Job Description
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 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
Experience 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 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 setting
Backing and stability of an established ASX-listed group
A cooperative 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