Product Development Engineer - Mechanical

Product Development Engineer - Mechanical

Senior or Mid-level

Established Australian Manufacturer | Greater Sydney

Our client is a long-established Australian manufacturer, backed by a major ASX-listed group, with a genuine end-to-end engineering environment - concept, prototyping, testing, and mass production, all in-house. They're looking for a Product Development Engineer to join a hands-on NPD team building the next generation of automated mechanical products.

This role suits you if

• You've worked in a regulated or compliance-driven product development environment - medical devices, automotive safety, gas/electrical appliance certification, or similar - and understand what it takes to prove a design meets a standard, not just that it works
• You're genuinely hands-on - happy prototyping, testing, and problem-solving in the workshop, as well as at a desk
• You've owned mechanical designs end-to-end, from concept through to mass production, across plastics, metals, and mechanism/gear assemblies
• You're comfortable working alongside electrical and software engineers, understanding how your mechanical design needs to accommodate PCBs, motors, and wiring
• You want autonomy and real ownership of your projects and designs

What you'll be doing

• Owning mechanical design end-to-end, concept through prototyping, validation, and mass production release
• Designing across injection-moulded plastics, die-cast and cast aluminium, sheet metal, and mechanism/gear assemblies
• Working closely with electrical and software engineers to house PCBs, motors, and wiring within your mechanical designs
• Running and interpreting testing - cyclic, wear, environmental, and destructive - to validate designs before release
• Applying DFM/DFA thinking from day one, working with suppliers and manufacturing to get designs production-ready
• Contributing to design reviews, mentoring where needed, and bringing structure to a growing engineering function

What we're looking for

• Genuine end-to-end product development experience - from concept through to mass production, not just CAD
• Strong SolidWorks skills (Creo exposure a plus)
• Experience working to formal standards or regulatory frameworks - e.g. ISO 9001/13485, automotive safety standards (ECE/ADR/FMVSS), gas or electrical appliance certification, or equivalent third-party compliance processes
• Comfortable working across plastics, metals, and mechanism design
• Autonomous and confident owning a project without heavy oversight - this is a senior role in scope and expectation

What's on offer

• Competitive salary depending on experience
• Genuine end-to-end product ownership in a well-resourced, in-house engineering environment
• Backing and stability of an established ASX-listed group
• A collaborative team with real influence over how it's run