Senior Electronic Engineer

Overview

About Gallagher

Our purpose at Gallagher is ‘Protect what matters most’ and we live it every day, whether that’s protecting the world’s highest security environments or agricultural businesses, we care deeply about our people, their families, and our wider communities.

Gallagher Security is on a mission to unlock more value for our customers through the power of our people and solutions. Our culture is entrepreneurial in spirit, complex, challenging, and ever changing. With operations in New Zealand, Australia, Asia, Africa, USA, Canada, the UK and Europe and exports to over 160 countries, we’re proud to be unlocking globally focused career paths for New Zealand based candidates.

We’re painting the future of what’s possible. Come join us.

The Opportunity

We’re looking for a talented and experienced Senior Electronics Engineer to join our Devices Team. In this role, you’ll take ownership of designing, prototyping, testing, and implementing electronic circuit solutions for Gallagher’s innovative security products - ensuring compliance, manufacturability, and performance at scale.

You’ll collaborate with engineers across disciplines, production specialists, suppliers, and stakeholders to bring world-class products from concept to manufacture. Along the way, you’ll provide technical leadership, mentor junior engineers, and help shape Gallagher’s design practices and methodologies.

What You’ll Be Doing :

• Designing robust, cost-effective electronic circuits that comply with international safety and EMC standards.
• Supporting system integration alongside software and mechanical engineers.
• Prototyping, testing, and refining designs to meet deadlines with accuracy and quality.
• Preparing and maintaining comprehensive hardware documentation.
• Providing technical leadership and mentoring within project teams.
• Leading or contributing to design reviews and improving internal design processes.
• Partnering with NPI, Manufacturing, and Procurement to ensure smooth production implementation.
• Researching emerging technologies and contributing ideas to future product development.

The Fit

You’re a collaborative and detail-driven electronics engineer with at least 5 years’ experience in hardware design, ideally within a product development and manufacturing environment. You enjoy problem-solving, mentoring others, and delivering high-quality outcomes that scale.

What you’ll need :

Why Gallagher?

At Gallagher, collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement drive everything we do. You’ll join a supportive, flexible environment where your work shapes world-class technologies protecting customers worldwide.

We also offer :

If you’re ready to take your electronics expertise global and design technologies that protect what matters most - we’d love to hear from you.

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