Senior Mechanical Engineer - Equipment Design

At Halter, we’re on a mission to enable farmers and graziers to run the most productive and sustainable operations. Our customers are using Halter to break free from the time-intensive constraints of conventional practices. Imagine watching 500 cattle stand up and walk calmly towards their next break? No quad bikes,...

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This is a senior individual contributor role focused on production equipment: the fixtures, jigs, test stations and automation that make and test our product in a high-throughput environment. It’s different from designing the product itself or heavy industrial plant. You’ll own complex equipment programs end to end and be accountable for NPI readiness and sustained line performance.
Own complex, capacity-critical equipment programs and land them on time for builds and ramps
Lead architecture and design reviews for complex stations across mechanical, electrical and integration constraints
Define and run validation for durability, repeatability and change impact, including risk reviews, containment and rollback plans
Lead commissioning and debug through to rock-solid, not mostly works, and keep it that way
Reduce downtime through reliability engineering and data-driven root cause analysis
Manage vendor builds, including acceptance testing, and mentor engineers through reviews and coaching
Equipment: fixtures, jigs, multi-station automation and pogo-pin ICT / production test fixtures
Systems: pneumatics and actuators, with vision system integration
Lifecycle: design, vendor build, acceptance testing, commissioning and sustaining support
Production: high-throughput lines, including our contract manufacturer in Thailand

Proven ownership of complex production machinery or automation systems
Strong mechanical design depth across fixtures, pneumatics and automation
Experience commissioning equipment in a high-throughput production environment
Supplier quality and vendor management experience on complex builds
Willing and able to travel to suppliers and production sites, typically 15–25% depending on project needs
Pogo-pin ICT or production test fixture design
Vision system integration
Make-vs-buy decisions with full lifecycle thinking
Experience mentoring other engineers
You’ll drive your own design agenda, spotting risks early and resolving them before they reach the line. We move quickly, make decisions with the best data available, and give people real ownership of their work, with the trust and support to make the call.
Don’t meet every point above? If you’ve designed and commissioned production equipment for volume manufacturing and most of this resonates, we’d still love to hear from you.