Systems Engineer

Description
Hitachi Rail is looking for an enthusiastic self-motivated Systems Engineer who thrives in a fast-paced environment. The successful candidate is comfortable performing a wide range of tasks from administrative to strategic. The position is based at Eagle Farm, Brisbane, Australia.
Who We Are
Hitachi Rail is a fully integrated, global provider of rail solutions across rolling stock, signalling, service & maintenance, digital technology, and turnkey. With a presence in 38 countries across three continents and over 14,000 employees, our mission is to contribute to society through the continuous development of superior rail transport solutions.
About the Position
An opportunity has become available for a Systems Engineer to join our team of highly capable and enthusiastic engineers to work on the latest developments in Traffic Management Systems.
Our systems work within enterprise platforms utilising message brokers, canonical data models and utilising micro-services and enterprise integration patterns. Deployment is primarily on virtual machines with containerisation. External interfaces cover a broad set of protocols including SCADA interfaces, bespoke UDP and TCP interfaces, Modbus, message brokers and more.
As the Systems Engineer you will be working closely with others to produce a wide variety of specifications, designs, and plans. This is a broad role that will provide the opportunity to really push into a variety of areas including:
Writing system and subsystem architectures including logical diagrams, physical diagrams, sequence diagrams and system interactions.
Writing sub-system requirements (in IBM DOORS) derived from system requirements complete with tracing.
Writing component level requirements.
Writing interface specifications including documenting and describing the message formats.
Writing hardware design specifications including rough hardware drawings that can be provided to a CAD engineer.
Writing specifications for sub-contracting software functionality
Writing software quality assurance plans, verification and validation plans and software configuration management plans with traceability to standards.
Managing quotation through procurement departments of hardware and software through to ordering and delivery
Designing rollout strategies that include operating models and migration of user operations within a rail dispatch environment.
Much of the software is safety related and requires adherence to software processes, coding standards, cyber security standards and safety standards such as Cenelec EN 50128.
We are looking for someone who is passionate about Systems Engineering, who understands software but can expand their horizon to analyse and produce a broad range of specifications.
Essential criteria:
5+ years of professional industry experience as a Systems Engineer, software architect, or similar relevant role
Demonstrated experience with UML/SysML or other design modelling.
Demonstrated experience writing software requirements.
Demonstrable capacity to work independently and collaboratively.
Demonstrable ability to deliver to tight deadlines while maintaining a high quality of work.
Bachelor’s degree in software engineering, computer Systems Engineer, electrical engineering or equivalent.
Desirable criteria:
Experience with JMS, message brokers, enterprise integration patterns, micro service patterns.
Real time/semi-real time software design/development experience.
Experience in the rail, defence, or automotive industries.
Experience in or supporting system/subsystem integration.
RPEQ registration.
Experience in Cenelec standards.
At Hitachi Rail, we know that a diverse business is a sustainable business. Working collaboratively with a range of internal networks, we’re continuously improving our policies and products. From accessible, sustainable design to achieving a better gender balance. We base these efforts on our core values: Harmony, Sincerity, and Pioneering spirit. And by aligning with these, we’re able to create a workplace where people not only feel comfortable but are given opportunities to thrive.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.
What we offer:
Be part of a Global Company that offers a great work life balance.
Many opportunities to progress your career with training and development available.
Salary Continuance Insurance
We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those under consideration will be contacted.
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