Senior Product Design Engineer – Contract

Quad Lock

Senior Product Design Engineer developing market-ready engineering solutions at Quad Lock. Focused on feasibility, material excellence, and product manufacturability in Melbourne.

Posted 6/1/2026contractMelbourne • 🇦🇺 AustraliaSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Create innovative, consumer-focused products engineered to withstand demanding automotive & active-use environments
Support research and feasibility assessments for new technologies, materials and product concepts
Translate customer and market needs into clear engineering requirements, design tasks and measurable performance benchmarks
Prototype, test and refine concepts through iterative design-build-test cycles
Manage concurrent design projects, ensuring they are completed within set timeframes and meet all structural performance constraints
Seek to eliminate technical and functional risks during the design phase, utilising engineering principles to predict how materials and geometries will behave during dynamic events
Create detailed parametric 3D CAD models, drawings, specifications and BOMs using SolidWorks
Review and conduct testing on pre-production samples
Work with the Manufacturing team, suppliers and manufacturers to obtain quotations and DFM input
Design and develop products that are consistent and recognisable via visual brand language & styling
Coordinate the design and engineering product packaging solutions to set parameters
Contribute to a positive, collaborative and respectful design team culture

Requirements

What you’ll need

Extensive experience in a similar role, creating innovative, consumer-led product design solutions
Bachelor’s degree in Product Design Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Design or Technology
Ability to interpret and convert high level product requirements into executable and clear design tasks
Able to clearly communicate design ideas and concepts via sketching, CAD modelling and various methods of prototyping
Comprehensive understanding of design & engineering principles and highly capable of applying these during the product development process
Ability to generate fully defined parametric 3D CAD models for manufacturing and illustrative purposes utilising SolidWorks
Experience in iterative concept validation and the fabrication of prototypes for testing form, fit, and functional mechanical performance
Extensive experience and understanding of DFM design for manufacturing principles, with the ability to apply these in practice when developing product design solutions
Excellent knowledge & understanding of various manufacturing processes and production methods
Effective time management skills to achieve all objectives within defined time frames and commercial constraints
Sound knowledge of Microsoft programs including Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook
Hands-on knowledge in a wide range of polymers and elastomers, particularly their behaviour under dynamic loading (Desirable Experience)
Track record of designing products for impact, vibration, dampening or other dynamic environments (Desirable Experience)
Experience interfacing with customers in the automotive OEM industry or equivalent sectors (Desirable Experience)

Benefits

Comp & perks

Flexible ways of working to fit your lifestyle
Health & Wellbeing allowance to invest in your wellbeing
Technology allowance to stay connected
Weekly lunch on us to enhance your team connections
Dedicated learning & development allowance for continuous growth
Volunteer Leave to support causes you’re passionate about
Employee Assistance Program for team members and their families

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Hard Skills & Tools

3D CAD modelingSolidWorksdesign for manufacturing (DFM)prototypingiterative designmechanical performance testingproduct design engineeringmaterials scienceengineering principlesconsumer product design

Soft Skills

time managementcollaborationcommunicationproblem-solvingcreativityattention to detailproject managementadaptabilitycritical thinkinginterpersonal skills

Certifications

Bachelor’s degree in Product Design EngineeringBachelor’s degree in Mechanical EngineeringBachelor’s degree in Industrial DesignBachelor’s degree in Technology