Mechanical Engineer – Products: Design to Production (Inflatable Safety)

M2P Engineering; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Access to Employee Assistance Program

Learning and development opportunities

Free onsite parking at Salisbury

Job summary

M2P Engineering in Brisbane, Queensland is seeking a Mechanical Engineer for its Products team to take a design from concept to production for inflatable and safety-critical systems. You will lead design, development and verification across the product range, collaborating with manufacturing and testing teams in a hands-on ISO 9001 environment.

You’ll apply practical engineering judgement, use FEA and calculations, and mentoring junior engineers while helping strengthen our engineering processes

Qualifications

• A degree in Mechanical Engineering and experience in product design and development.
• Strong mechanical analysis skills, including FEA and first‑principles calculations.
• Hands‑on experience planning and conducting physical test programs, interpreting results and informing design decisions.
• Practical understanding of design verification and validation methodologies.
• Clear technical communication skills and the ability to work effectively with engineering and manufacturing teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead product design and development from concept through to production release.
• Develop solutions that build on our inflatable safety product range, including monitoring, control, deployment and retrieval devices.
• Preparing designs and technical documentation for manufacture, working with manufacturing teams to resolve production challenges.
• Developing and conducting physical test programs to validate finite element analysis (FEA), engineering calculations and design assumptions.
• Translating client requirements and operating conditions into clear design criteria and verification methods.
• Strengthening design controls, change management practices and technical documentation.
• Mentoring junior team members and sharing your engineering knowledge.
• Identifying opportunities to improve existing products and develop new solutions.

Skills

FEA

First principles

Test planning

Design verification

Technical communication

Mentoring juniors

Education

Mechanical Engineering degree

Job description

M2P Engineering in Brisbane, Queensland is seeking a Mechanical Engineer for its Products team to take a design from concept to production for inflatable and safety-critical systems. You will lead design, development and verification across the product range, collaborating with manufacturing and testing teams in a hands-on ISO 9001 environment.

You’ll apply practical engineering judgement, use FEA and calculations, and mentoring junior engineers while helping strengthen our engineering processes