Business description:

Our company is a space services company focused on the development and deployment of a 200+ satellite constellation to provide Air Traffic Management services globally. Our company designs and manufactures its satellites in-house, developing systems and engineering solutions to enable the spacecrafts operations.

Projects / tasks:

Project #1

Spacecraft mission control ground segment GUI.

Project #2

Implementation of a GNSS Reflectometry receiver on spacecraft for flight in June 2024.

Technical skills:

Project #1

Experience with open-source tools for data visualization and database queries.

Project #2

An understanding of digital signal processing and an ability to implement algorithms in Numpy is highly desirable. Experience with embedded FPGAs is useful.

Intern interpersonal qualities:

Working rapidly to produce interim outputs in quick succession and an ability to play nicely with others is essential.

Business description:

Manufacture of Custom Printed Circuit Boards.

Projects / tasks:

Developing advanced capabilities for HDI printed circuit boards.

Technical skills:

Sound analytical and technical analysis. Understanding of basic chemistry. CAD helpful but not essential. STEMs basics.

Intern interpersonal qualities:

Easy to get along with. Must be able to communicate well and follow instructions. Self-motivated.

Business description:

Our company is an Australian owned and operated company specialising in low level computer systems research and software development in the defence and security industry. Our focus is on providing high quality security research and building robust capabilities through proven development practices in close partnership with our clients.

Projects / tasks:

In a collaborative environment, interns will get the opportunity to learn about the fundamentals of modern computer systems or applications from a security perspective. They will work through a process of research and development to build tools and provide insights that contribute to Defence’s cyber security capabilities.

Technical skills:

Software development in C or C++. Understanding of computer systems, operating system internals, and computer networking.

Intern interpersonal qualities:

Enjoys solving challenging problems. Willingness to learn and ask questions. Co-operate and collaborate as part of a team of researchers and developers.

Business description:

Our company is a systems engineering company providing purpose-designed logistics platforms, shelters and systems to multiple industries in Australia and abroad. Working on diverse and challenging projects, our focus is designing and fabricating innovative solutions to meet our customers’ unique requirements. Having delivered over A$120 million worth of projects in the defence, emergency services, mining and resources sectors, our past projects include the ISO 1C Flatracks and Cargo Gate Kits, the Container Roll-Out Warehousing System (CROWS™), transportable cyclone shelters, and reconfigurable modular training facilities.

As an intern with our company, you will be exposed to all aspects of the engineering process from specifications, scheduling and costing, to resolving engineering design and test issues, assessing and executing design changes and drawing releases. You will liaise with fabricators and suppliers in Australia and internationally, and learn the process of production documentation, test reports and FEA analysis.

Projects / tasks:

The intern will develop a well-rounded understanding and gain experience in mechanical design by working on projects that will be focused around our current and projected Defence projects.

Technical skills:

Solid works CAD program, MS Office based programs.

Intern interpersonal qualities:

Research skills, ability to identify the requirements of the task, report writing, ability to liaise effectively with other staff in both the Engineering and Manufacturing teams.

Business description:

Our company is a vulnerability research company, providing expert advice and consulting on discovering vulnerabilities across a broad range of software platforms.

Projects / tasks:

For the first 4 weeks, you will participate in the vulnerability researcher development program (VRDP), where you will be taught core skills in reverse engineering and vulnerability research (VR). Following this, you will undertake an 8-week project, researching and developing bespoke tooling that enables novel VR.

Technical skills:

Software development in a low-level programming language (e.g., C, C++, Rust). Knowledge of operating systems internals and computer architecture (ideally, mobile platforms such as Android). Ideally, an understanding of systems security (including exploitation techniques and mitigations).

Intern interpersonal qualities:

Enjoys working on, and persisting with, challenging problems in a collaborative environment. Willingness to learn new technical concepts and ideas.

Business description:

We are a technology-driven company who has achieved worldwide success with its pipeline of deep-tech innovations that have aligned the company with growing new technologies around the world. Our products are found on everything from high-altitude pseudo-satellites, to 2000m below the sea, through to numerous scientific, Defence and industrial applications. Our interns will learn what is needed to be successful in the global high-tech design and manufacturing industries.

We have R&D, Production, Customer Support and Sales all under one roof. We are also unusual in that our Software and Hardware Directors are world-leading experts in their respective fields. Our intern will have day-to-day interactions and coaching with and by them and our multidisciplinary team, mentoring them on the standards that must be met to develop world-leading technologies.

We have a deep commitment to the development of our people, especially interns. We have now hired several outstanding individuals at the end of their internship and take tremendous pride in inculcating strong engineering values.

Projects / tasks:

Tasks involving development, manufacturing and operation of subsea navigation equipment and robotics.

OR

Tasks involving the design, testing and manufacturing of inertial navigation systems and associated systems.

OR

Tasks involving the design, test and manufacture of optical navigation systems.

Technical skills:

Mathematics, Matlab, Software (C++, Java or Frontend skills).

Mechatronics backgrounds are particularly valuable to us.

Photonics/optics backgrounds are very useful for some roles.

Intern interpersonal qualities:

For all of the possible roles we are looking for people that are passionate about robotics, automation and solving big problems.

For mechanical engineering opportunities:

  • An ideal intern would be passionate about mechanical engineering / mechatronics, hands on design (solidworks), hands on prototyping, documenting designs (drawings & specifications) and outcomes from development testing.
  • We match the work to the level of the intern but they must be excited about working in a R&D hardware team that designs Subsea products.

For mechatronic and electronic/electrical engineering opportunities:

  • An ideal intern would be passionate about electronics, hands on design, hands on prototyping using soldering irons, simulations circuits using LTSpice, designing circuits schematics and printed circuit boards with Altium.
  • We match the work to the level of the intern but they must be excited about working in a R&D hardware team that designs Subsea products.

For software engineering opportunities:

  • The main quality for the software team is a demonstrated hobby for anything software. It is usually illustrated by a Github profile with a couple of interesting. repositories. We are not looking for “tutorial” repositories (i.e. TODO app in React) but quirky projects developed for the sake of the beauty in software, technology, and/or problem-solving.

For embedded software engineering opportunities:

  • Applicants showing personal drive and an ambition to better themselves in embedded software development. This can be shown by personal projects, involvement in things like Robotics Clubs, Motorsport teams or other similar groups.

For optics/photonics engineering opportunities:

  • An ideal intern for the Photonics team will have a background in optics and photonics, and who is passionate about using lasers to measure things. An interest in telecommunications, optical fiber sensing, LiDAR, or interferometry is desirable.
  • Experience with modeling and simulations in Matlab, Python, Zemax, or C will be highly regarded. We employ a model-based design approach to photonic system development where computational models and simulations play an integral role.
  • The intern must be passionate about working with photonic and optical systems and should have experience working with conventional test and measurement hardware (e.g., oscilloscope, spectrum analyzer, etc.).