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  • 50,000 - 100,000 employees

Australian Army - Undergraduate Software Engineer (Rolling Intake)

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Earn a generous salary while you complete your degree—and have an engineering job lined up for when you graduate.

Opportunity details

Opportunity Type
Graduate Job
Number of Vacancies
1-100
Salary
AUD 35,000 - 54,999

$35,000 - $54,999

Start Date
Ongoing

Application dates

Applications Open
1 Oct 2021
Applications Close
31 Oct 2021

Minimum requirements

Accepting International Applications
No
Qualifications Accepted
B
Accounting, Commerce & Finance
Actuarial Studies
Business Administration & Management
Economics
Human Resources
Leisure, Hospitality, Tourism & Retail
Marketing, Advertising & Public Relations
Transport, Logistics & Procurement
E
Aerospace Engineering & Aviation
Automotive & Transport Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Civil Engineering & Construction
Communications Engineering
Electrical & Electronic Engineering
Engineering Management
Environmental Engineering
Fire & Safety Engineering
Geomatic Engineering
Manufacturing Engineering
Marine Engineering
Materials Engineering
Mathematics & Statistics
Mechanical Engineering
Mining Engineering
Petroleum Engineering
Renewable Energy Engineering
Robotics & Mechatronics Engineering
Engineering & Mathematics (all other)
Geotechnical Engineering
Biomedical Engineering
S
Agricultural Science & Management
Biochemistry
Biology
Chemistry
Earth Sciences
Ecology & Evolution
Environmental Science
Food Science
Forensic Science
Genetics
Geology
Laboratory Technology
Marine Science
Physics
Veterinary Science
Sciences (all other)
Spatial Science

Working rights

Australia

  • Australian Citizen
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Your role:

When you complete your engineering degree through the Defence University Sponsorship, you not only get financial support, you'll earn a salary before you've even graduated. Then after you graduate, you'll head straight into a job as an Aerospace Software Engineer in the Army.

You'll receive world-class military training and will hit the ground running, managing the software of some of Australia's most advanced helicopters—including the Eurocopter Tiger, MRH90 Taipan and CH47 Chinook. It'll be your job to keep these systems running so the aircraft can function at full capacity.

As an Officer, you'll be trained to lead a team of like-minded engineers and technicians to take care of the maintenance, logistics and engineering functions of these helicopters.

Salary:

This is your opportunity to be paid a competitive salary as you study for your degree at the university of your choice. Not to mention, you'll receive other benefits like rental allowance, textbook reimbursement and assistance with your HELP fees.

While studying your salary will depend on the completion status of your course, however, on completion of your degree, initial military and employment training, you could earn $86,264 per annum plus a generous super.

Life in the Army:

Action, adventure, exciting career opportunities and amazing mateship—there's so much to love about life in the Army. Whether you're looking to pick up a new skill, get qualified with fully paid training or are up for a new challenge, you'll find it all in the Army.

Not to mention there's also the sense of accomplishment and pride that comes from serving your country and providing support to communities in need, both here and overseas.

This is no ordinary job—but that's exactly what you're looking for. Enjoy a rewarding career, opportunities to travel, excellent fitness facilities, and free medical and dental; all in a dynamic and fulfilling work environment.

Apply now:

For this role, you must have completed at least six months of a four-year software engineering degree, be an Australian citizen and will be required to successfully obtain a security clearance

Click the APPLY button if you think you have what it takes to become an Army Undergraduate Aerospace Software Engineer and we'll get in contact with you shortly.

For more information, get in touch with our Professional Services Recruiting team or email your interest to [email protected].

You can also visit the link below to view the full position description and learn more about life in the Army: https://www.defencejobs.gov.au/jobs/army/aerospace-software-engineer
 

Work rights

The opportunity is available to applicants in any of the following categories.

country
eligibility

Australia

Australia

Australian Citizen


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