ACMA - Senior Spectrum Planning Engineer, EL1

Senior Spectrum Planning Engineer – EL1

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) is an independent Commonwealth statutory authority responsible for the regulation of broadcasting, radiocommunications, telecommunications and some online content.

This work underpins our vision for a connected, informed and entertained Australia.

About The Role

This role is a fantastic opportunity for an engineer with a background in communications, electronics, and/or telecommunications engineering to use their technical and personal skills to help shape the radiofrequency spectrum for broadcasting services.

As a Senior Spectrum Planning Engineer within the section, you will apply your engineering capabilities along with an understanding of the broadcasting and radiocommunications environment to a range of projects.

In This Role You Will

• assess technical proposals for modified and new broadcasting services
• Conduct technical assessments to support the consideration of new or modified broadcasting services while ensuring the economic and efficient use of the radiofrequency spectrum.
• Provide technical and regulatory advice related to broadcasting services to internal and external stakeholders including the public, the ACMA executive, other government agencies, and the broadcasting industry.
• Actively work on ways to improve the planning of broadcasting services and the systems used.
• Have opportunities to work across the wider radiocommunications field with the branch and potential for involvement in international regulatory processes.
  
  

Our Ideal Candidate

We Are Seeking An Experienced Radiocommunications Engineer Who

• has good personal communications, engineering, technical, software programming and research skills
• can work as part of a team to solve problems
• Has experience in undertaking technical research including computer-based modelling analysis of broadcasting or other radiocommunications services
• Has high level written and oral communications skills who can engage with and deliver technical advice to a range of internal and external audiences
• Can apply engineering judgement and communications skills to a broad range of technical and regulatory matters and to help deliver high quality, fit for purpose decisions.
  
  

Mandatory Requirements

• The successful applicant must be able to obtain and maintain a Baseline security clearance
• Have the appropriate engineering qualifications such as a bachelor’s degree in communications, electronics, and/or telecommunications engineering. Relevant alternate experience will also be considered.
• Experience in radiocommunications engineering and/or spectrum planning and regulation, particularly in a technical or engineering role.
  
  

To be eligible for employment with ACMA, applicants must be an Australian citizen.

Technical assistance: For questions relating to the online lodgement of your application, please email [email protected] before the closing date.