AddressQinetiQ Australia, part of the global QinetiQ group, provides technological and scientific expertise to help customers protect and advance their vital interests. As an innovative science and technology company, we help solve some of our customers' most challenging problems. Our determination to deliver and improve today and anticipate and shape tomorrow, makes QinetiQ a very exciting, rewarding and respected place to work and learn.
Opportunities available in October 2022 and February 2023!
Adelaide Location
Our award-winning Graduate Development Program is one of the industry’s most immersive graduate experiences. From day one, our graduates have access to some of the industry’s foremost Subject Matter Experts, with the opportunity to contribute to some of Australia’s most inspiring innovations.
Collaboration is at the heart of everything we do, so as a graduate, you will be in great company, forming an integral part of our Early Careers community. Our industry-leading Graduate Development Program Framework facilitates the transformation from graduate to industry professional. In 18 months, our graduates are upskilled technically and professionally, ready to advance the boundaries of technology and industry.
Embracing Listen, one of QinetiQ’s three core values, we have taken our Graduates’ feedback on board and we are thrilled to announce that this year, we have created multiple streams within our Graduate Development Program. Each role has been aligned to one of two streams:
Rotational Stream: Targeted at graduates who are keen to allow curiosity to fuel their graduate experience, seeing them rotate through 3 different placements within our business
Fixed Stream: Targeted at graduates who know the niche capability in which they want to upskill. The fixed role will see the graduate stay in the same team for the entire 18-month duration.
Whether you’re experiencing a diversity of work through rotating around the business, or contributing to multiple projects within your fixed team, we will provide a structured learning program to all graduates.
As a graduate with QinetiQ Australia based in Adelaide , you will work alongside inspiring leaders who are established in their fields, whose professionalism stands out and whose customers trust them implicitly. All of our leaders are committed and want to invest in you, passing on their valuable skills, knowledge and niche expertise.
Joining our 18 month Graduate Development Program will provide you with:
A diverse range of projects; working to solve real world challenges
An 18 month structured learning and development plan
Opportunity to undertake various placements
Individual, dedicated support and coaching specific to your area
Opportunities to engage and network with peers, experts and leaders through communities of practice
Access to a suite of online professional development courses
Permanent ongoing employment
These roles will be offered in our Fixed Stream and will see you involved in a variety of activities, such as:
Full-stack engineering with the ability to be involved in the full Software Development Lifecycle
Working with a variety of technologies and languages depending on the project (C++, Python and other popular OO languages are common)
Involvement with web-based projects, ranging from Django/Express backends to React/Angular/Vue frontends
Holding accountability for the support and delivery of allocated software engineering work packages
Preparing documentation to meet appropriate standards
Regular communication/liaison with Team Lead/Project Manager, clients and external stakeholders
Identifying opportunities for improvement
No project is ever the same! You will be exposed to new languages and innovative, commercially sensitive technologies and be constantly learning!
To be eligible to join our program in October 2022, you must have already completed an appropriate university degree in an area such as Software Engineering or Computer Science. To be eligible to join our program in February 2023, you must be due to complete your studies in 2022 or have completed your studies within the last 12 months. In both cases, we are looking for applicants with less than 12 months' work experience. All applicants will need to be eligible for an Australian Government Security Clearance requiring you to be an Australian citizen.
Life at QinetiQ
Our people and our culture make QinetiQ a great place to work; we value integrity, collaboration and performance. We are committed to attracting and retaining the best talent in the market. We celebrate our differences and incorporate diversity and inclusion into everything we do.
QinetiQ is a Workplace Gender Equality Agency Employer of Choice, and past winner of the Defence Teaming Centre Employer of Choice Awards.
We look after our people and have an attractive compensation package, which supports all our employees through different stages of their careers, some of these include:
- Individual Professional development allowance
- Flexible work
- Leave purchase
- Up to 18 weeks Paid Parental Leave
- Paid Study Leave (Up to 5 days paid leave per year)
- Individual and company performance bonuses
- Complimentary salary continuance insurance
- Dress for your day
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As the defence industry in Australia grows, it is an exciting time to join QinetiQ. What the company looks like today will be different to that of tomorrow as we navigate an ever changing world. To innovate for our customers advantage we value the need for diversity of thought in everything we do. We provide a flexible and inclusive environment where our people can bring their whole selves to work, meaningfully contribute and have equal opportunity to succeed. We actively seek applications from people who come from diverse backgrounds and experiences. Aligned with our Gender Equality Strategy and Reconciliation Action Plan we also encourage applications from women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
