Engineering Technician – Automotive

Bosch; Surf Coast Shire; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work options

Training & development programs

Parental leave (14 weeks)

Health & well-being programs

Income protection (up to 50 weeks)

Product discounts

Job summary

Bosch Australia invites an experienced Automotive Technician to join the Automotive Australia Research Centre (AARC) in Anglesea, Victoria. The role focuses on hands-on vehicle development, testing, and supporting engineers with development programs.

You will work independently within a specialist automotive engineering facility, leveraging strong mechanical and electrical expertise to diagnose and resolve issues and maintain equipment and vehicles.

Qualifications

• Experienced Automotive Technician with strong mechanical and electrical expertise.
• Practical, hands-on approach to vehicle development and testing.
• Proven workshop, maintenance and fault-finding capability.
• Fabrication and welding skills; use of workshop machinery is highly regarded.

Responsibilities

• Provide vehicle technical support for development and application activities.
• Prepare, maintain and service development vehicles and test equipment.
• Support engineers with vehicle development, testing and validation.
• Prepare and de-instrument vehicles for testing and application programs.
• Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues across vehicle systems.

Skills

Mechanical systems

Electrical systems

Hands-on

Autonomy

Workshop maintenance

Fabrication and welding

Problem solving

Communication

Education

Automotive Technician qualification

Tools

Workshop machinery (lathe, mills)

Job description

With a proud history dating back 140 years, the Bosch Group now employs over 413,000 people across 60 countries incorporating 150 nationalities. As a leading IoT company, Bosch offers innovative solutions for smart homes, smart cities, connected mobility, and connected manufacturing. The Bosch Group’s strategic objective is to facilitate connected living and innovations for a connected life. Bosch improves quality of life worldwide with products and services that are innovative and spark enthusiasm. In short, Bosch creates technology that is "Invented for life." To this day, Bosch remains privately owned, with 94% held by a charitable trust. Bosch is a rather special company. With its more than 470 locations worldwide, the Bosch Group has been carbon neutral overall (scopes 1 & 2 of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard) since 2020. This is achieved with four levers: improving energy efficiency, generating energy from renewable sources, purchasing green electricity, and offsetting residual CO₂ emissions with carbon credits. Visit sustainability.bosch.com for further information on the Bosch Group’s sustainability strategy.

Bosch Australia’s Vehicle Motion Control team is responsible for the development of hardware and software systems that improve vehicle safety and agility for our mostly automotive customers. Our customer base is global having engineered projects and solutions for Europe, North America, China, Japan, Malaysia and Korea.

Bosch is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and encourage applicants of all backgrounds.

Job Description

Put your automotive expertise to work with Bosch

Are you an experienced Automotive Technician or Engineering Technician who knows vehicles inside out and takes pride in getting the job done properly?

Bosch is seeking a highly capable, hands-on Engineering Technician to join our team at the Automotive Australia Research Centre (AARC) in Anglesea, Victoria.

This is an opportunity for an experienced automotive professional to work alongside engineers on advanced vehicle development programs, supporting development testing, prototype vehicles, technical investigations and the day-to-day operation of a specialist automotive engineering facility.

You will be someone who is technically strong, practical, efficient and confident working independently — a person who sees a problem, understands it and gets on with solving it.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Providing vehicle technical support for development and application activities.
• Preparing, maintaining and servicing development vehicles, test equipment and instrumentation.
• Supporting engineers with vehicle development, testing & validation activities.
• Preparing and de-instrument vehicles for testing and application programs.
• Troubleshooting and resolving technical issues across vehicle systems and components.
• Removing, replacing and modifying electrical modules, braking systems and other vehicle components.
• Conducting development testing in consultation with Application Engineers.
• Installing, modifying and maintaining vehicle instrumentation and test equipment.
• Fabricating test fixtures and components using workshop machinery and fabrication techniques.
• Ensuring application test equipment is maintained, fit-for-purpose and available when required.
• Managing storage of prototype parts, equipment and consumables, including just-in-time inventory.
• Supporting customer and maintenance staff visits to AARC.
• Ensuring workshop operations are safe, professional, efficient and compliant.
• Completing day-to-day workshop administration, equipment and maintenance activities.

Qualifications

We are looking for an experienced Automotive Technician with strong mechanical and electrical expertise and a practical, hands-on approach to vehicle development and testing.

You will bring:

• A recognised Automotive Technician qualification with significant industry experience.
• Strong knowledge of vehicle mechanical and electrical systems, ideally within a development, prototype or testing environment.
• Proven workshop, maintenance and fault-finding capability.
• Fabrication and welding experience; skills withlathes, mills and other workshop machinerywould be highly regarded.
• A practical, methodical approach to diagnosing and resolving technical issues.
• The ability to work autonomously, take ownership and use initiative.Strong organisational, time-management and communication skills.
• A commitment to safety, quality and maintaining high workshop standards.

Desirable Qualifications: Fitter & Turner or similar qualification and a current forklift licence.

Most importantly, you'll be someone who knows their trade, takes pride in their work and gets things done. You will be comfortable working independently while collaborating closely with engineers, technicians and engineering students in a hands‑on vehicle development environment.

Why Bosch?

This is an opportunity to bring your automotive expertise into a global engineering organisation and contribute directly to vehicle development programs. Bosch Australia has a strong engineering presence across vehicle electronics and mobility technologies, providing an environment where practical technical expertise plays an important role in developing and testing novel solutions.

Working at Bosch also means being part of a culture focused on collaboration, development and innovation.

If you're an experienced automotive technician who wants to apply your skills beyond the traditional workshop and play a hands‑on role in advanced vehicle development, we'd like to hear from you.

Additional Information

We recognise that our employees are our greatest asset. Through the diversity of our business and commitment to personal and career development, we can provide you with new and exciting opportunities so you can achieve your full potential!

We offer our employees:

• The ability to work flexibly
• Training and development programs to help you reach your full potential
• 14 weeks paid (or 28 weeks at half-pay) Parental Leave for primary carer (in addition to government paid parental leave)
• Superannuation on unpaid Parental Leave
• The option to purchase additional annual leave
• A wide range of Health and Well-being programs
• Support and counselling services with work or personal matters through our Employee Assistance Program
• Up to 50 weeks Income Protection for permanent employees
• Diverse and exciting career opportunities, both local and international
• Discounts on Bosch products and as well as products from affiliated brands

We are committed to building a sustainable, inclusive, and diverse workforce in all its forms. We value diversity in our organisation and in our recruitment activities and believe that every voice adds value. We actively pursue a recruiting strategy that works towards eliminating unconscious bias.

Please note: You need to be an Australian citizen, or hold Australian work rights, to apply for this role.