Senior Mechanical Engineer

Gallagher Animal Management

Hamilton

On-site

NZD 110,000 - 170,000

Full time

9 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Life & Disability Insurance

KiwiSaver

Wellbeing support

Competitive salary

Free parking

Subsidised café at Hamilton office

Strong career growth opportunities

Job summary

Gallagher Animal Management is seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer to own mechanical design decisions from concept through to production, testing, and field feedback. You’ll work hands-on in a fast-paced R&D environment backed by Gallagher, with a focus on robust hardware for agricultural environments.

You’ll collaborate across product, engineering, and manufacturing teams, translating field feedback into meaningful improvements and helping take products into global production while maintaining

Qualifications

5+ years experience in mechanical or product development engineering.
Strong understanding of manufacturing processes and supplier engagement.
Experience designing physical products that have made it into production.
CAD capability, preferably Creo.

Responsibilities

Own mechanical design decisions from concept to production release.
Work across concept, prototyping, manufacturing, and field improvement.
Collaborate with electronics, firmware, manufacturing, and supply chain teams.
Investigate issues in-market and lead root cause analysis.
Translate customer and field feedback into product improvements.

Skills

Team collaboration

Problem solving

Hands-on engineering

Field feedback handling

Tools

Creo CAD

DFM principles

Injection moulding design

Job description

Shape products that leave the workshop & end up on-farm

eShepherd is growing - and we’re hiring a Senior Mechanical Engineer to help build the next generation of virtual fencing technology.

This isn’t a role where designs disappear into endless review cycles. You’ll work across the full product lifecycle, owning mechanical design decisions from concept and prototyping through to production, testing, and field feedback. The work is hands‑on, highly collaborative, and grounded in real‑world performance.

You’ll join a fast‑moving R&D environment backed by the scale and stability of Gallagher, giving you the opportunity to work on globally deployed technology with the pace and influence of a growth‑stage product team.

If you enjoy practical engineering, solving tough design challenges, and seeing your products used in the field - this is the kind of role that keeps things interesting.

Why engineers thrive at eShepherd

This is the kind of environment where engineers get close to the product, the problems, and the impact of their work. You won’t be stuck designing in isolation - you’ll work alongside cross‑functional teams, see products tested in the field, and help shape technology that’s genuinely changing how farming operates globally.

Here You’ll

Build products used by farmers around the world
Be in a high-impact role with genuine ownership and influence
Work across concept design, prototyping, manufacturing, and field improvement
Be part of a strong pipeline of product development work and continued R&D investment
Enjoy a collaborative team culture across engineering, manufacturing, and product teams, with regular involvement with customer‑facing colleagues
Be part of eShepherd’s startup‑style pace backed by Gallagher’s long‑term stability and resources

The work you’ll do

You’ll work closely with electronics, firmware, manufacturing, supply chain, and customer‑facing teams to design and improve robust hardware for demanding agricultural environments.

Key Areas Of Focus Include

Designing mechanical components, assemblies, and mechanisms for new and existing products
Taking ownership of designs from concept through to production release
Developing practical solutions across plastics, sheet metal, enclosures, and structural components
Supporting prototyping, testing, DFM reviews, and manufacturing readiness
Investigating product issues in‑market and leading root cause analysis activities
Translating customer and field feedback into meaningful product improvements
Collaborating with suppliers and manufacturing partners to optimise performance and reliability
Contributing to engineering best practice and supporting less experienced engineers where needed

Who We Want

We’re less interested in polished corporate backgrounds and more interested in engineers who like building things, solving problems, and working closely with real products.

You’ll Likely Bring

5+ years’ experience in mechanical or product development engineering
Experience designing physical products that have made it into production
Strong understanding of manufacturing processes, DFM principles, and supplier engagement
Experience with plastics, assemblies, mechanisms, or electromechanical products
Confidence troubleshooting failures and working through structured problem solving
CAD capability (Creo experience ideal, but not essential)
Parts design for plastics injection moulding experience
A collaborative, practical approach and strong communication skills

Bonus If You Have

Experience in R&D or fast‑paced product development environments
Exposure to electronics or mechatronics
Experience supporting products already in‑market
Background working within companies that design and manufacture their own products

The environment

eShepherd combines the pace and influence of a scaling agritech business with the backing of Gallagher. Engineers here work closely with real products used in rugged, real‑world environments, so the engineering approach is grounded in useability, reliability and continuous improvement – not perfection on paper.

What’s On Offer