Business description:
Our company was established in 1996 and has rapidly grown to become one of Australia’s leading Aerospace & Military Fabrication, Repair, Manufacturing & Design Technologies SMEs. We focus on supporting the Civil Aerospace and Defence communities with CASA/AS9100 and ISO accredited specialist competencies and skills in:
- Advanced Composite/Sheet Metal Component Repair/Manufacture
- Fabrication Technologies (Welding/Machining/Heat Treatment/Metal Forming/Structures)
- Advanced Surface Treatment (Electroplating/Painting)
- Innovative Engineering Design/Approvals/Test and Evaluation
Our company has built up a client base that now includes some of Australia’s most trusted and respected Defence and Aerospace organisations in Australia, such as, DMO, RAAF, Army, Boeing, BAE Systems, L3 Communications, Hawker Pacific, Royal Flying Doctors (NSW, VIC, SA, WA & NT), DSTO, Aeronautical Engineers Australia, Cobham, Flight Training Adelaide, CEA Technologies & Raytheon Australia.
Ours is a ‘total solution’ focus, whether for prototyping or production. The company is now one of Australia’s last full aerospace structures facilities; it is also the last known fully Australian owned SME in this category. The company has three main revenue streams -these are Product, Service (Australian based) and Global Supply Chain work (Services International).
Projects / tasks:
Manufacture of aircraft structures, engineering on Tube Launched UAV and store systems & composite manufacture.
Technical skills:
CAD
Intern interpersonal qualities:
The ideal intern is someone who is highly motivated, innovative, interested in everything Defence from a structural perspective and loves getting their hands dirty from time to time.
Business description:
Our company develops an engineering software called MADe (the Maintenance Aware Design environment).
MADe is a model-based engineering decision support solution that provides the integrated analyses required to conduct engineering risk management.
MADe digitizes RAMS (Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, Safety) and CBM (Condition-Based Maintenance) analysis to optimise the design and sustainment of complex, mission / safety-critical systems.
Projects / tasks:
Development of the MADe software solution including but not limited to:
- Research and specification of defined analyses and processes for safety analysis based on international standards into defined functionality and workflows
- Specification of analysis outputs to industry standards to ensure compliance
- Validation of functionality and usability of the process
Technical skills:
Ideally, candidates will have completed subjects on control systems theory.
Intern interpersonal qualities:
Communication skills are important, rapid knowledge acquisition / application capability, preferably 4th year students that could transition to FTE upon completion of internship.
Business description:
We provide product design/development, engineering, certification and manufacturing services for the general aviation and Defence industries, with a current specific focus on mid-size multi-functional UAV design.
Projects / tasks:
CAD, concept design, spreadsheet calculations, manufacturing assembly, work order generation, quality inspection. Hands on Machining and assy of composite and metallic parts.
Technical skills:
Any or all of : CAD, 3D modelling, understanding of numerical analysis (CFD / FEA), machine programming (eg CNC) practical skills, flight skills (UAV)
Intern interpersonal qualities:
Team player, strong work ethic
Business description:
An Australian owned, Melbourne-based defence research and development company focused on defence capability in the domains of land, sea, air and space.
Our vision is to solve defence related challenges by producing sovereign capability in the form of affordable force multipliers that redefine asymmetric warfare.
Our company is engaged in novel, innovative research projects, many of which are funded through Government agencies. As an SME we gain our expertise from the collaborative engagement of our engineering team with University experts in their field, currently working with approximately 130 researchers from Universities and Defence Science and Technology Group.
Projects / tasks:
The tasks will be based on multi-disciplinary teams for specific defence related projects which could include land or air-based platforms.
The scope of task will be more clearly defined upon commencement and will involve active participation in cutting edge defence technology.
Technical skills:
Technical skills required for an electronics engineer include:
- CAN Communication
- Embedded sensor Design
- Printed Circuit Board Design
- Schematic Design
Mechanical engineer:
- Beneficial to have experience as a Formulae SAE team member
- CAD knowledge
- A willingness to ability to apply theoretical knowledge in a dynamic and agile workplace.
Intern interpersonal qualities:
Ideally the intern will have:
- Enthusiasm
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Critical thinking
- Trustworthy and reliable
- Attention to detail
- Effective organization
- Interpersonal skills
- Communication and presentation skills
Business description:
Design/manufacture of all components of a launch vehicle (rocket) system. These include but are not limited to; metallic and composite components (carbon fiber etc.), aerodynamic design, energetics (propellant), guidance systems (mechanisms and technology to guide a rocket), ground station (tracking/communications/control/monitoring etc.) and aerothermodynamics.
Projects / tasks:
Interns will have the opportunity to participate in projects across the variety of engineering specialties around the design/manufacture of all components of a launch vehicle (rocket) system.
These include but are not limited to; metallic and composite components (carbon fiber etc), aerodynamic design, energetics (propellant), guidance systems (mechanisms and technology to guide a rocket), ground station (tracking/communications/control/monitoring etc) and aerothermodynamics.
Technical skills:
Basic CAD skills, basic programming skills and/or basic understanding of electronic design.
Intern interpersonal qualities:
Good written and oral communication, as well as developed collaboration skills required.
Business description:
We are a space engineering company dedicated to next generation space operations, using machine learning and gaming graphics to greatly reduce the challenge of operating spacecraft. The company has 40 employees and active laboratories in Sydney, Adelaide and Colorado. We sell operations services and spaceflight software to both government and civil customers to include the Australian Defence Force, Fortune 500 and NewSpace companies, US Space Force, and NASA. The Australian Space Agency selected our flight operations service called the “Responsive Space Operations Centre” (RSOC) for their national mission control centre. We specialise in large constellations and fleet control (100+ satellite) and machine learning applications to space.
Projects / tasks:
Space Operator Tasks:
Space operations interns can work on a variety of tasks, including: design and review of processes, procedures and spacecraft commands; design and implementation of report generation tools; design and implementation of diagnostic tools; assisting with spacecraft operations (space traffic management and spacecraft control). Operator tools testing; GUI design; flight data analysis and review; research and development into analytical tools useful for space operations.
In between development tasks, space operation interns will assist senior operators in real space operation campaigns.
Software/Data Engineering Tasks:
Software/Data Engineers can assist with the development of Sabers Mission Management Board software; Public Satellite Research and Analysis database development; development of operational tools; and telemetry and command database integration.
In between development tasks, software/data engineering interns will assist senior operators in real space operation campaigns.
Technical skills:
Space Operators: competencies in some or all of the following
- Orbital Mechanics
- Mechanical and Electrical systems
- Satellite systems engineering
- 3D Dynamics
- Python
- git
- C#
Software/Data Engineering: competencies in some or all of the following
- Python
- C/C++/C#
- git
- Linux environments
- Web development
- Cloud services and development
Intern interpersonal qualities:
- Engineers, tinkerers, and builders.
- People who are passionate about space.
- People who are not afraid to make mistakes
Business description:
We are a space engineering company dedicated to next generation space operations, using machine learning and gaming graphics to greatly reduce the challenge of operating spacecraft. The company has 40 employees and active laboratories in Sydney, Adelaide and Colorado. We sell operations services and spaceflight software to both government and civil customers to include the Australian Defence Force, Fortune 500 and NewSpace companies, US Space Force, and NASA. The Australian Space Agency selected our flight operations service called the “Responsive Space Operations Centre” (RSOC) for their national mission control centre. We specialise in large constellations and fleet control (100+ satellite) and machine learning applications to space.
Projects / tasks:
There are a wide range of tasks for space that interns can participate in, including machine learning, spacecraft design, orbital analysis and cloud computing for spacecraft command and control. Prior interns worked on space weather analytics to fill gaps in critical data, orbital mechanics, the design of large 100+ constellations, and spacecraft design.
Technical skills:
If the student can code we can teach them to do space: Orbital mechanics, spacecraft design, SATCOM, space physics.
Students that can code and do space are high interest but preference is for C#/Unity coders. Interns wishing to go into the Machine Learning and Spacecraft Engineering streams should have a good knowledge of Python and/or C/C++.
Software Development Requirements: Python and/or C/C#, git, Linux environments,
Preferred but not essential: Cloud architectures and development, databases, microservices.
Engineering, Computer Science/Software Engineering, Physics, game development degrees, but any degree with strong maths and programming skills is welcome.
Intern interpersonal qualities:
- Engineers, tinkerers, and builders.
- People who are passionate about space.
- People who are not afraid to make mistakes
Business description:
We are a professional services company focussed on providing research, development and engineering services for companies wanting to engage in the application of fibre reinforced composite materials and structures. The services provided include: training; conceptual and detailed analysis of composite structures; the manufacture, test, repair and inspection of samples/specimens through to sub-component prototypes to validate the analysis and/or concept. Our company also manufactures advanced composites products and assemblies designed on behalf of the customer. We focus on achievement of cost-effective, practical solutions through partnership with our clients, which include leading Australian and international businesses in the Aerospace, Oil & Gas, Transportation, Mining and Defence industries.
Projects / tasks:
We have a number of engineering projects running at any one time within the organisation. Some of these projects are Defence related, which usually involve the Defence Science and Technology (DST) Group. The specific details of the projects will depend on what project is active at the time, but they would normally be focussed on the design and analysis of defect/damage of aircraft structures, the development of repairs and/or methodologies for these repairs and processing and development and evaluation of high temperature composite materials. We would also anticipate providing the intern with some exposure to other active projects at the time, in particular which are more workshop-based activities to give them a broader experience during their internship.
Technical skills:
It would be preferred if the intern has had some exposure to finite element analysis software packages, CAD/CAE packages and programming.
Intern interpersonal qualities:
Our ideal intern will be someone who has performed strongly academically during their degree course to date and is enthusiastic to apply their learning into practice. We are particularly interested in interns who are both practical and have a strong interest in numerical and finite element analysis. Some background knowledge in composite materials would also be ideal.