Senior Product Design Engineer (Contract)

What You'll Do 📱

• Take full end-to-end ownership of assigned NPD programs, steering projects from roadmap brief through stage gate milestones to market-ready solutions

• Lead the development of both ground-up and supplier co-development programs, applying sound commercial and engineering judgement to understand the most appropriate development path

• Drive design ideation, concept development, engineering validation and DFM optimisation across assigned programs

• Execute and support robust designs that meet all given requirements, or are able to prioritise conflicting requirements and identify best-fit design directions based on sound engineering principles

• Lead design reviews, ensuring solutions meet both engineering requirements and a high standard of industrial design; considering form, proportion, material expression and alignment with Quad Lock's visual brand language

• Manage and steer overseas supplier and manufacturer relationships, providing clear technical direction, reviewing feedback, resolving design and tooling issues, and keeping programs on track

• Prepare and present clearly structured gate review presentations, providing stakeholders with evidence-based recommendations at each program milestone

• Carry out engineering calculations aligned with specific performance targets to ensure compliant design solutions where material selections and manufacturing techniques align

• Develop and maintain detailed design documentation including drawings, specifications and Bill of Materials

What You'll Bring 🤝

• Demonstrated experience delivering consumer products to market in a stage-gate environment 

• Extensive experience in a similar product design engineering role

• Bachelor's degree in: Product Design Engineering, Product Design, Industrial Design or equivalent Engineering discipline

Demonstrated experience taking products from concept through to market, on both ground-up and supplier co-development programs

Deep familiarity with stage gate product development processes in a fast-moving consumer goods environment

Ability to manage overseas suppliers and manufacturers, providing technical direction, navigating tooling and DFM challenges, and maintaining program momentum

Strong experience engaging cross-functional stakeholders throughout the product development process

Effective planning and time management skills, with the ability to manage multiple programs within defined timeframes and commercial constraints

Ability to work through ambiguity, comfortable navigating uncertainty and finding a path forward without waiting for perfect information