Design-Phase Process Engineering Lead

Thales Group; City of Greater Bendigo; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Family friendly

Tools & PPE

Fitness discount

Parental leave

Veterans leave

Training & development

Job summary

Thales Group in Bendigo is seeking a Lead Process Engineer – Design Phase to define, develop and optimise design‑phase manufacturing strategies, ensuring industrial requirements are embedded early.

You will collaborate with the Product Architect and Industrialisation teams to translate design intent into robust processes for production, testing and integration, while leading design readiness gates and guiding APRU and production teams.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of design for manufacture, design for repair, and design for test principles.
• Experience in industrial management control, cost modelling, and early phase planning.
• Familiarity with Lean methodologies (flow management, Gemba, PDCA, TPM).

Responsibilities

• Establishing design‑phase manufacturing, repair, service, testing, and integration strategies.
• Defining and preparing design‑phase process documentation, tooling concepts, test strategies, and integration plans.
• Validating manufacturability, testability, serviceability, and integration constraints with engineering teams.
• Collaborating with R&D engineering to translate design intent into industrial requirements.
• Developing early test and control strategies for equipment and subassemblies.
• Design Readiness Reviews — lead gates (PDR/CDR/MDR) before design freeze.

Skills

Design for manufacture

Design for repair

Design for test

Lean methodologies

Problem solving

Industrial IT systems

HSE principles

Job description

Thales Group in Bendigo is seeking a Lead Process Engineer – Design Phase to define, develop and optimise design‑phase manufacturing strategies, ensuring industrial requirements are embedded early.

You will collaborate with the Product Architect and Industrialisation teams to translate design intent into robust processes for production, testing and integration, while leading design readiness gates and guiding APRU and production teams.