About DTCo
DTCo is a Melbourne-based engineering and CAD design consultancy. Our tagline is "Bringing order to complexity", and that is what we do for clients in defence, manufacturing, food and healthcare. Our clients include Navantia, BAE Systems, Supacat, Planet Innovation, Cablex, Form Energy and Boresight.
We are defence cleared and work in AutoCAD, Inventor, SOLIDWORKS, CATIA, NX and ShipConstructor, either remotely in the client's portal or onsite Australia-wide. Our team of 15 designers and engineers is all in-house and defence cleared, with no subcontractors, and we have a funded plan to grow to 21 this financial year.
The opportunity
Our clients increasingly need the electrical side of a design delivered alongside the mechanical: harnesses, enclosures, power distribution and the integration of electronics into vehicles, vessels and machines, and the design of grid-scale energy storage systems and mobile power units.
This new role brings that capability in-house. You will work alongside our mechanical engineers and designers to deliver complete electromechanical design packages, from concept through to manufacturing documentation. Defence is our largest sector, so a defence background is strongly preferred.
What you'll do
Electrical and electromechanical design
Design electrical systems for defence vehicles and vessels, grid storage systems, mobile power units, industrial machinery and medical and food equipment
Produce schematics, wiring diagrams, cable schedules and harness drawings ready for manufacture
Design control panels, enclosures and power distribution,



including component selection and load and cable sizing
Work with our mechanical team on cable routing, connector placement, mounting and thermal management in 3D
Integration and compliance
Integrate sensors, actuators, motors, drives and control hardware into mechanical designs
Design to the relevant standards, such as AS/NZS ****, AS/NZS ****, IEC *******, EMC requirements and defence standards like MIL-STD and DEF STAN where a client specifies them
Prepare design reports, calculations and verification documentation, and support testing and commissioning where needed
Client and project work
Work directly with client engineering teams, either in their systems or as part of a DTCo-delivered package
Help scope and estimate the electrical content of quotes so jobs are priced correctly
Review and check designs from other engineers and designers, and mentor junior staff as the team grows
What we're looking for
Essential
A degree in electrical, electronic, mechatronic or electromechanical engineering
3+ years designing electrical or electromechanical systems for products, machines, vehicles or vessels
Hands‐on experience with electrical CAD, such as AutoCAD Electrical,



SOLIDWORKS Electrical, EPLAN, Zuken E3.series or similar
Experience producing harness, panel or wiring documentation that has gone into manufacture
A working knowledge of Australian and international electrical standards
Comfort working with mechanical engineers in a 3D CAD environment
Australian citizenship (required for our defence work) and able to obtain and hold a Baseline security clearance
Desirable
Strongly preferred: a defence background, whether with a prime, an SME supplier, the ADF or Defence itself, and familiarity with defence electrical standards
Experience in land vehicle, naval or marine electrical systems, or in battery energy storage, power electronics and DC power systems
Programming experience or knowledge will be looked on favourably, for example PLC programming, embedded C/C++, microcontrollers, Python or MATLAB, or automating design and documentation tasks
3D harness routing in SOLIDWORKS, Inventor, CATIA, NX or ShipConstructor, and AutoCAD for 2D layouts
Chartered status (CPEng) or working towards it with Engineers Australia
What we offer
$100,000–$110,000 base plus superannuation
The chance to build and shape DTCo's electrical capability as we grow
Hybrid working (2 days from home) and flexible hours within reason
Varied, technically interesting work across defence, manufacturing, food and healthcare
Support for career development, including CPEng
A North Melbourne office close to public transport
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📌 Electrical Engineer (Melbourne)
🏢 The Design Technology
📍 Melbourne