Test Engineer - Data management and Networking - Rail

About Us

Fortescue is both a proud West Australian company and a global green solutions business. We are recognised for our culture, innovation and industry-leading development of infrastructure, mining assets and green energy initiatives.

Our Opportunity

Work location: Perth based (Redcliffe/Hazelmere)

Roster: Monday to Friday

In support of Fortescue’s strong focus on green energy and our carbon neutrality targets, one of our key initiatives will be in our Heavy Industry projects whereby we will develop and test a range of technologies to power our mining fleet and rail locomotives.

Based out our new Redcliffe and Hazelmere R&D facilities and reporting to the Heavy Industry Principal Embedded Systems, we are presently looking for an experienced Embedded Test Engineer.

Key Responsibilities

The main duty of the Test Engineer is to be motivated to improve product quality. This is achieved by following the V-Model principles, by applying integration, verification, validation and test principles based on product requirements and team deliverables. The application of verification and test principles typically takes the form of creating and executing test suites/plans through user or automated testing.

You will be responsible for the design and development of new test suites with a focus on data management and networking.

• Apply V-Model strategies that document and trace software testing to requirements in the context of distributed and real-time systems.
• Contribute to a culture focused on quality and continuous improvement.
• Utilise standards, workflows and best practices in Rail applications. (EN50128, EN50159 or similar)
• Design and Execute integration, test & verification plans.
• Develop and maintain continuous integration & continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.

In this role, you will also have the opportunity to write software in one or more of the languages described below.

You will work alongside hardware designers and other software developers.

You will be joining a team who work in an agile environment. Due to the size of the team, you should possess very strong analytical and problem-solving skills coupled with excellent communications skills. This is excellent opportunity to take part in full lifecycle product development in a highly supportive team environment.

Qualifications and Experience

• Experience in software testing, preferably for data management and networking in relevant industries (mining, marine, rail, automotive).
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Software / Network Engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in design and delivery of complex data warehousing and data management field.
• Experience with writing and optimising SQL queries is essential.
• Experience with Python is highly advantageous.
• Experience with Confluence, Jira and GitHub for issue tracking and version control workflow is highly advantageous.
• Experience with industrial communication protocols (i.e. Layer 2, Layer 3 networking config, Modbus, Ethernet/IP, Profinet, OPC-UA, CAN bus, DDS, SafeDDS) is highly advantageous.
• Experience with cybersecurity testing. (IEC 62443 or similar)
• Experience with AWS cloud platform is highly advantageous.
• Knowledge of network, server and cyber security best practices is highly advantageous.
• Excellent troubleshooting, analytical and communications skills.
• Proven ability to work with diverse stakeholders and in multidiscipline teams.
• Ability to apply creative thinking to solve problems.

Our Commitment

Fortescue is deeply committed to providing a safe culture that builds respect, fosters inclusiveness, and values diversity. We celebrate individual strengths and team members from all backgrounds are encouraged to bring their whole selves to work. Our global workforce drives and promotes an inclusive culture, both within our organisation and throughout the communities we interact with across the world. Diverse backgrounds include First Nations Peoples, people with differing abilities, LGBTIQ+ community, gender, neurodiverse, cultural diversity, all age groups, and those with an intersectional or multiple diverse characteristics. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.

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Internal Candidates / Current Contractors please apply via Success Factors Careers Portal. For further information on how to apply please visit the Fortescue Hub. 

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.