Graduate Design Engineer

Northrop Grumman Australia (NGA) is offering a Graduate Design Engineer position within our Engineering & Technical Services (E&TS) team.

This role provides an opportunity to work across a range of design and analysis activities that support real Defence aviation operations. You’ll be exposed to disciplines such as structures, avionics, and mechanical systems, while contributing to engineering work that supports airworthiness, safety, and fleet capability.

You’ll work alongside experienced engineers, gaining hands‑on experience applying design engineering principles to real‑world Defence challenges.

What you’ll be doing

As a Graduate Design Engineer, you will:

• Support the design of aircraft repairs and modifications
• Assist with developing technical data, engineering analyses, and compliance reports
• Help assess engineering issues, technical data, and occurrences in line with engineering and regulatory requirements
• Support the incorporation of engineering changes, including understanding impacts to configuration and risk
• Contribute to engineering outputs that support continued aircraft operations, safety, and compliance
• Support system safety activities, identifying and communicating engineering risks
• Work closely with engineering leaders, maintenance teams, and operator representatives on technical matters

This role provides an opportunity to build your capability, learn from experienced engineers, and develop confidence in a real Defence engineering environment. This role is based in Brisbane.

Eligibility requirements:

We’re seeking motivated early-career engineers who are eager to learn in a Defence aviation environment. Ideally, you’ll bring:

• A degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, Avionics, or a related Engineering discipline
• Strong communication skills and attention to detail
• An understanding of engineering fundamentals and interest in design, airworthiness, and safety
• A collaborative mindset and willingness to work in a multi‑disciplinary engineering team
• An interest in Defence aviation and working in a regulated engineering environment

If you’re ready to apply your engineering knowledge in a real Defence environment and learn from some of the best in the industry, we’d love to hear from you.

You can submit your application, along with your Resume, Cover Letter and Academic Transcripts on our website. Due to our secure systems, we are unable to accept resumes and other documentation via email.

The Recruitment Process

• Apply on our website with the required documents. A cover letter is crucial as we want to know, “why us?”
• You will receive an email with a survey and some more information about Northrop Grumman, which we hope you complete as soon as possible.
• You will receive a call or email from one of our friendly recruitment team to talk through your application. From here, our recruitment team will organise for you to attend one of our assessment centres or an interview.
• A recruitment representative or your hiring manager will give you a call to let you know if you are successful or unsuccessful.
• If you are successful, a People and Culture representative will then reach out to you to discuss your onboarding and provide a warm welcome to Northrop Grumman!

Please note that our recruitment process can be lengthy due to the strong security checks required which allow our employees to get close to our secure technology. Therefore, any candidates MUST have Australian Citizenship to apply.