Lead Electronics Production Engineer

ProFound People; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

ProFound People in Australia is seeking a Lead Electronics Production Engineer to move electrical and electronic products from development into reliable production and provide hands-on technical leadership to a small engineering group.

You will own the bridge between R&D and the production floor, manage obsolescence and supplier input, and work with quality to resolve deviations and NCRs. This role emphasizes practical problem solving and mentoring engineers on production readiness.

Qualifications

• Degree in electrical, electronic or electrical and electronic engineering, or a closely related discipline.
• Strong commercial experience in production engineering for electrical or electronic products, including supporting products through manufacture and in service.
• Demonstrated experience transitioning products from R&D or development into production.
• Experience technically leading or coordinating a team of engineers, whether in a formal lead role or as a senior engineer who has carried those responsibilities.
• Strong communication and people skills, with the confidence to mentor engineers, allocate work and report clearly on project status.

Responsibilities

• Lead the transition of electrical and electronic products from R&D into production, ensuring designs are ready to manufacture, test and support.
• Provide production engineering support to the supply chain, including technical input on components, suppliers and alternative parts.
• Manage component obsolescence across the product range, identifying risks early and qualifying suitable replacements.
• Assess and resolve deviations, waivers and non-conformance reports in partnership with the quality function.
• Support the wider electrical and electronic engineering team with development work and technical problem solving.
• Coordinate a team of engineers, distributing tasks, mentoring engineers and reporting status and project outcomes.

Skills

Leadership

Team coordination

Mentoring

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering

Related discipline

Job description

An established Australian defence engineering company is now hiring a Lead Electronics Production Engineer to take its electrical and electronic products from development into reliable production, and to provide hands on technical leadership to a team of engineers along the way.

In this role you will own the electrical and electronic engineering that sits between R&D and the production floor, taking designs that have come out of development and making them ready to build, support and sustain over the long term. Much of your day to day work will be production engineering: supporting the supply chain with technical input on parts and suppliers, managing component obsolescence and finding suitable alternatives, and working with quality to assess and resolve deviations, waivers and non-conformance reports. Alongside this you will support the wider electrical and electronic engineering team on development work, so a solid grounding in design and development remains an important part of the role. You will also act as the technical lead for a group of engineers, managing and distributing tasks, coordinating the team’s work, mentoring engineers as they develop and reporting status and project outcomes to the business. This is a hands on technical leadership role rather than a senior management position focused on business strategy, and it is production led rather than R&D led, so your experience needs to show real depth in supporting electronic products once they are in manufacturing stage, not only in designing them. It suits someone who enjoys the practical problem solving that comes with keeping products in production, is comfortable moving between a non-conformance investigation and a team planning conversation in the same afternoon, and gets satisfaction from helping other engineers grow. The ideal background is one shaped by carrying electrical or electronic products through the transition from development into production and supporting them in service, with formal or informal leadership of a small engineering team, rather than a career centred purely on research and new design.

This is a full time, Adelaide based role working on site. For interstate candidates, relocation is required. Due to the nature of the role, Australian citizenship is required.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the transition of electrical and electronic products from R&D into production, ensuring designs are ready to manufacture, test and support.
• Provide production engineering support to the supply chain, including technical input on components, suppliers and alternative parts.
• Manage component obsolescence across the product range, identifying risks early and qualifying suitable replacements.
• Assess and resolve deviations, waivers and non-conformance reports in partnership with the quality function.
• Support the wider electrical and electronic engineering team with development work and technical problem solving.
• Coordinate a team of engineers, distributing tasks, mentoring engineers and reporting status and project outcomes.

Requirements:

• Degree in electrical, electronic or electrical and electronic engineering, or a closely related discipline.
• Strong commercial experience in production engineering for electrical or electronic products, including supporting products through manufacture and in service.
• Demonstrated experience transitioning products from R&D or development into production.
• Experience technically leading or coordinating a team of engineers, whether in a formal lead role or as a senior engineer who has carried those responsibilities.
• Strong communication and people skills, with the confidence to mentor engineers, allocate work and report clearly on project status.

Desirable but not essential:

• Experience in defence, aerospace or another regulated and complex engineering environment.
• Hands on experience with obsolescence management, configuration control and formal quality processes such as NCRs, deviations and waivers.
• Experience with design for manufacture and test, including the development of test equipment, jigs or fixtures for production.