Kea Aerospace

13/10/2026

Imagine designing the power system for a plane that runs on sunshine and stays in the air for months at a time.

We’re hiring a Senior Power Electronics Engineer to join our Christchurch team and make it happen. The aircraft will help with maritime surveillance, environmental monitoring, and disaster response.

Know a power electronics whiz who’s bored of designing the same old stuff? Send this their way.

Apply here:

Stratospheric flight demands exceptional power electronics. At Kea Aerospace, you won't just solve that problem - you'll define how it gets solved.

09/10/2026

How many IT jobs let you say "I help build a plane that flies at 60,000 ft for months"?

Kea Aerospace is hiring an IT Systems Administrator in Christchurch! You'll look after the servers, network and systems our engineers rely on while we build a solar-powered aircraft for the stratosphere. If you've got 5+ years in hands-on IT and love being the go-to person, this one's for you.

Full or part-time, onsite in Burnside. Know someone perfect? Tag or share!

Take day-to-day ownership of the infrastructure behind the design and flight testing of a solar-powered stratospheric aircraft.

11/09/2026

Every harness you build has to survive months in the stratosphere, with no way to reach it.

That's the standard on the Kea Atmos Mk2, and we're looking for a hands-on Avionics Technician in Christchurch to work to it. Building high-reliability harnesses, debugging PCBs, and turning engineering designs into hardware that actually flies.

If a perfectly crimped connector gives you a quiet thrill, we should talk.

Full details and how to apply below.

Hands-on avionics technician for solar-powered UAV development in Christchurch.

10/09/2026

How do you design an airframe that holds together for months at a time, 20km up in the stratosphere?

That's one of the toughest challenges on the Kea Atmos, and it's yours to solve.

A senior role in Christchurch for the specialist who wants to take a clean-sheet airframe from concept to flight, working alongside engineers across disciplines.

Full details and how to apply below.

Own the structural design of a clean-sheet Mk 2 aircraft programme - a rare opportunity to architect an airframe from the ground up.

01/09/2026

Propped up on our stand at the New Zealand Aerospace Summit 2026 will be a full-size Mk2 propeller, taller than a person - bring your tape measure (or just your eyes). And riding sh***un will be the Kea Atmos Mk1, mounted on top of a car. Come see it up close and say hi!

1–2 October at Te Pae Christchurch.

Learn more: https://www.aerospace.org.nz/summit

The only Aerospace Summit in New Zealand, bringing together innovators, regulators, founders and more for a two day event filled with inspiring keynotes, technical sessions, exhibitions and more

25/08/2026

Kea is landing at the New Zealand Aerospace Summit 2026!

True to our name, we're a little curious by nature - so we're planning something for our exhibit this year that's well worth the trip to see up close. Not ready to spill the details just yet, but watch this space. 1–2 October at Te Pae Christchurch.

Watch this space: www.aerospace.org.nz/summit

14/08/2026

More room to reach new heights!

Our new 3,265m² Christchurch facility is officially open, bringing aircraft development, manufacturing and Mission Control under one roof.

There’s plenty happening inside already. The Kea Atmos Mk2 is taking shape, and the Canterbury Aerospace Hub is bringing more of the region’s growing aerospace community together.

The opening has attracted plenty of attention across New Zealand media, including 1News, ThreeNews, RNZ, Stuff and Chris Lynch Media.

Read more here https://www.1news.co.nz/2026/08/06/new-christchurch-facility-to-build-nzs-largest-unpiloted-aircraft/

14/07/2026

Ever built something just because you wanted to see if you could?

That's exactly who we're after. Our summer internships at Kea Aerospace will have you working on a solar-powered aircraft designed to fly for months in the stratosphere - real projects, real tools, alongside our engineering team in Christchurch.

If you're an engineering student who tinkers, prototypes and builds beyond your coursework, we'd love to see what you've made!

Applications are open now 👇

Spend your summer on real aerospace engineering - help build a solar-powered aircraft designed to fly for months in the stratosphere.

04/06/2026

We're hiring! Kea Aerospace is looking for a full-time Office Administrator to join our Christchurch team.

You'll be the welcoming face and operational heart of our office, supporting our CEO, CTO, and wider team as we build New Zealand's largest unmanned aircraft.

If this sounds like you, we'd love to hear from you. Full details via the link.

Full-time Office Administrator at Kea Aerospace, a Christchurch aerospace R&D company. Be the welcoming face and operational heart of our team.

08/05/2026

Carrying payloads to the stratosphere and delivering high-resolution imagery in near real time - that's the capability we've been working toward.

In March, we achieved it.

Working alongside the Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), with mission control in Christchurch and payload support live from Germany, the Kea Atmos Mk1 captured detailed imagery from 42,000 feet. A genuine milestone for the Kea team, and a fantastic collaboration between New Zealand and German aerospace.

Kea Aerospace has successfully captured aerial imagery of the Earth’s surface from 42,000 feet. This video showcases footage from a March, 2026 flight of the...