
Product & Engineering Lead
15 hours ago
Job Description
Imagine guiding a submarine without GPS. Mapping mineral deposits without invasive exploration. Detecting hidden signals where satellites can't reach.
A new generation of quantum sensing makes this possible—and you could be the one leading it into the field.
An early-stage, venture-backed startup is developing a diamond-on-chip platform that measures magnetic fields with unrivalled precision and stability. Their technology has the potential to change navigation, resource discovery, and even medical diagnostics. The mission now: turn a breakthrough prototype into a rugged, compact system ready for customer trials.
The Opportunity
As
Product & Engineering Lead
, you'll take ownership of the engineering effort to deliver the company's first deployable prototype. This is a hybrid role that combines
system design, product leadership, and program execution
.
Your Scope Will Span
- Architecture & Integration: Bring together optics, quantum devices, electronics, and embedded systems into a single robust product.
- Customer Alignment: Translate partner requirements into technical milestones, ensuring the device meets real-world operational needs.
- Prototype Delivery: Oversee builds, testing, calibration, and packaging so the system is reliable outside the lab.
- Program Leadership: Establish frameworks for planning, reporting, and risk management—scaling as the company grows.
- Team Development: Provide hands-on technical guidance while building delivery discipline across a multidisciplinary engineering group.
You'll report directly to the CEO, with both strategic influence and day-to-day delivery responsibility.
About You
You're someone who thrives at the
intersection of science and engineering
:
- 10+ years' experience delivering complex hardware-based systems into real-world use.
- Strong grounding in systems engineering and hardware/software integration.
- History of turning prototypes into reliable products—balancing performance, manufacturability, and cost.
- Skilled at engaging customers and partners, translating requirements into achievable specifications.
- Strong communicator across disciplines—able to bridge physics, electronics, software, and product needs.
- Must hold Australian citizenship (due to defence-aligned projects).
Nice to have:
exposure to photonics/optics, applied sensing, or test and measurement of advanced instrumentation; formal project/program management; inventive design contributions that made it into a shipped product.
What Success Looks Like
Within your first year, you'll have:
- Delivered a field-testable prototype into customer environments.
- Established a clear product roadmap informed by direct feedback from pilots.
- Built a repeatable delivery process for system integration, testing, and release.
- Strengthened alignment between internal teams, external partners, and customer milestones.
Why Join
- Impact at scale: Your work will help establish a foundational sensing technology with uses from defence to healthcare.
- Ownership: Competitive salary plus meaningful equity at the ground floor of a fast-scaling company.
- Backed to succeed: Well-funded, with strong industry partnerships already in place.
- Mission-driven culture: Work alongside physicists, engineers, and entrepreneurs who value curiosity, integrity, and excellence.
This is a rare opportunity to step in as a founding technical leader, shaping both the product and the engineering culture of a company building a new category of technology. If you're interested to find out more, reach out to Thaís on
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