Intern - Engineering Certification

Northrop Grumman Australia (NGA) is offering an exciting Certification Engineering Internship within our Engineering Function, supporting the Office of Airworthiness as part of our 2026–2027 Summer Intern Program. 

This internship provides a unique opportunity to work on real Defence aviation programs, contributing to work that underpins airworthiness, safety, and regulatory compliance across NGA platforms. You’ll be part of a project focused on improving how complex certification and technical baseline documentation is identified, structured, and accessed - work that directly supports safe and timely aircraft upgrades and approvals. 

What you’ll be doing  

As a Certification Intern, you will: 

• Support initiatives within the Office of Airworthiness aimed at improving efficiency and reducing certification risk 

• Help identify and define the technical baseline documentation for Defence platforms, including aircraft and land-based systems 

• Contribute to building a searchable utility that enables faster access to certification and type data from multiple sources 

• Assist with work directly benefiting the C‑27J program, supporting future upgrades, in‑service hazard assessments, and certification planning 

• Gain exposure to airworthiness, certification, and Defence regulatory environments 

This 12 week internship is designed to help you learn, grow, and gain confidence in a real Defence engineering environment.  This role is based at our Fortitude Valley office in Brisbane, Queensland. 

Eligibility requirements:  

We’re looking for motivated engineering students who are curious, detail‑oriented, and interested in Defence aviation and certification. You’ll ideally bring: 

• Current study in an Engineering discipline 

• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills 

• An interest in certification, airworthiness, safety, or regulatory engineering 

• Some understanding of coding, preferably Python 

• Confidence working with technical documentation and data from multiple sources 

• Ability to work full-time over the allocated internship period 

If you’re ready to apply your engineering studies in a real Defence environment and learn from some of the best in the industry, we’d love to hear from you.  You can submit your application, along with your Resume, Cover Letter and Academic Transcripts on our website. Due to our secure systems, we are unable to accept resumes and other documentation via email. 

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! 

Please note that our recruitment process can be lengthy due to the strong security checks required which allow our Interns to get close to our secure technology. Therefore, any candidates MUST have an Australian Citizenship to apply.