Senior Project Engineer, Agricultural Hardware (Remote)

Loam Bio; Orange City Council; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Personal Learning Budget

Flexible work options

Training opportunities

Environmental mission

Job summary

Loam Bio in NSW is seeking a Senior Project Engineer to own FurrowMate's mechanical design across its hardware lifecycle, from concept to on-farm installation, working with Product Development, Sales, and external fabrication partners.

You will drive reliability, manufacturability, and cost targets, manage external fabricators, ensure safety-in-design, and deliver documentation and support through the product lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent with design and project delivery experience.
• Experience with agricultural machinery preferred.
• Proven ability to manage external fabricators.
• Track record in design-for-manufacture and cost reduction.

Responsibilities

• Own the mechanical design of FurrowMate units - concept, detailed design, tolerances, materials selection, and design-for-manufacture - so each unit generation is more reliable, manufacturable, and cost-effective than the last.
• Manage unit manufacturing with external fabrication partners, including technical specifications, quotations, quality inspection, and delivery timelines, so units arrive on schedule and to spec.
• Lead installation and commissioning on grower seeding equipment across makes and models, ensuring safe fitment, correct operation, and clean handover to operators.
• Apply safety-in-design across all work: hazard identification, risk assessment, guarding, and compliance with relevant Australian machinery and electrical standards.
• Run the product improvement loop: triage field issues, identify root cause, and translate findings into design revisions and manufacturing changes.
• Produce and maintain engineering documentation - functional requirements, BOMs, assembly drawings, operator manuals, and installation guides - so FurrowMate knowledge is institutional, not personal.
• Support Sales and Customer Operations with pre-sale fitment assessments and post-sale technical support.
• Manage engineering work packages to budget and schedule, including procurement, contractor coordination, and reporting to leadership.
• Other duties as assigned, capped at under 10% of the role's time.

Skills

Mechanical design

3D CAD

Design for manufacturability

Vendor management

Safety-in-design

Technical communication

Travel willingness

Education

Bachelor's degree in mechanical, mechatronic, or agricultural engineering

Tools

3D CAD software

Job description

Loam Bio in NSW is seeking a Senior Project Engineer to own FurrowMate's mechanical design across its hardware lifecycle, from concept to on-farm installation, working with Product Development, Sales, and external fabrication partners.

You will drive reliability, manufacturability, and cost targets, manage external fabricators, ensure safety-in-design, and deliver documentation and support through the product lifecycle.