Product & Engineering Lead
The OnsetSydney, Australia25 days ago
Job description10+ 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). 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. 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.
Overview
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The Onset is seeking a founder-level technical leader to turn a breakthrough prototype into a rugged, customer-ready system. This is a hybrid role that blends system design, product leadership, and program execution to deliver the company’s first deployable prototype.
The Opportunity
As Product & Engineering Lead , you’ll own the engineering effort to deliver the company’s first deployable prototype. This role combines architecture & integration, customer alignment, prototype delivery, program leadership, and team development.
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 :
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 :
Why Join
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 at .
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