Requirements Engineer

The Power of Now

Fortescue Zero’s mission is to be the world leader in zero emission power systems. We are developing and manufacturing the technologies needed to decarbonise our planet. We are expanding across the geographies of UK, US and Australia and becoming a global company. As part of Fortescue, our vision is to be the number one integrated green technology, energy, and metals company.

An opportunity has arisen for a Requirements Engineer to join the RVAL department in a rapidly expanding and exciting work environment.

About the role

The role of the Engineer – Requirements is to perform requirements capture, cascade, monitor and aid conflict/trade-off activity to achieve the most optimised solution across projects within off-highway/heavy industry projects. They will ensure lessons learnt are captured for future projects and be responsible for training employees in good requirement writing practices. The candidate will be involved in projects from the earliest feasibility studies to final engineering sign-off and production validation.

What you will do

• Coordinate the project team to capture and understand top-level customer and product requirements.
• Collaborate with subject matter experts to interpret, decompose and cascade requirements from vehicle or product level to various system levels.
• Ensure buy-in and ownership acceptance from system engineers for the requirements that are cascaded.
• Support System Engineers in the cascade to further levels of resolution, ensuring the child requirements are sufficient to fully encompass the intent of their parents.
• Manage the project requirements database for current, new and pipeline projects.
• Aid with internal/external trade-off negotiations and mediate where required between attributes and/or system groups to ensure the optimal balancing of requirements.
• Create and maintain requirement specification documents for internal and customer approval.
• Work closely with the V&V teams to ensure requirements have a suitable verification and validation strategy and create cadence on the progress being made through verification and validation testing.
• Provide metrics to Programme Management, which indicate maturity and completeness of requirements capture.
• Input into the development of tools and processes to improve requirements management.
• Provide technical support to business development activities, including customer briefings and conference presentations, technical readiness and risk analysis assessments.
• Support workshops to coach engineering functions on requirements engineering best practices, such as EARS.

About you

• Experience in Requirements Engineering or Systems Engineering.
• Knowledge of certification, legislation, homologation, market requirements and compliance in at least 1 industry is essential. Industries could include Automotive, Off-Highway, Mining, Rail, Marine, Aerospace, Electrification.
• Working knowledge of requirements management tools is essential. Experience with Siemens’ Polarion software is highly desirable.
• Experience in various stages of an engineering development programme would be advantageous.
• Experience in requirements modelling would be advantageous.
• Strong understanding of design and development processes, and experience in a development environment.
• A relevant engineering degree or equivalent qualification in mechanical, automotive, electrical or aerospace engineering.
• Able to use initiative, respond quickly to problems and manage own workload.
• Good working knowledge of proprietary PC software (including MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint).

What is in it for you?

Our typical hybrid roles at Fortescue Zero require 3 days in the office and 2 from home, making the ability to commute to the stated office location for the required days essential.

• Fortescue Zero bonus scheme
• Aviva Pension
• Group Life Assurance
• Group Income Protection
• Electric Car Scheme
• Health Cash Plan
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Private Medical Insurance
• 26 days holiday plus public holidays and the opportunity to purchase an additional 5 days per year
• Childcare Benefits
• Free on-site gym access and discounted national memberships

Our Commitment

Not near-zero
Not net-zero. 
We are Fortescue Zero.

Additional Information

You do not need to match every listed expectation to apply for this position. At Fortescue Zero we are committed to building a team that encompasses a variety of backgrounds, experiences, and skills. Fortescue Zero is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity and inclusion. If you have a disability, we are happy to discuss reasonable job adjustments. You are welcome to apply no matter your age, disability, gender, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity status, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.

Please note, if you are applying for a role which involves having access to personal data, you will be subject to a background check. Where checks are unsatisfactory or incomplete and/or a failure to reveal information relating to convictions that you are required to identify as part of the background checks, could lead to withdrawal of an offer of employment.

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Fortescue reserves the right to close applications early should a suitable pool of candidates be identified. Fortescue will never contact you to ask for payment of any kind, whether directly or through a third party.