System Validation Engineer

About the role

Hitachi Rail is looking for an enthusiastic, self-motivated System Validation Engineer for its Brisbane office. The role covers a wide range of tasks, from administrative to strategic, and is based onsite in Brisbane, Queensland. The engineer supports the Testing and Laboratory Integration activities so that they meet System Validation objectives, improve competitiveness in bids and increase project efficiency.

Key responsibilities

• Ensure Testing and Laboratory Integration activities are performed well and supervised, in line with applicable standards and SILs
• Optimise the configuration of laboratory testing environments across all geographies and keep them homogeneous by technological cluster
• Review the System V&V plan, approve testing deliverables such as test procedures, and review cost, planning, constraints and risks for each bid
• Gather requirements for hosts and targets from the System Validation and Regional System and Signalling Integration teams, and install and support them
• Develop the competencies of assigned resources through training, mentorship and job shadowing, and plan their workload effectively

Required profile

• Master's degree in Electric/Electronic/SW Engineering
• 2-3 years of System Validation or Testing and Laboratory Integration experience on ETCS systems (preferred, not mandatory)
• Electrical engineering background with ability to read schematics and drawings, or software development and testing background in IEE1483 and EN 50128, or signalling discipline background
• Ability to integrate and maintain equipment and subsystems in the lab, and knowledge of test processes and test procedure definition
• Experience with rail and metro operational rules, and knowledge of verification and validation strategies
• Excellent communication skills

Required skills

• DOORS and Microsoft Office products
• Limited knowledge of National Instruments LabVIEW
• Computer virtualisation
• Safety analysis and RAM analysis

What we offer

• A global company with a good work-life balance
• Career progression with training and development
• Salary Continuance Insurance