Power systems. Mechatronics. Structural. Mechanical. There are so many different types of engineers! Check ’em out in Careers with STEM: Engineering 2026
Power Systems Engineer: Eddy Rand
Eddy Rand is helping to keep Tasmania’s lights on with renewables. As a power systems engineer at TasNetworks, he works on the Marinus Link, hunting down electrical faults and shielding the grid from disturbances. This allows more clean energy to flow between Tasmania and Victoria.
How did he get there? Eddie got a Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical Power) at the University of Tasmania and an Australian Power Institute scholarship, which scored him work experience before he’d even graduated.
Mechatronics Engineer: Chloe Radoll
Ready to build robots? Meet Chloe Radoll, a mechatronics engineering student at UTS and three-time president of the university’s Robotics Society.
Chloe loves hands-on learning and has watched more women join robotics during her time there. Plus, her degree has already taken her all the way to a UK space lab, thanks to the National Indigenous Space Academy!
Mechanical engineer: Drew Garcia
Drew Garcia keeps trains safely on track, managing visual inspection systems for Siemens Mobility. He got there by studying a Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) (Honours) at Edith Cowan University.
Working in rail wasn’t originally on Drew’s radar, but he found out that it’s a great opportunity to blend technical know-how with creativity and teamwork.
Drew’s advice? Get hands-on wherever you can, even if that’s just tinkering with a PC or a car in your garage.
Structural Engineer: Kevin Win
Kevin Win is a structural engineer who loves solving problems. A structural engineer makes sure that buildings, bridges and other structures are strong and stable. To land the job, Kevin studied a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) at Charles Sturt University.
Thinking about engineering but worried about the maths? Don’t fret. Kevin would like to resassure you that there’s more to engineering than that! It’s about finding the best solutions to problems that have many answers.
Want to explore more engineering options? Check out Careers with STEM: Engineering 2026.
Eddy, Chloe and Kevin appear in Careers with STEM: Engineering 2026, and their articles were produced in partnership with API, UTS, ECU and CSU.
