AI Technical Lead

About the role

As Technical Lead you will take on a critical role in the technical discovery, design, engineering, testing, deployment and continuous improvement of approved AI-enabled solutions within our Microsoft Co-Pilot stack.

Key responsibilities of this role are:

• Design and implement solutions using relevant approved capabilities, which may include Microsoft 365 Copilot, Microsoft Copilot Studio, Azure AI Foundry, Azure AI Search and other approved AI services.
• Apply practical engineering knowledge of generative AI and large language models, including grounding, retrieval, prompt and context design, agents, model behaviour, evaluation, safety controls and human oversight, and financial acumen across AI consumption.
• Collaborate with Enterprise and Solution Architecture to apply approved AI principles, patterns, standards and guardrails in practical solution delivery.
• Provide evidence-based technical advice on the feasibility, cost effectiveness, limitations, delivery effort, data requirements, risks and support implications of proposed AI use cases.
• Establish repeatable engineering practices for prototyping, source control, configuration management, testing, deployment, observability, documentation and operational handover.
• Ensure AI-enabled solutions are supportable, measurable and aligned with approved security, privacy, information governance, data, consumption control, and Responsible AI requirements.
• Build organisational technical AI capability through mentoring, pairing, reusable components, implementation guidance and knowledge sharing.

This role is being offered as a 2-year max term engagement.

NHVR’s Data & Technology are currently undertaking growth and considerable transformation, and this is an exciting time to join the organisation.

To learn more, the position description can be found on the NHVR Careers site - https://careers.nhvr.gov.au/jobs/search

 About You

To be successful in this role you will possess demonstrated hands-on experience designing, building, testing and deploying enterprise AI-enabled solutions, with practical experience with Microsoft 365 Copilot, Microsoft Copilot Studio, Azure AI Foundry, Azure AI Search and the ability to extend that capability across approved NHVR technologies.

Your toolkit for success:

• Demonstrated understanding of generative AI, large language models, agents, grounding, retrieval, model behaviour, AI evaluation and Responsible AI controls.
• Strong software engineering and integration capability, including APIs, connectors, source control, testing, release management, documentation and operational support.
• Experience working with architects, cyber security, data, privacy, assurance or platform teams to deliver solutions within approved enterprise patterns and controls.
• Demonstrated technical judgement, collaborative problem-solving and the ability to communicate AI opportunities, limitations, tradeoffs and risks to technical and business stakeholders.

Desirable skills:

• Experience applying Azure AI services, Azure AI Search, Copilot Studio, Microsoft 365 extensibility or equivalent AI engineering platforms in production-scale, governed or regulated environments.
• Experience developing retrieval-augmented generation, knowledge-grounded, agentic or conversational AI solutions.
• Experience implementing AI evaluation, monitoring, observability or operational improvement for production AI-enabled solutions.
• Experience with Microsoft Graph, Microsoft Power Platform, Dataverse, Microsoft 365 extensibility or relevant enterprise development languages.
• Microsoft certifications or applied skills relating to Copilot Studio, Azure AI, Power Platform, Microsoft 365 or comparable AI/cloud engineering technologies.

Why join us?

The National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) commenced operations in 2013 as the national entity responsible for regulating all vehicles in Australia over 4.5 tonnes gross vehicle mass. The NHVR minimises the compliance burden on the heavy vehicle transport industry, reduces duplication and inconsistences across state and territory borders, and ultimately for the heavy vehicle business with government in Australia.

We are headquartered in Brisbane and employ more than 1000 people across the ACT, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria.

We offer-  

• A competitive salary package of $166,662.51 + superannuation
• Monthly RDO and paid leave over Christmas closure.
• Hybrid working environment – up to 2 days from home.
• Up to15.25% superannuation through a co-contribution scheme
• Leave loading 17.5%
• Wellbeing programs – discounted fitness through Fitness Passport, Discount health insurance, flu vaccine, financial programs including discounted banking products, finance information sessions.
• Salary packaging options including novated lease.
• Discounted IT products including Microsoft and free family password security plan.
• Ongoing training and professional development support
• Professional membership

Application Process

Please apply with your CV and cover letter addressing the essential requirements of the role.

Applications close: 5.00pm 28th September 2026 (applications may close earlier than the listed closing date if suitable candidate/s are identified prior).

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact the NHVR recruitment team on recruitment@nhvr.gov.au.

Successful applicants will be required to complete standard pre-employment checks including a national police and work rights check.

Please Note: We will not require any support from Recruitment Agencies at this time and kindly request no contact is made. Only direct applications will be considered.

We are committed to being an inclusive, diverse and flexible workplace where differences are valued. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, experience and abilities.