AddressAs an Electrical Engineer in the Royal Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (RAEME) corps You will be an integral part of a team of specialists maintaining, modifying, procuring, and managing the Australian Army’s modern ground-based electrical and electronic equipment.
Examples of the roles you could be employed in include:
A Workshop Commander within a Signals Unit maintaining a suite of satellite communication systems.
An Operations Officer within a Field Workshop planning the maintenance for a Brigade.
An Engineering Officer as part of a team defining the technical specifications of the next generation of Army’s night vision materiel.
In addition to making technical engineering decisions, you will also be exposed to the full range of general service roles such as a staff officer, logistics planner, or instructor.
Throughout your career you will be given many development and training opportunities that will enable you to perform in any environment and under all types of conditions.
After your initial training at your First Appointment Course at the Royal Military College followed up by the Logistic Officer Basic Course, you will likely be employed as a Troop Commander within a Workshop. Here you will be able to learn Army’s trades, equipment, maintenance systems, and administration.
Subsequent postings will likely be within a Systems Program Office within the Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group where you will be focusing on engineering issues at the national fleet and project levels.
You could be offered further education through sponsored Masters level study conducted at the Australian Defence Force Academy or a range of other international universities. Here you will learn more about military engineering and gain skills and knowledge that will advance your career.
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