A Day in the Life at BAE Systems Australia

After lunch I return to work. On the days I’m in the office I make the most of my trip and pop into the labs with my line manager to get a look at some of the components I’m working on.

We have a weekly meeting with our team and a fortnightly meeting with our broader team to give updates on what we are working on. This also gives everyone the opportunity to flag if they are having issues with something or if they will need more help.

In a single day, I have jumped from contemplating and creating high-level system requirements to confirming the requirements I worked on a month ago have been successfully implemented and tested and now working on generating the documentation to close out this feature.

Feeling full of energy, I chat with the other graduate engineer on the team as we talk through some of our problems and collaborate to resolve them. He shows me some of his great work in toggling the rocket to be actively controlled.

I like to try and get one task finished around this time and get started on another. I find this workflow works well so it’s easier to get going in the morning if I’ve already half completed a task.

Nicole Viola studied a Bachelor of Software Engineering (Honours) at the University of South Australia and is now a Software Engineer at BAE Systems.

Monique McLennan graduated with a Bachelor of Aerospace Engineering and Science at Monash University in 2017 and is now a Mechanical Engineer at BAE Systems.

Jason Rego studied ​a ​Bachelor of Computer Science (Advance) at Western Sydney University in 2017, and is now a Graduate Software Engineer at BAE Systems.

Michelle Horne studied ​a ​Bachelor of Computer and Information Science & Bachelor of Media Arts ​at University of South Australia in 2012, and is now a Software Engineer at BAE Systems.

Amrit Pal Singh studied a Bachelor of Engineering (Software) (Honours) and is a graduate software engineer at BAE Systems.

Nader Madi graduated with a Master of Engineering (Electronic) from The University of Adelaide in 2016 and is now a Graduate Information, Communication and Technology Engineer at BAE Systems Australia.