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Mechanical Design Engineer

Sydney, New South Wales💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-07 → 2026-09-26

Core

Design, prototype, and build complex mechanical structures and mechanisms for unmanned subsurface vehicles (XL-AUVs) and advanced payloads.

Role type

Senior Mechanical Design Engineer (Unmanned Systems)

Builds

Unmanned Autonomous Undersea Vehicles (XL-AUVs), structural hardware, and integrated sensor/platform payloads.

Domain

Defense / Maritime / Unmanned Systems

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Mechanical design, prototyping, simulation and analysis (modal/spectral), maritime standards compliance, system integration, lifecycle testing, manufacturing support

Preferred skills

CAD/FEA/PLM (NX, FEMAP, Teamcenter), Finite Element Method (FEM) modeling, welding/machining/composites/additive manufacturing, maritime defense domain experience

Technologies

NX, FEMAP, Teamcenter

Responsibilities

Create detailed mechanical designs and prototypes; simulate and analyze mechanical structures; inspect parts and sub-systems; design integrated systems and payloads; support manufacturing, testing, and deployment; contribute to reusable component development across product lines.

Seniority

Mid-to-Senior, hands-on IC

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