Embedded Software Engineer

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.

Location: 525 Great Eastern Highway, Redcliffe, WA

Work Schedule: Monday to Friday

Are you ready to revolutionize the rail industry with your passion for technology and innovation? We are seeking an Innovative Embedded Software Engineer to join our dynamic team at Fortescue in Redcliffe, WA. If you are a creative thinker with a love for solving complex challenges, this is the opportunity you've been waiting for.

• Joining a versatile software team in developing a world-first product for the rail industry.
• Designing hardware and software architectures for distributed and real-time systems.
• Fostering a culture focused on quality and continuous improvement.
• Contributing to the development and integration of standards, workflows, and best practices.
• Collaborating closely with product owners and system leads to formalize system-level requirements and specifications.
• Informing project scoping, planning, and budgeting.

• Experience in software development for real-time and distributed systems in industrial applications, e.g., mining, marine, rail, or road transport.
• Proficiency in embedded systems and C/C++ programming.
• Understanding of software architecture design in distributed systems.
• Knowledge of network communications and protocols.
• Experience in utilizing software deployment strategies.
• Familiarity with operating systems deployed in industrial edge computing, such as QNX, SafeRTOS, or Linux.
• Skills relating to the full software development life cycle (documentation, requirements, testing, traceability).
• Experience with software version control systems like Git or SVN is essential.
• Knowledge of model-based design and development using MathWorks products (Simulink, Stateflow) is an advantage.
• Experience with Functional Safety Rail SIL1, SIL2 rated software development is advantageous (EN50128 or equivalent).

Why Join Us:

• Shape the Future: Contribute to a groundbreaking project that is set to transform the rail industry.
• Architectural Mastery: Design the hardware and software architectures of real-time, distributed systems.
• Innovation Integration: Be at the forefront of integrating cutting-edge standards, workflows, and best practices.
• Collaborative Excellence: Work closely with product owners and system leads, bridging concepts with reality.
• Project Empowerment: Inform project scoping, planning, and budgeting to ensure your creative ideas are supported.

If you're ready to make an impact and be part of a team that's changing the way heavy haul transportation works, we want to hear from you.

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.

https://fortescue.com/careers

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.