research, engineering, or quality assurance.
Requirements
- Proficiency in high-level programming languages and operating systems (Linux, Windows, macOS, Android, iOS).
- Working knowledge of cybersecurity foundations, including penetration testing, offensive and defensive techniques, host and network forensics.
- Knowledge of TCP/IP communications, network security principles, and client/server architecture.
- Experience with containerization technologies (e.g., Docker), git workflows, and continuous integration/delivery platforms (e.g., Bamboo, Jenkins, GitHub, GitLab).
- Knowledge and practical experience with agile software development methodologies.
- Up to 10% travel required.
- Ability to sit at a desk, look at a monitor, and type for extended periods in an office environment.
- May be required to lift/move up to 25 lbs with assistance.
- Dexterity of hands and fingers to operate and troubleshoot computers.
- Australian/5 EYES citizenship required.
- Ability to successfully apply for and hold an Australian Defence Security Clearance and/or be assessed to work with ITAR information.
Skills
- Substantial experience in CNO development/offensive cyber security.
- Experience in low-level programming languages and instruction sets.
- Ability to install and operate developer debugging tools on Windows, macOS, Android, or iOS.
- Experience with containerization, microservices, and DevOps practices.
Location
- Sydney
- Canberra
Work Type
- Working with a global team, may require working outside normal hours (evenings, holidays, weekends).
Experience Level
- 8+ years of experience in software development, process automation, quality engineering, or network operations.
- 4+ years of experience leading a team.
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in software engineering, computer science, or a related field.
Benefits
- An additional week of leave per annum.
- Option to buy or sell up to 2 weeks additional annual leave.
- Salary continuance insurance (SCI pays 75% of 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.
- Company paid parking.
- Retail Reward programs.
About the Company
- Trenchant offers a work environment alongside top researchers and engineers from security research and intelligence communities.
- Tight-knit interdisciplinary teams generate thoughtful capability designs and incremental feature releases.
- Delivers world-class computer security products into operational environments.
- The business unit provides an exceptional value-proposition for individuals seeking impact.
- Trenchant's expertise is a result of L3Harris' acquisition of Azimuth Security and Linchpin Labs.
- United under Trenchant, it is a key component of L3Harris’ Intelligence and Cyber Sector, now the core of the newly established Cyber division.
- A trusted, discrete partner furnishing security products, consultancy, training, and integration services to allied security, defense, and law enforcement agencies.
