Qantas

Company Description

About Us

Founded in the Queensland outback in 1920, Qantas has grown to be Australia’s largest regional, domestic, and international airline. Qantas has a range of subsidiary businesses that support the overall operations of the Group. The Qantas Group’s main business is the transportation of customers and freight using two complementary airline brands — Qantas and Jetstar — operating regional, domestic, and international services.

Job Description

• Challenge yourself in a role where you will contribute to the overall delivery of Qantas Group Aircraft Performance and Sustainability
• Together we’ll achieve results in a highly regulated environment
• Permanent Full Time opportunity based in Sydney

Today, we’re busy planning for tomorrow. We look to the future to guide the way we innovate, helping us stay relevant and responsive in an unpredictable industry.

Qantas Engineering keeps us at the forefront of aviation maintaining both the Qantas fleet, as well as aircraft for our third-party customers, our technical capability underpins the success of Qantas. Experience sets us apart. Our team is made up of people who understand the business inside and out, fresh faces with new perspectives, and experts from different fields who challenge us to do things differently.

In the Aircraft Performance & Sustainability Engineering team as a DevOps Engineer, you will develop and deploy Performance, Weight Control solutions for Qantas Airways and other Qantas Group airlines. In this role, you will work in a dedicated engineering team liaising with key stakeholders including Technical Services, Flight Operations and the Integrated Operations Centre - Load Control to deliver business continuity solutions and for our domestic and international operations.

Your work will directly contribute to the ongoing effectiveness of operations during disruptions to ensure the delivery of accurate technical data to our Flight Operations team. The role provides an opportunity for you to work with industry experts dedicated to quality, compliance and the safety of our passengers, people and assets. The role has a high emphasis on safety and airworthiness requiring attention to detail and an ability to deliver automated solutions in a dynamic operational environment.

To be successful, you will have:

• Degree qualifications in Computer Science and/or Graphic Design.
• Very strong analytic capability, with ability to identify requirement discrepancies and inconsistencies.
• Ability to gather and document user requirements.
• Strong communication skills, with ability to present to a diverse audience.
• Experience working in an Aircraft Performance Engineering team.
• Experience with the Qantas Cloud Platform.
• Strong demonstrable software development skills including:
• ReactJS (Redux, ReactQuery, MaterialUI)
• Typescript
• HTML / CSS
• Golang
• OpenApi
• Docker
• SQL
• Git
• Confluence / Jira
• Graphic design experience for UI development.
• Ability to work autonomously, prioritise and deliver to project timelines
• A high level of attention to detail and accuracy.
• Well organised and self-motivated with proven problem-solving capabilities.
• A collaborative approach, actively contributing to team success and fostering a positive team environment.
• Familiarity with Civil Aviation and Safety Regulations relating to engine inoperative departure procedures and weight control will be highly considered (desirable).

Why Qantas?

You’ll join a team where creativity and passion are encouraged. Our people come together to allow us to dream big and deliver successfully.

There are many different opportunities across our team, which means you’ll be able to grow both personally and professionally at Qantas. Your development is a priority for us – so that you can maintain the high standards our customers have come to expect and can continue to develop over time. You’ll be supported from day 1 with on the job training and coaching as well as our formal training opportunities. While you may start in this role, we’ve got a great track record of supporting our people to take their career in so many different directions, the destinations are endless.

The Qantas employee benefits program offers amazing benefits that extend well beyond travel.

• We love to travel: Enjoy heavily discounted air travel within Australia and across the globe, both for you and your family and friends, as well as exclusive deals on accommodation and holidays.
• We have flexible leave options: Make use of leave and flexible working opportunities including 18 weeks paid parental leave (plus superannuation payments on all paid and unpaid parental leave until your child turns 1) and additional purchased leave options for eligible employees.
• We’ll give you access to thousands of rewards: Through our partnerships we can offer you discounts across shopping, food and wine, insurance, health and wellbeing, leisure and entertainment. You can also take advantage of our salary packaging program including motor vehicles, eligible portable electronic devices and professional memberships.
• We’ll support your wellbeing: Whether it’s learning to better support your own and others’ mental health, our interactive wellbeing app or your very own tailored nutrition plan.

The Qantas Group is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. By coming to work for us, you’ll be part of an organisation that encourages diversity, supports charities and environmental initiatives. We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, and people of all backgrounds to apply. If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at time of application. Your personal information will be kept confidential in compliance with relevant privacy legislation.

If you’re up for a challenge in the engineering environment with strong motivation to contribute to Qantas’s core sustainability objectives, register your interest, and we’ll be in touch.

Applications close: Thursday 24th July 2025

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