Software Engineering Intern (Nov 2024)

We want you – your perspective and ideas – to propel us forward

Our interns work on projects in aerospace, engineering, and information technology across our business, with real-world activities, tasks and projects to make a difference. One of our values is a commitment to shared success, so our assurance to you is to give you experiences and exposure preparing you to work with high performing and dynamic teams. 

What’s in in it for you?

• 12 weeks paid internship.
• A hands on approach to learning
• The unique opportunity to network and collaborate with talented engineering professionals in a Defence aviation environment.
• Group Mentoring
• Flexible work hours - Achieve a healthy work/life balance with the opportunity to work a 4.5 day week or 9 day fortnight.

Your role: 

The Parallax labs internship will allow Northrop Grumman to enhance the capabilities being offered to projects. While doing this, the project also aims to expose the intern to a number of technologies and engineering processes. You will be working on ad-hoc script enhancements, documenting concepts and how-to instructions in Confluence, developing a standard ‘developer environment’ for project developers and more! 

Familiarity with following would be advantageous to the position: 

• Ansible
• Scripting
• REST API’s
• Linux administration
• Network concepts
• Windows administration

This will be best suited for a student studying software engineering or information technology. This role will be based in Symonston, Canberra. 

Application requirements

• Current Resume
• Cover Letter
• Most recent academic transcripts
• Any additional certificates, qualifications, memberships or noteworthy experience that may enhance your competitiveness
• Evidence of Australian Citizenship (Passport/Birth certificate) – due to the nature of defence requirements – applicants MUST be Australian citizens
• Ability to work full-time over the allocated internship period.

The Recruitment Process 

• Apply on our website with the required documents. A cover letter is crucial as we want to know, “why us?”
• You will receive an email with a survey and some more information about Northrop Grumman, which we hope you complete as soon as possible.
• You will receive a call or email from one of our friendly recruitment team to talk through your application. From here, our recruitment team will organise for you to attend one of our assessment centres or an interview.
• A recruitment representative or your hiring manager will give you a call to let you know if you are successful or unsuccessful.
• If you are successful, a People and Culture representative will then reach out to you to discuss your onboarding and provide a warm welcome to Northrop Grumman!

Defining Possible is our mantra and we are committed to making sure that works for our people’s careers too. What’s Your Possible?

Everyone Matters:

Doing the Right Thing and Sharing Success are two values underpinning how we behave at Northrop Grumman. Here, everyone matters and we proudly encourage individuals from all backgrounds and all abilities to apply to join our diverse and inclusive workforce. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are welcome and encouraged to apply.

Our recruitment process can be lengthy for successful applicants, as we need strong security checks to let candidates close to our secure technology. Therefore, any candidates MUST have an Australian Citizenship to apply. We are excited to hear from you soon!