High demand role
This is a highly competitive role with a potential long lead time to join.
You may wish to consider joining the Royal Navy as a Weapon Engineer Officer or a Marine Engineer Officer.
Lead the specialist team who makes sure our cutting-edge aircraft are ready for action, in challenging situations, all over the world.
This is a highly competitive role with a potential long lead time to join.
You may wish to consider joining the Royal Navy as a Weapon Engineer Officer or a Marine Engineer Officer.
It’s a challenging role and full of high pressure situations, but I know I help to keep the Royal Navy – and my team – flying, which is incredibly rewarding.
Neville
Air Engineer Officer, Engineering Branch
When you join the Royal Navy as an Air Engineer Officer, you’ll lead the people who ensure our aircraft are ready to take off at a moment’s notice. A team of highly-trained aviation engineers will look to you for advice, guidance and support on a daily basis as they tackle a range of complex problems, in challenging environments, all over the world.
You’ll use your knowledge and expertise to guarantee the safety of our pilots and the reliability of our aircraft. Without you, our planes and helicopters stay grounded, and our reach is reduced.
Qualifications you'll gain
Opportunities open to you
Skills you'll develop
From picking your role to the first day of training; everything you need to know as an officer
You’ll be tested on: Verbal Reasoning, Numerical Reasoning, Work Rate, Spatial Reasoning, Electrical Comprehension and Mechanical Comprehension.
To prepare, you can practise the DAA
This stage is unique to officers and takes place in two parts. A Pre Recorded Interview (PRI) is an online assessment which assesses your motivation to join the Royal Navy as an officer and your awareness of the Royal Navy. The Group Planning Exercise (GPE) is the second stage of the AIB and is an online competency based assessment which will take place on a separate day to the PRI. It will be conducted in a virtual group environment and you will be assessed on your contribution to the team based on your individual performance
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