Staff Mechanical Product Engineer (Production)
Sydney · Alexandria, AUS (SYD-11) · 10+ years experience · Full-time · Onsite · Posted Oct 19, 2026
At a glance
- Experience
- 10+ years experience
- Employment
- Full-time
- Workplace
- Onsite
- Location
- Sydney · Alexandria, AUS (SYD-11)
About the role
- The Staff Product Engineer serves as the primary design engineering presence on the production floor, bridging the gap between design intent and production execution.
- Embedded within the Global Head of Production organization with a dotted-line relationship to Platform and Payload Engineering Teams, this role owns the day-to-day engineering interface between design engineering teams and manufacturing operations across multiple production sites.
- This is a senior individual contributor role requiring deep technical judgement, the ability to operate autonomously in a fast-paced production environment, and the credibility to influence both design engineers and production leadership.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the primary design engineering point of contact on the production floor for assigned programs and product lines
- Triage and disposition Material Review Board (MRB) actions day-to-day; participate in MRB meetings and drive resolution timelines to minimize production hold time
- Resolve production process-blockers, design ambiguities, and drawing interpretation issues in real time, exercising engineering judgement within defined authority boundaries
- Provide rapid-response engineering support to Production, Quality, and Test teams for nonconformance resolution, use-as-is/rework/scrap decisions, and repair dispositions
- Identify and escalate systemic design issues to core Design Engineering teams with clear problem statements, data, and recommended corrective actions
- Perform and review mechanical design analyses — including structural stress, fatigue life, thermal, and tolerance stackup calculations — to support MRB dispositions, deviation requests, and use-as-is justifications
- Utilize 3D CAD tools (e.g., SolidWorks, NX, or CATIA) to evaluate proposed rework paths, model design modifications, and generate or revise engineering drawings as needed to support production
- Apply knowledge of materials and manufacturing processes — including metals, composites, adhesive bonding, welding, brazing, and surface treatments — to assess nonconformances and recommend technically sound repair or rework methods
- Bridge the translation of design intent into production-executable work across multiple product versions, configurations, and manufacturing sites
- Develop and maintain Standard Repair Manuals and engineering disposition guides that give Production autonomy to resolve high-frequency, low-complexity MRB items without engineering hold
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related engineering discipline
- 10+ years of engineering experience in a manufacturing or production environment
- Demonstrated experience working on or directly supporting a production floor in a hands-on engineering capacity
- Strong understanding of MRB processes, nonconformance management, and engineering disposition (use-as-is, rework, scrap, return to vendor)
- Experience with AS9100 / ISO 9001 quality management systems and associated production quality processes
- Familiarity with GD&T, engineering drawings, specifications, and the ability to interpret design intent for production personnel
- Experience supporting multi-site manufacturing operations or production transfers between facilities
- Working knowledge of configuration management, engineering change order (ECO) processes, and product lifecycle management (PLM) tools
- Ability to obtain an Austrailian Security Clearance
Preferred qualifications
- Experience should span mechanical design engineering and production/manufacturing engineering roles
- 4 years in aerospace and/or defense
- Experience with NX, FEMAP and Teamcenter or similar CAD, FEA and PLM systems.
- Experience with the design, analysis, testing, implementation and support of mechanical parts and assemblies.
- Experience with welding, machining, sheet metal, injection molding, composites and/or additive manufacturing.
- Experience with drawings, GD&T (AS1100, ASME Y14.5), tolerance stack-up analysis
- Experience in the maritime domain (sealing, pressure vessels, corrosion and material compatibility, pressure testing).
- Prior experience as a Liaison Engineer, Sustaining Engineer, Product Engineer, or Production Support Engineer in an aerospace or defense environment
Benefits
- Competitive equity grants
- Top-tier benefits for full-time employees supporting health, recovery, and whatever comes next
Skills
- SolidWorks
- NX
- CATIA
- FEMAP
- Teamcenter
- GD&T
- FEA
- PLM
- MES
