At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead exciting R&D projects, manage timelines, and facilitate agile ceremonies.
- Company: Join a dynamic team in a fast-paced product development environment.
- Benefits: Attractive salary, superannuation, employee stock options, and hybrid work model.
- Other info: Opportunity for growth in a rapidly scaling R&D setting.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by bridging engineering and delivery in innovative projects.
- Qualifications: Experience in managing technical projects and strong communication skills required.
The predicted salary is between 140000 - 200000 $ per year.
Location: Sydney, NSW
Salary: $140,000 - 200,000 + Super + ESOP depending on experience and skillset.
Must have R&D hardware exposure - Electronics/Mechanical/Mechatronics.
About the Role
We are looking for a Technical Project Manager / Project Engineer to join a fast-paced R&D driven product development team. This role sits at the intersection of engineering and delivery. You will act as the scrum master and driving force behind our product development process, keeping technical work on track while also owning the communication, reporting, and operational threads that connect the engineering floor to stakeholders and upper management. This is a hybrid role. You need to be technical enough to understand engineering timelines, dependencies, and risks, and equally comfortable translating that into clear reports and updates for non-technical audiences.
Key Responsibilities
- Project and Delivery Management
- Own the day-to-day running of product development projects, tracking milestones, dependencies, and critical path items.
- Facilitate agile ceremonies (standups, sprint planning, retrospectives) and act as scrum master for the engineering team.
- Identify schedule risks early and work with engineering leads to resolve blockers before they impact delivery.
- Maintain project plans, timelines, and resourcing schedules across concurrent workstreams.
- Technical Coordination
- Understand the technical scope of R&D projects well enough to sanity check timelines, flag unrealistic estimates, and ask the right engineering questions.
- Work closely with engineers and technical leads to translate complex technical work into digestible milestones and deliverables.
- Support technical decision making by keeping documentation, specifications, and change logs current.
- Reporting and Stakeholder Management
- Prepare and deliver regular status reports, project dashboards, and executive summaries for upper management.
- Act as the primary point of contact between the engineering team and internal or external stakeholders.
- Communicate risks, delays, and trade-offs clearly and proactively, without sugarcoating or overpromising.
- Prepare materials for and participate in leadership and steering committee meetings.
- Operational Support
- Manage project-related administration including budgets, procurement requests, and vendor coordination where relevant.
- Maintain process documentation and continuously improve team workflows and ways of working.
- Support onboarding of new team members into project processes and tools.
What We're Looking For
- Proven experience managing technical or engineering projects within a hardware product development environment, spanning both electronics and mechanical engineering disciplines.
- Strong working knowledge of agile methodologies, with hands-on experience as a scrum master or equivalent.
- Comfortable reading technical documentation and having substantive conversations with engineers about design, timelines, and trade-offs.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to adjust tone and detail for different audiences from engineers to executives.
- Highly organised, with the ability to juggle multiple projects and shifting priorities in a fast-moving environment.
- A calm, solutions-focused approach under pressure and ambiguity, common in early stage or rapidly scaling R&D settings.
- Experience with project management tools (e.g. Jira, Asana, Monday, or similar) and reporting/documentation tools.
Nice to Have
- Degree or qualification in electrical/electronics, mechanical, or mechatronics engineering.
- Experience in a startup or scale-up environment where processes are still being built.
- Hands-on exposure to prototyping, testing, or manufacturing processes.
- PMP, PRINCE2, or Certified Scrum Master (CSM) certification.
Technical Project Manager/Project Engineer - Product Development employer: ProFound People
ProFound People is an exceptional employer located in the vibrant city of Melbourne, offering a dynamic work culture that fosters creativity and innovation. As a Senior Hardware Product Designer, you will have the opportunity to take ownership of your projects while collaborating with talented cross-functional teams, ensuring your professional growth through hands-on experience and mentorship. With a focus on real-world applications and cutting-edge technology, ProFound People provides a rewarding environment where your contributions directly impact product success.
