Defence and Space Career Stories

Careers in the defence and space industries are much more than building ships or launching rockets and you don’t need a university degree to get involved.

Learn about the wide variety of roles and the pathways to get there from some inspiring South Australian defence and space industry employees below.

If you are in the industry and love what you do, share your career story with us today!

Anthony

Anthony Kunda

Software Engineering Consultant and Program Manager, DEWC Services

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Loren

Communications Advisor – Events, ASC 

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Dave Saunders

Operations Manager, Australian Space Weather Forecasting Centre

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Jeremy Satchell

Jeremy Satchell

Head of Industry Capability, BAE Systems Australia 

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 Bez Mohammadi

Pathways Manager, DIP

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Philippa McMurtrie

Graduate Engineer at ASC

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Nishanth Sri Shiva Madhavan

Launch Operations Engineer at Equatorial Launch Australia (ELA)

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Harrison Box

Founder, Paladin Space and Senior Systems engineer at BAE Systems

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Shantanu

Shantanu

Lead Mechanical Engineer, ASC Pty Ltd

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Claudia Szabo

Claudia

Associate Professor, The University of Adelaide

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Janet Wilson

Dr Janet Wilson

Lead Structural Engineer, KBR – Frazer-Nash Consultancy

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Imelda Fleet

Imelda

Director of Exploration Strategy, Fleet Technologies

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Amanda Tarrant

Amanda

Project Officer at Veterans SA and RAN Reserve Maritime Spiritual Wellbeing Officer

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Marc Bryant

Marc

Head of Land and Aerospace/Acting Head of Deployable Health and Infrastructure

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Jack

Electronic Warfare Engineer

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Nicola Higgins

Nicola

Mechanical Engineer

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Allan Dias

Allan

Space Systems & Design Engineer

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Sama

Software Engineer

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Naida Rasheed, Southern Launch

Naida

Launch Engineer

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Karen

Program Director

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Jordan Plotnek

Jordan

Senior Lecturer, Researcher, Lead Partner & Chief Marketing Officer

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Dr Gretel Png

Gretel

Senior Research Scientist

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Scott Pearse

Scott

Graduate ICT (Cyber) Software

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Samantha Santos

Samantha

Space Data and Technology Consultant

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Ben Adams

Ben

Chief Operating Officer

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Farisha Jamal

Farisha

Avionics Engineer

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Cameron, BAE Systems Australia

Cameron

Design Engineer

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Reinaldo

Procurement Officer

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Samuel Murray, BAE Systems

Samuel

Engineering Manager – IT&E

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Stuart

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING SENIOR STAFF

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Emily, BAE Systems Australia Safety Engineer

Emily

Safety Engineer

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Kosta Livaditis

Kosta

Supply Chain and Project Manager

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Georgia

Systems Engineer

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Jeff Dore

Jeff

Systems Engineer

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Jessica Sharp of Lockheed Martin

Jessica

Hardware Engineer

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James Robertson, Neumann Space

James

Mechanical & Thermal Engineer

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Hugh

Project Manager

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Seth, Mechanical Engineer, PMB Defence

Seth

Mechanical Engineer

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Matthew

Mechanical Engineer

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Andrew

General Manager

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Jamila

Project Manager

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Dhiren

Commercial Manager

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Zac

Support Technician

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Kyal

Digital Specialist

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Roxanne

Integrated Logistics Support

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Trent

Senior Systems Engineer

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Rozanne, Senior Financial Accountant

Rozanne

Senior Financial Accountant

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Christian, Graduate Software Engineer, Silentium Defence

Christian

Graduate Software Engineer

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Simon, Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer

Simon

Co-Founder & CTO

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