Space careers | Australian Space Agency

Do you enjoy problem solving and collaborating? Are you passionate about improving life on Earth or curious about how the universe works? A space career could be for you!

Discover the different types of careers available, read about people working in the sector and explore practical first steps to planning a future in Australia’s space industry.

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job roles and career pathways

Discover the wide array of jobs available – from assembly technician to scientist, robotics engineer to educator, lawyer to CAD designer…

We give you insights into the skills and study pathways that can get you where you want to go.

Explore job roles

featured job role

Explore what a future in 2D and 3D design for the space sector could look like.

------- CAD drafters and designers

Learn more about this role

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Insights and inspiration from the field

People in the space sector

Read personal career stories from people working in Australia's space industry; discover what they do and how they got there.

Explore career stories

featured career story

Enrico Palermo
Head of the Australian Space Agency

Read Enrico’s career story

Kickstart your space career journey

career building blocks

Discover some practical ways you can learn more, add to your resume and have some fun while you’re exploring your space career options or preparing for a role in the industry.

Activities to get started
Work experience and internships

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Key resources

Our key space career job roles and study pathways information is packaged up into downloadable PDFs that students, teachers or parents can easily browse through and keep as a handy reference.

All news and events

An illustration of a satellite in space.

NEWS •

30 November 2023

Raytracer, a Brisbane-based team of hardware and software engineers, are creating revolutionary simulation technologies for challenging and remote environments on and off Earth.

woman in an astronaut unifrom smiling.

NEWS •

30 November 2023

From stitching a raw chicken breast to hypobaric chamber training, it’s all in a day’s work for Australian astronaut candidate Katherine Bennell-Pegg.

Close up photo of the SpaceX Transporter-6 mission in space, looking down at the Earth below.

NEWS •

17 November 2023

Spiral Blue’s SE-1 edge computer analyses satellite data in space and sends the useful parts back to Earth.

Team members with Minister Ed Husic

NEWS •

10 November 2023

Sydney-based company aKin is refining their intuitive artificial intelligence (AI) technology for daily living. This AI is well suited to space missions or people living with disabilities. The Australian Space Agency co-funded its development.

Young students and an adult standing next to a design concept.

NEWS • Space education

2 November 2023

Months of planning, design work and collaboration was on show in a day of inspiration and innovation at the 2023 Kids in Space National Final.

Photo of team in the lab next to tester.

NEWS •

25 October 2023

Brisbane-based Crystalaid Manufacture Pty Ltd is attracting international attention by producing high quality printed circuit boards (PCBs) suitable for space environments.

Satellite over Earth.

NEWS •

25 October 2023

The groundbreaking Australian research nanosatellite is set to blast off with SpaceX’s Transporter-9 mission in November.

night view of Australia from Space

NEWS •

25 October 2023

Amendments to the General Rules and High Power Rocket Rules came into effect on 17 August 2023. The amendments have removed most ‘not a related party’ requirements.

Two people standing in front of a computer, engaged in teamwork.

NEWS •

25 October 2023

Australia’s space industry is leveraging its experience from adjacent industries to build world leading expertise. From inspecting marine assets using robotics, to remote lunar operations, Fugro is showing the crossover of sophisticated technologies in Earth and space.

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