Description:
About HeliMods
HeliMods is an internationally renowned aerospace technology company, operating from a world-class facility on Queensland’s beautiful Sunshine Coast.
At our high-technology, purpose-built facility we operate a full suite of vertically integrated soft and hard infrastructure in support of our highly advanced aerospace capability.
We make tangible, lasting contributions to local and global communities by providing innovative, world-leading aerospace products that enable our customers to perform a range of critical missions, including emergency medical retrieval, search and rescue, aerial policing and disaster relief. In keeping with our Strategic Plan, HeliMods is growing nationally and in select global markets.
Our Culture
HeliMods is a dynamic, high-growth business, with a strong performance culture that values innovation, creativity, accountability and collaboration. Our amazing team is vibrant, energetic and rich with different skillsets, backgrounds and experience, sharing in a common passion for working together to solve complex problems in novel ways to create meaningful impact.
Our uniquely networked and flexible organisation structure enables our people to be agile, responsive and empowered to make decisions quickly. Career progression looks less like climbing a ladder and more like a continuous flow of exciting, meaningful opportunities that facilitate personal development and technical mastery.
As a high-performance organisation, we’re dedicated to empowering our people and challenging convention, and we know that combining teams of talented people with the best technology and real-world problems leads to amazing outcomes. We unashamedly work hard and aim to push the boundaries in everything we do, while sharing a common sense of fun and celebrating both the small and big wins.
The Opportunity
HeliMods is seeking new and recent graduate engineers in the aero, space, mechanical, mechatronic, computing, software and electrical disciplines, who have a real passion for technology and innovation. You will be working on exciting new products for our civil and military clients, building new organisational capability, and will be responsible within your team for timely, high-quality delivery against challenging project targets. You will have the opportunity to learn from internationally experienced engineers, get hands on with state-of-the-art airframes in our world-class facility, and drive the best available technology in an energetic, collaborative, innovative culture that recognises performance and celebrates success. We’ll find a development pathway that utilises your passions to accelerate your career development while delivering a diverse range of outputs that are critical to the organisation’s overall delivery.
Our capabilities span the entire engineering lifecycle, so no matter whether you’re into designing mechanical, electrical or software systems, developing manufacturing capability, supporting fleet integration, or anything in between, you’ll find a home here. Unique to HeliMods, you’ll have the opportunity to explore each team during a rotation throughout the organisation including design, prototyping, certification, production engineering, various advanced manufacturing work centres and assembly. We’re going to expect a lot from you, and we want you to expect a lot of yourself. However, you’ll also have the support of a team of motivated, talented and experienced colleagues, all striving for a common purpose.
Skills, Experience and Qualifications
- A bachelor’s degree (or higher) in aeronautical, aerospace, mechanical, mechatronic, computing, software or electrical engineering.
- 0 to 12 months of post-graduate engineering experience.
- The energy, intelligence and initiative to proactively overcome industries’ toughest challenges.
- The creativity, curiosity and open-mindedness to explore alternative approaches, question conventional thinking, and adapt to change.
- The people skills and collaborative focus that brings out the best in yourself and others within small, dynamic, multi-disciplinary teams.
- A structured approach to working with an ability to deliver despite ambiguity that allows you to thrive in a highly autonomous environment.
A typical day on-site
Unlike many traditional engineering firms, our young engineers have an immediate impact in a broad range of areas with limitless potential to direct their growth over time. This includes:
- Developing digital and physical prototypes using CAD, augmented reality and 3D printing.
- Creating CAD, CAM and FEA of a product and its assemblies before release to manufacture and certification.
- Conducting research on technical methods to tackle difficult engineering challenges, or on automated systems to increase our quality and productivity.
- Working with the onsite production team to oversee one of your designs through the manufacturing process, followed by 3D scanning verification.
- Supporting fast turn-around design approvals to allow new products to be integrated across fixed-wing and rotary wing fleets.
Our top performers
- Deliver outstanding work with minimum guidance, managing time and priorities efficiently and effectively.
- Are multi-disciplined and adapt quickly to the needs of the situation.
- Provide sound, well considered technical input, thrive under pressure and expect a lot of themselves.
To submit an application in full, you must provide the following:
1. A cover letter addressing why you feel you would be a good fit at HeliMods
2. An up-to-date resume
3. Attach your most recent academic transcript at the end of your resume
4. Create a portfolio of your work, demonstrating your passion for design, technology and engineering (slideshow format, 3 slides, focus on graphical content – bonus points for extra-curricular activity), upload it to Google Drive, Github (or similar), and provide the link within your application.
Recruitment Process
- We are currently recruiting for Graduate Engineers to commence January/February 2026 .
- Applications will close on 30th April 2024 with shortlisting to take place in May.
- Final in-person interviews will occur in late June/July.
- Unfortunately, due to the number of applications, we are only able to contact successful candidates. We thank you in advance for your understanding.
Please note: after submitting your application, you will receive an email from our HRM platform, Employment Hero, with a questionnaire that must be completed to finalise your application. Applicants who do not complete this step will not be considered.
Inherent Requirements
- Due to the nature and privilege of information, and in accordance with Australian Standards for Workforce Screening (ISO 4811-2022), it is an inherent requirement that a security screening process (including a police check) are undertaken prior to employment.