Manufacturing Engineer, Defense Optics & Autonomy

Arkeus Career; Gold Coast City; On-site; AUD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Arkeus seeks a Manufacturing Engineer to design, build and improve manufacturing processes behind autonomous optical search systems. You will take products from prototype to low-rate and full-scale production, collaborating with engineering, quality and supply chain to ensure repeatability, reliability and Defence-compliant output.

You will lead DFMA improvements, establish QA controls and support production tooling and fixtures, while maintaining BOMs, routings and change processes across the

Qualifications

• Bachelor-level engineering degree in a relevant discipline.
• Experience designing manufacturing processes for complex electromechanical products.
• Strong DFMA understanding and implementation experience.
• Experience managing BOMs, routings and ECR/ECN processes.
• Knowledge of Lean, Six Sigma, 5S and continuous improvement.
• Experience with root cause analysis techniques (8D, Fishbone, FTA).
• Familiarity with quality systems and manufacturing documentation.
• Experience supporting prototype builds, ramp-up and NPI.
• Hands-on with test fixtures, jigs and tooling.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement and improve manufacturing and assembly processes.
• Collaborate with engineering to optimize for manufacturability and cost.
• Develop work instructions, routings and documentation.
• Support transition from prototype to production and scale-up.
• Establish in-process quality controls and acceptance tests.
• Lead CAPA investigations and corrective actions.
• Design and validate assembly fixtures and tooling.
• Coordinate with suppliers on components and issues.
• Support ECRs, BOMs and configuration control.
• Monitor yield, quality and cycle times; drive Lean initiatives.
• Develop production test systems and acceptance testing.
• Ensure traceability and compliance with Defence/regulatory requirements.

Skills

DFMA

Lean Manufacturing

Root Cause Analysis

Quality Documentation

NPI Support

ERP/MRP familiarity

PLM tools

Manufacturing Process Development

DFM principles

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor's degree in Mechatronics

Tools

ERP/MRP systems

PLM tools

Job description

Arkeus seeks a Manufacturing Engineer to design, build and improve manufacturing processes behind autonomous optical search systems. You will take products from prototype to low-rate and full-scale production, collaborating with engineering, quality and supply chain to ensure repeatability, reliability and Defence-compliant output.

You will lead DFMA improvements, establish QA controls and support production tooling and fixtures, while maintaining BOMs, routings and change processes across the