Join Beacon Lighting and play a pivotal role in bringing innovative, compliant, and high-quality products to life. As our Product Engineer, you’ll partner closely with our Head of Engineering (Australia) and global teams to ensure our products meet international compliance standards, quality expectations, and critical development milestones.

Based in China, supporting Beacon Lighting’s global product development operations.

Competitive Salary | Global Exposure | Career Growth Opportunities | Collaborative Team Culture

Plus: the opportunity to work with an iconic international retail brand committed to innovation, quality, and continuous improvement.

About Beacon Lighting Group
Established in Melbourne in 1967, Beacon Lighting is Australia’s leading specialist retailer of lights, ceiling fans and light globes, with over 130 stores nationwide. We’re driven by a passion to improve the homes and lives of our customers by always searching for and creating not only beautiful and exciting designs, but products that are innovative and gentle on the environment. 

Our care for and commitment to our residential customers extends to our trade, wholesale and commercial customers too. We show them the most cost-effective and energy-efficient ways to light up or cool down their business through Beacon Lighting Commercial, Light Source Solutions, Masson For Light, and our international operations in New Zealand, Hong Kong, Germany, USA and China.

A DAY IN THE LIFE?

Reporting to the Head of Engineering (Australia), this role combines product engineering, compliance management, and project coordination to support the successful development and launch of Beacon Lighting products across international markets.

You will act as the key link between suppliers, testing laboratories, and internal teams to ensure all products meet required safety, regulatory, and quality standards—while staying on track for launch deadlines.

This is an exciting opportunity for a technically minded and highly organized engineering professional who enjoys balancing hands-on compliance execution with cross-functional project collaboration.

Key Responsibilities Include:

• Manage product compliance timelines, ensuring all testing, certifications, and approvals are completed in line with product launch schedules and key project milestones are met
• Act as the central point of contact for compliance updates, coordinating effectively with design, supply chain, suppliers, and leadership teams
• Identify and interpret global regulatory requirements across target markets, conducting early-stage risk assessments and providing engineering guidance to support compliant product design
• Coordinate third-party product testing and maintain comprehensive technical documentation, including test reports and Declarations of Conformity, ensuring all records are audit-ready
• Verify supplier materials and components comply with relevant environmental and restricted substance regulations, including RoHS and REACH
• Review and approve product packaging, safety warnings, labels, and certification marks (including CE, FCC, and market-specific requirements), while maintaining full product traceability
• Monitor regulatory changes and post-launch product performance, analysing customer safety concerns or defects and supporting corrective actions, product improvements, or recall processes where required

About You
To shine in this role, you will bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline
• 5+ years’ experience in product compliance, product engineering, quality assurance, or regulatory-focused roles
• Strong understanding of international product compliance standards and certification processes
• Experience working with third-party testing laboratories and technical documentation management
• Familiarity with compliance management systems, PLM platforms, Microsoft Teams, and detailed spreadsheet tracking
• Excellent project management and organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to clearly explain technical requirements to suppliers and internal stakeholders
• High attention to detail, accountability, and a proactive problem-solving mindset
• Ability to work effectively within Beacon Lighting’s policies, procedures, and behavioral expectations

NEXT STEPS?
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Join an evolving global business that has been lighting homes and businesses for over 50 years—and help shape the next generation of Beacon Lighting products.