Job Description
Role: Telecommunications Design Engineer
Location: Brisbane, Australia - Hybrid/Remote/Onsite
Role ID: 2026-2757
Our vision is to create a safe and sustainable world
Ricardo plc is a global strategic, environmental, and engineering consulting company. With over 100 years of engineering excellence and employing close to 3,000 employees in more than 20 countries, we provide exceptional levels of expertise in delivering leading-edge and innovative cross-sector sustainable products and solutions. Every day, we enable our customers to solve the most complex and dynamic challenges to help achieve a safe and sustainable world.
Key responsibilities
Interpret and comply with telecommunications standards, customer needs, and operational requirements.
Produce and conduct the final sign-off of telecommunications designs.
Produce telecommunications designs and ensure compliance with telecommunications standards, and functional design documentation.
Perform independent review tasks.
Draft and produce initial telecommunications designs by implementing principles, standards, and functional design requirements.
Ensure designs are checked against telecommunications standards and industry best practices.
Abide by applicable workplace health and safety policies and procedures
Any other duty assigned to you having regard to your skills, training and experience.
Key competencies and experience
Degree in Engineering or equivalent engineering qualification acceptable for corporate membership of Engineers Australia.
An equivalent pathway may be considered for Telecommunications Certificate IV, Diploma, or Advanced Diploma in a relevant field.
Registered Professional Engineer of Queensland (RPEQ) accreditation.
5+ years of experience in railway telecommunications.
Working here
You will be warmly welcomed into our workplace where every voice matters. We are diverse thinkers and doers, coming together to create a culture of inclusion. We will support you to find your place.
We will encourage you to use your passion and expertise to make a positive impact through the projects you work on. Your knowledge and desire to bring about change will be invaluable in helping deliver innovative solutions that support communities across the globe in becoming safer and more sustainable.
Work life balance
We offer flexible approaches to work, whether that is working from home, being in the office, or as a hybrid worker. We're happy to discuss flexible working arrangements. Wellbeing is at the core to our culture, allowing employees to flourish and to achieve their full potential.
Benefits
We want you to know how much you are valued. Your remuneration and benefits package will reflect that. You will receive a range of benefits which include support for your physical and mental health.
Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion statement
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person's potential, and we'll help you reach yours. We have an ambitious diversity, equality, and inclusion approach as explained here. We value diversity; recognising that a more diverse workforce creates a richer and more varied working environment. Diversity also drives innovation, by allowing us to offer our clients the best consultancy service that we can. As part of our commitment to engage positively and pro-actively with all our employees and to ensure an inclusive culture, we are a recognised as a 'disability confident' employer.
Next steps
Once you have submitted your application a member of our Recruitment Team will be in touch. Please be aware that the timing can vary dependent on the volume of applications that we receive for each role and in some cases, we may start to review applications prior to the closing date.
Ricardo is a Disability confident employer please advise the recruitment team via [email protected] if you require any adjustments to support you throughout the recruitment process.
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Location: Brisbane, Australia - Hybrid/Remote/Onsite
Role ID: 2026-2757
Our vision is to create a safe and sustainable world
Ricardo plc is a global strategic, environmental, and engineering consulting company. With over 100 years of engineering excellence and employing close to 3,000 employees in more than 20 countries, we provide exceptional levels of expertise in delivering leading-edge and innovative cross-sector sustainable products and solutions. Every day, we enable our customers to solve the most complex and dynamic challenges to help achieve a safe and sustainable world.
Key responsibilities
Interpret and comply with telecommunications standards, customer needs, and operational requirements.
Produce and conduct the final sign-off of telecommunications designs.
Produce telecommunications designs and ensure compliance with telecommunications standards, and functional design documentation.
Perform independent review tasks.
Draft and produce initial telecommunications designs by implementing principles, standards, and functional design requirements.
Ensure designs are checked against telecommunications standards and industry best practices.
Abide by applicable workplace health and safety policies and procedures
Any other duty assigned to you having regard to your skills, training and experience.
Key competencies and experience
Degree in Engineering or equivalent engineering qualification acceptable for corporate membership of Engineers Australia.
An equivalent pathway may be considered for Telecommunications Certificate IV, Diploma, or Advanced Diploma in a relevant field.
Registered Professional Engineer of Queensland (RPEQ) accreditation.
5+ years of experience in railway telecommunications.
Working here
You will be warmly welcomed into our workplace where every voice matters. We are diverse thinkers and doers, coming together to create a culture of inclusion. We will support you to find your place.
We will encourage you to use your passion and expertise to make a positive impact through the projects you work on. Your knowledge and desire to bring about change will be invaluable in helping deliver innovative solutions that support communities across the globe in becoming safer and more sustainable.
Work life balance
We offer flexible approaches to work, whether that is working from home, being in the office, or as a hybrid worker. We're happy to discuss flexible working arrangements. Wellbeing is at the core to our culture, allowing employees to flourish and to achieve their full potential.
Benefits
We want you to know how much you are valued. Your remuneration and benefits package will reflect that. You will receive a range of benefits which include support for your physical and mental health.
Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion statement
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person's potential, and we'll help you reach yours. We have an ambitious diversity, equality, and inclusion approach as explained here. We value diversity; recognising that a more diverse workforce creates a richer and more varied working environment. Diversity also drives innovation, by allowing us to offer our clients the best consultancy service that we can. As part of our commitment to engage positively and pro-actively with all our employees and to ensure an inclusive culture, we are a recognised as a 'disability confident' employer.
Next steps
Once you have submitted your application a member of our Recruitment Team will be in touch. Please be aware that the timing can vary dependent on the volume of applications that we receive for each role and in some cases, we may start to review applications prior to the closing date.
Ricardo is a Disability confident employer please advise the recruitment team via [email protected] if you require any adjustments to support you throughout the recruitment process.
#LI-JL1
💡 Quick Summary
Seeking a career-building opportunity? The Telecommunications Design Engineer position is now open for candidates interested in the IT Engineer & Developer Jobs sector. This role in Brisbane offers a professional environment and growth potential.
Requirement Snapshot: Candidates should possess basic communication skills, a proactive attitude, and the ability to work in a team. Experience in IT Engineer & Developer Jobs is a plus.
