Product Designer

• Develop and adapt custom products using existing product platforms, systems, and components.
• Create detailed 3D models, assemblies, configurations, and manufacturing drawings in SolidWorks.
• Develop customer-approved concepts into production-ready designs.
• Produce customer approval drawings and presentation drawings.
• Ensure designs meet manufacturing, quality, and project requirements.

• Prepare detailed production and fabrication drawings.
• Create Bills of Materials (BOMs), cutting lists, and assembly documentation.
• Prepare AutoCAD cutting files and CNC-ready drawings.
• Develop accurate and consistent production documentation throughout the project lifecycle.
• Maintain drawing standards, templates, product libraries, and technical data.

• Assist with pricing custom products and project-based solutions.
• Determine material, hardware, component, and quantity requirements.
• Support projects from quotation through production release.
• Work with production and procurement teams to ensure designs are practical and commercially viable.

• Develop CNC cutting files and efficient nesting layouts.
• Consider material utilization and production efficiency when developing designs.
• Apply Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DFMA) principles.
• Provide technical support to production teams and resolve manufacturing-related design issues.

• Identify opportunities to improve product design, manufacturing efficiency, and documentation.
• Contribute to product development and process improvement initiatives.

Please include a portfolio demonstrating relevant technical and manufacturing work, such as:

• SolidWorks models and technical drawings
• Manufacturing and production drawings
• Assembly drawings
• Custom product development
• CNC cutting or nesting work
• BOMs, cutting lists, or other production documentation, where permissible

• Strong experience using SolidWorks, including:
  • 3D modelling
  • Assemblies
  • Configurations
  • Detailed manufacturing drawings
• Good working knowledge of AutoCAD.
• Proven experience designing products for manufacture.
• Experience producing production-ready technical drawings and documentation.
• Experience with custom or project-based product design and pricing.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing processes, materials, hardware, and DFMA principles.
• Experience preparing BOMs, cutting lists, and assembly documentation.
• Strong attention to detail and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities.

• Experience in one or more of the following:
  • Commercial furniture
  • Commercial interiors
  • Joinery
  • Architectural products
  • Workplace solutions
• CNC manufacturing experience, particularly CNC routing and nesting.
• Experience with customized products for commercial projects.
• Exposure to Australian manufacturing standards, products, or production environments.

We are looking for someone who understands how products are designed, detailed, and manufactured.

You should be comfortable managing the technical workflow from:

This role is particularly suited to a designer with an engineering or manufacturing mindset who enjoys solving practical design problems and seeing their work progress from drawing to finished product.