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New Zealand Aerospace Jobs

Want to take your career to the stratosphere?

Kea Aerospace is rapidly building an outstanding team for flight testing and operations.

Job Listings

Senior Aircraft Structural Engineer

Christchurch | Onsite | Full-Time

We’re looking for an experienced structural engineer to own the analysis of an aircraft unlike anything else being built in this part of the world. You’ll take the airframe from concept through to flight, working at the limits of lightweight design to make months-long stratospheric flight possible.

Key Requirements

  • A degree in Aerospace, Mechanical or a related engineering discipline, or equivalent experience
  • 8+ years’ experience in aircraft structural design and analysis
  • In-depth knowledge of composite and metallic aerospace structures
  • A track record of clean-sheet structural designs taken from concept through to verification

If you think you’re the right fit, check out the full job posting and apply via Seek.

 


 

Avionics Technician

Christchurch | Onsite | Full-Time

We’re looking for a hands-on avionics technician who takes pride in precise execution. You’ll be building, testing and troubleshooting the avionics systems that keep the Kea Atmos flying, working to the high-reliability standards that aerospace demands.

Key Requirements

  • A diploma or degree in electronics, or similar
  • 5+ years’ experience with electronics, ideally R&D or prototyping
  • Confident reading schematics and translating engineering designs into working systems
  • SMT assembly and rework

If you think you’re the right fit, check out the full job posting and apply via Seek.

 


 
If you feel you have absolutely outstanding attributes that we should consider, then you can email us a general position application.  Please attach a CV in PDF format and feel free to add more details about projects that you have been passionate about.

Team Culture

We believe that diversity and equality are crucial aspects of building an outstanding team.

Having varied perspectives and experiences helps generate better ideas to solve the complex problems of a changing – and increasingly diverse – world.

In recruiting for our team, we welcome the unique contributions that you can bring to Kea Aerospace.

We’re pleased to be announced as a 2023 Top 100 Company with MATCHSTIQ.

Company Values

Our vision is “to be the world-leader in stratospheric flight operation and data collection”. Our mission is “creating insights from the stratosphere that will improve life on our planet”.

Kea Aerospace’s three guiding values are:

  • In it for the mission.  Improve life on our planet.
  • Making a difference.   Innovate and create cool stuff.
  • Push the boundaries.   Imagine tomorrow, do today.

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