Senior or Mid-level
Our client is a long-established Australian manufacturer, backed by a major ASX-listed group, with a genuine end-to-end engineering workplace - 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 worksYou're genuinely hands-on - happy prototyping, testing, and problem-solving in the workshop, as well as at a deskYou've owned mechanical designs end-to-end, from concept through to mass production, across plastics, metals, and mechanism/gear assembliesYou're comfortable working alongside electrical and software engineers, understanding how your mechanical design needs to accommodate PCBs, motors, and wiringYou 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 releaseDesigning across injection-moulded plastics, die-cast and cast aluminium, sheet metal,



and mechanism/gear assembliesWorking closely with electrical and software engineers to house PCBs, motors, and wiring within your mechanical designsRunning and interpreting testing - cyclic, wear, environmental, and destructive - to validate designs before releaseApplying DFM/DFA thinking from day one, working with suppliers and manufacturing to get designs production-readyContributing 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 CADExperience working to formal standards or regulatory frameworks - e.g. ISO **********, automotive safety standards (ECE/ADR/FMVSS), gas or electrical appliance certification, or equivalent third-party compliance processesComfortable working across plastics, metals, and mechanism designAutonomous 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 experienceGenuine end-to-end product ownership in a well-resourced, in-house engineering environmentBacking and stability of an established ASX-listed groupA collaborative team with real influence over how it's run
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📌 Product Development Engineer - Mechanical (New South Wales)
🏢 ProFound People
📍 New South Wales