Take a technical roadmap and turn it into fundable Australian programs.

About Atomionics The world is blind underground and underwater. Atomionics is giving it sight. We’re building a 3D map of the Earth’s subsurface to pinpoint critical minerals and other resources. Quantum sensors collect data no one else can. AI makes sense of it. Together, they are building towards our Large Planet Model: a clearer way to understand what lies beneath. The same sensors enable navigation where GPS can’t reach.

Our interdisciplinary team works from lab to field to market, turning frontier technology into something that can be trusted, used and scaled in the real world.

The Role

This is a foundational role for Atomionics in Australia. You'll run the grants function end to end: decide which programs are worth chasing, build the applications, get the technical narrative exactly right, and coordinate the external advisors who open doors on the front end. You'll pursue funding globally, with Australia as the primary theatre.

And because you'll be one of our first people on the ground in the region, operational responsibilities will find their way to you as we build our Australian team and you'll have the standing to shape how this office grows. Occasionally, that will include representing Atomionics in person with partners and clients across the country.

What You Will Do

- Own the pipeline end to end. You'll map the global grant landscape, decide where we play, and build a rolling calendar of the programs worth our time—weighted heavily toward Australian federal, state, and industry funding.
- Write applications that win. You own the craft: drafting, budgets, compliance, submission. You turn dense science into a narrative a reviewer trusts, and you make every application airtight before it goes out.
- Coordinate the advisors. External advisors handle relationships and front-end positioning; you own everything on the application side and make sure the two halves connect seamlessly.




- Get close enough to the science to be credible. You'll sit with our physicists and engineers, pull out what matters, and represent it accurately.

What We're Looking For

Must Have

- 5+ years writing and winning technical or R&D; grants, with a track record you can put numbers to (programs won, funding secured, win rate).
- End-to-end ownership, not just drafting. You've run the calendar, the budgets, the compliance, and the submission yourself.
- The ability to hold a real technical conversation and translate dense science into a narrative that stands up to expert review.
- The right to work in Australia, and based in or willing to relocate to Darwin.
- Comfort building from scratch. There's no local team yet—you'll operate largely solo in the region, working closely with our Singapore team, with minimal infrastructure and real ambiguity.

Good to Have

- A STEM background (physics, engineering, geoscience, or similar). Not a dealbreaker, but it's how you'll pick our technology up fast.
- Deep familiarity with Australian programs and their international equivalents.
- A read on the advisor and consultant ecosystem: who's credible, and worth engaging.
- Exposure to mining, resources, or deep-tech commercial environments.

Who Thrives Here The best grant writers we've met are quietly competitive. They keep score by what gets funded, and they take it personally when something they believe in doesn't. That's who this is for.

You'll own the whole thing—what we chase, how we tell the story, and whether we win. No template, no team to hide behind, just a global map of funding worth going after and a technology worth every dollar of it. Most people will read this and think it sounds hard. If you read it and felt the pull, you're the person we're looking for.

How to Apply

If this role sounds like a positive fit for you, we'd love to hear from you! Apply directly through our careers page at www.atomionics.com or send your resume to [email protected] or [email protected]. Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

📌 Government Partnership Lead (Darwin)
🏢 Atomionics
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