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Sam Hunnibell

Sam Hunnibell

Engineering & Consultancy Lead, Australian Maritime College (AMC) - Search

Sam is a graduate of the Australian Maritime College, obtaining a Bachelor of Engineering (Naval Architecture) before heading to work with a ship designer focusing on the design, sustainment, and upgrades of some of Australia’s largest Navy platforms. His experience with AUV’s dates back to his university days where he carried out some initial mapping within the depths of Lake St. Clair in Tasmania’s central highlands. Sam joined the AMC Search Team as an Engineer in 2021 where his focus is on providing engineering design, compliance and consultancy services within the Autonomous Maritime System and Naval Architecture domains. Under a Defence Innovation contract Sam led the work to design, build and demonstrate the use of the "Whiskers AUV Sensor Module".

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