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Senior Product Design Engineer (Contract)

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About Quad Lock 🚀 Quad Lock is one of Australia’s fastest-growing companies and a certified Great Place to Work. Based in Melbourne,

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About Quad Lock 🚀

Quad Lock is one of Australia’s fastest-growing companies and a certified Great Place to Work. Based in Melbourne, Quad Lock revolutionised the smartphone mounting game with our patented case-based mounting system. Originally launched in 2011, the Quad Lock range now includes mounts for Cycling, Motorcycling, Driving, Running, Marine and a range of Lifestyle options. To date, millions of Quad Lock products have been shipped to over 100 countries and sales continue to grow worldwide at a rapid pace.

About our People 👥

At Quad Lock not only do we work hard and love what we do, we are also a great bunch of people with a diverse range of interests. We have keen cyclists and motorbike riders, runners and car enthusiasts (of course). But did you know we also have movie buffs, musicians, and entrepreneurs, but most importantly we’re all super proud to be part of the Quad Lock team.

About the Role

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As our Senior Product Design Engineer, you'll own and deliver commercially viable, market-ready product design and engineering solutions across a defined portfolio of NPD programs, from roadmap item through to market-ready product.

This is a role for someone who's equally comfortable leading complex ground-up design as they are steering a supplier co-development program through DFM, qualification and gate reviews. You'll operate within Quad Lock's fast-paced, engineering-led stage gate process and collaborate closely with teams across product, operations, marketing and commercial - while nurturing relationships with our overseas manufacturers and suppliers to keep programs on time, on budget and on spec.

This is a hands-on, outcome-focused 12 month fixed term contract role embedded within a collaborative, high-performing product development team.

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

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