Senior Design Engineer with Applidyne

Applidyne; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Applidyne is seeking a Senior Design Engineer to join our multidisciplinary team of mechanical, mechatronic and electronic design engineers. You will work on a wide variety of projects from concept through testing and delivery, applying first‑principles analysis and rigorous design reviews.

The ideal candidate has at least 5 years in commercial R&D, strong communication skills, and the ability to mentor junior engineers while promoting the company’s capabilities to clients.

Qualifications

• Higher-level tertiary qualifications in Mechanical or Electronic Engineering or a similar discipline.
• At least 5 years technical design experience in a commercial R&D environment
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Good mechanical aptitude if an Electronics Engineer
• Good electronics aptitude if a Mechanical Engineer

Responsibilities

• Perform high-level engineering analysis and design across mechanical, mechatronic or electronic projects.
• Optimize designs from first principles and conduct system requirement reviews.
• Develop system specifications and conduct testing to support development.
• Prepare technical reports for consulting projects including design reviews and stress analysis.
• Manage small project teams, plan, estimate, and report progress to clients.
• Oversee design reviews and mentoring of junior engineers.
• Promote the company's capabilities to clients.

Skills

Excellent verbal and written comms

Strong team player

Mechanical aptitude

Electronics aptitude

Education

Higher-level tertiary qualifications in Mechanical or Electronic Engineering

Job description

Senior Design Engineer Opportunity with Applidyne

Job Description

Applidyne is always looking for talented Senior Design Engineers to join our team to work on a wide variety of multidisciplinary projects.

Who We Are

Applidyne is a team of dedicated mechanical, mechatronic and electronic product design engineers who thrive on the more challenging projects. We have extensive experience in systems design, technical investigations and engineering analyses, but product design engineering and R&D are what we do best. We create innovative product designs for our clients that translate to a competitive advantage in many different industries, including automotive, mining, medical, consumer goods, defence and aviation.

Qualification Requirements

It is anticipated that applicants for Senior Engineering positions will have:

• Higher-level tertiary qualifications in Mechanical or Electronic Engineering or a similar discipline
• At least 5 years technical design experience in a commercial R&D environment
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Good mechanical aptitude if an Electronics Engineer
• Good electronics aptitude if a Mechanical Engineer

You must be a strong team player and will be comfortable working as part of a multidisciplinary project team.

Core Responsibilities

Reporting to the Technical Manager, the role of Senior Design Engineer involves:

• Performance of key, high level engineering analysis and design activities in a diverse range of mechanical and mechatronic or electronic design projects.
• Performance of analysis and design optimisation from first principles.
• Performance of system requirement reviews and generating system specifications.
• Research and testing to support the design and development process.
• Preparation of technical reports, specifically for consulting projects such as design reviews, investigations of failures, concept design, feasibility studies and stress analysis.
• Management of projects with small teams to meet quality, timing and budget targets, and regular reporting of progress to the client. Including planning, estimating and managing all technical stages of the projects, from quoting and concept generation through to testing, tooling and commissioning.
• Management of the design process on projects, including performance of design reviews.
• Mentoring of junior engineering personnel.
• Promoting the company’s capabilities to potential and current clients.