Jetstar 2026 Graduate Program – Engineering Stream

• Do you love all things engineering but have travel on your mind? 
• Take off with permanent employment, kicking off with a 2 year Graduate Program 
• Live the travel dream with immediate access to our famous staff travel benefits  

Love travel and all things Engineering? You’re in the right place. At Jetstar, you get to takeoff at work, and in life.  

As a team, we’re lucky we get to do both for a living – and we want you to be part of where we go next. Helping our teammates soar is what we’re all about. And with a new fleet of state-of-the-art aircraft, plus new routes being added, the sky’s the limit.  

Our 2026 Graduate Program – Engineering Stream 
  
As part of our commitment to growing our pipeline of future leaders, we’re excited to be searching for recent graduates to join our 2026 Graduate Program. 

Dip your toes into something new, stopover in another role. Move around quickly. That’s what the Jetstar Graduate Program is all about – giving you the freedom to grow, steer and make the program yours. As a Jetstar Graduate, you are uniquely placed to immediately enjoy a permanent role, whilst gaining the benefits of a two-year rotational program. 

We’re offering a specific Engineering Graduate Program that will see you rotate through a range of complex projects within the Engineering Team, all designed to develop both your technical and leadership capabilities. You’ll gain exposure across various engineering functions including engineering operations, maintenance planning, fleet technical management, supply chain, inventory management and workforce planning. You’ll interact with teams within and outside engineering, ensuring that you gain an understanding of engineering within the commercial aviation context, whilst making meaningful contributions to our operations. 

Throughout the program, you’ll have access to a range of development initiatives, including regular development days, work experience with our frontline team and regular coaching and shadowing with our senior leaders.  As you approach completion of the 2-year program, we’ll partner with you to land you a role that ensures that your Jetstar career continues to soar. 
  
Ready for your next adventure? 

We’re looking for someone who is: 

• Tertiary qualified in Aerospace or Aeronautical Engineering – in your final year of study or completed in the last two years, with a credit average or above 
• Able to commence full time employment with Jetstar in Melbourne in February 2026  
• Confident to work autonomously and collaboratively within a team, ideally demonstrated through some previous work experience 
• Resilient and Flexible – curious and motivated to always learn, get involved and adapt to change  
• A strong trouble shooter and problem solver – confident to challenge how we do things  
• Customer centric and curious in mindset – ready to embrace the benefits of a graduate program and learn about the aviation industry; and  
• A permanent Resident or Australian/NZ citizen at time of application.  

 This is your opportunity to help us learn about you – don’t forget to submit a cover letter, current resume and copy of your academic results. 

Your life at Jetstar is unlike any other 

Put the craft in aircraft: There’s a new fleet of A321LR NEO’s waiting for your arrival. Beyond Jetstar, our Engineering Team get to exposure to projects related to the Qantas Group’s A320/1, B787 and A321 Freighters, plus Jetstar Branded Airlines (JBA’s) in Singapore and Japan.  

Learn fast, takeoff faster: Our Graduate Team takeoff immediately with a fast-tracked development plan – both on the job and via structured development and training. In just two years, you’ll have worked across up to four different teams – ensuring that you learn and grow quickly.  

Live the travel dream: You and your mates can takeoff more with our famous Qantas Group Staff Travel discount.   

Make work feel like a holiday: Join a fun, driven team where work feels like a holiday. Our people take every opportunity to takeoff together and find ways to help their teammates soar. 

There’s a place for everyone at Jetstar:  For us, travel and meeting new people go hand in hand. We invite our people to get involved in various Employee Network Groups that play an important role in creating our inclusive and supportive culture that we are fiercely proud of.  We believe that teams with a diversity of ideas and experiences are more creative, innovative and solve problems quickly.  We welcome applications from anyone who wants to takeoff with us.  If you have support or access requirements, just reach out and let us know what you need.  

We’re Jetstar.  Let’s takeoff together 

We can’t wait to hear from you. Applications close strictly 11.59pm Sunday 13 April.