Allegiant Systems
About

A principal-led consultancy

Allegiant Systems was established in Melbourne in 2017. The engineer you brief is the engineer who does the work.

Victor Choo

Director and Principal Engineer
RPE (Vic), CPEng, NER, FIEAust, CEng, MIET, CSEP, MINCOSE

Victor has more than 25 years in systems safety, RAMS, and systems engineering.

He has held the accountable seat on every side of a transport project: the State (Department of Transport and Planning), the project authority (Rail Projects Victoria), the operator (Keolis Downer for Yarra Trams), and the consultant (MACE). Having been the State's reviewer, he writes submissions built to pass review.

Clients bring him in when a safety argument has to stand up to regulator and legal scrutiny, or when reliability targets and safety requirements start pulling a design in different directions.

Career

Career history

  1. 2026 to nowDirector and Principal EngineerAllegiant Systems
  2. 2023 to 2026Principal Engineer, Systems SafetyDepartment of Transport and Planning, Victoria. Sole Systems Safety subject matter expert for the Department; reviewed and directed Technical Advisor safety and assurance deliverables on behalf of the State.
  3. 2021 to 2023Assurance Manager, Geelong Fast Rail and Network DevelopmentRail Projects Victoria. Accountable assurance signatory for 5 concurrent development-phase programs.
  4. 2019 to 2021Manager Systems Engineering and Deputy Chief EngineerKeolis Downer (Yarra Trams). Established the ISO 15288-aligned Engineering Management System and the first network-wide Engineering Change process.
  5. 2018 to 2019Engineering Manager, RAMSMACE Consulting (Aust). RAMS and lifecycle cost consulting for tram, level crossing removal, and metro fleet projects.
  6. 1998 to 2018Earlier careerDirector and Principal Engineer, Allegiant Systems (2017 to 2018). Before that, asset engineering, sustainment, and obsolescence management with ST Electronics and the Republic of Singapore Navy.
Programs our principal has supported in prior roles
  • Geelong Fast Rail
  • Cross City Line Upgrade
  • Metro Tunnel
  • Suburban Rail Loop
  • Caulfield to Dandenong Level Crossing Removal
  • Adelaide City Tram Extension
  • Yarra Trams network
  • Metro Trains Melbourne fleets
Industry contribution
  • Presenter, IRSE International Webinar: SFAIRP and Engineers' Legal Obligations
  • Presenter, AusRail 2022: Reliability and Maintainability at Design and Construct Stage
  • Guest lecturer, Monash University: Legal Obligations of an Engineer
  • Developed and delivered presentations within the Department of Transport and Planning: Fundamentals of Systems Safety, Legislative Obligations of an Engineer, and What is SFAIRP?
  • Steering Committee, Transport Working Group, Systems Engineering Society of Australia
  • Chair 2021, ITEE College, Engineers Australia Victoria
  • Panel speaker, Australian Systems Engineering Workshop 2019

Talk to the engineer who will do the work

Tell us about the asset, the project stage, and what the regulator or your client needs to see.

Email enquiries@allegiantsys.com.au