One small step into space operations means a giant leap in capability for our ADF.
Today I can announce that Australians gravitating towards a career in the ADF can now apply for a job in Defence’s new frontier of space.
Direct-entry recruitment is now open for two new roles, Space Operations Officer and Space Operations Specialist.
These exciting new roles will grow the ADF’s capabilities in space operations, a critical domain as we respond to the most challenging strategic environment since the Second World War.
This marks a significant step in building Australia’s sovereign space workforce.
The space workforce will progressively be employed across the full spectrum of space mission sets, which include:
- Satellite communications
- Position, navigation and timing
- Space domain awareness
- Missile warning
- Satellite operations
- Space control
- Intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance
- Environmental monitoring
Successful applicants will undertake specialist space training at the Defence Space and Cyber School, located at a new dedicated facility, the Florence McKenzie Building at HMAS Harman.
The building’s namesake, Florence McKenzie, was Australia’s first female electrical engineer, and a pioneer of modern signalling and technical military training, laying foundations for many of the technologies relied upon in modern space and cyber operations.
She recognised the importance of cutting-edge technical training for military personnel and played a vital role in boosting the Royal Australian Navy’s signalling capabilities in World War Two.
The purpose-built facility named in her honour provides a range of signals- and cyber-focussed training and simulation courses for units across the ADF including the Army, Joint Operations Command and Joint Capabilities Group.
To learn more about a space career in the ADF, visit www.adfcareers.gov.au