Senior Systems / Simulation Engineer

at  Wenco a Hitachi Construction Machinery subsidiary

Wenco International Mining Systems (www.wencomine.com), a subsidiary of Hitachi Construction Machinery (HCM), provides industry leading, innovative technologies to customers in the mining and material movement sectors, enabling sustainable and safe operations.
We are looking for a Senior Systems Engineer (Automation Systems) in Brisbane, Australia.

Key Responsibilities

• Development
• Support the product and delivery teams in identifying and refining requirements and deriving testable specifications from those requirements
• Contribute and lead a ‘build quality in’ mindset and culture within the team and implement systems and processes to support appropriate quality outcomes for deliverables
• Contribute to standards and ways of working to enable growth of a high capability systems engineering team
• Contribute code to products, software platforms and test frameworks both as a Scrum team member and as a cross organizational systems engineering contributor
• Collaborate with, and support the Simulation group to employ simulation capabilities in order to derive better outcomes for our customers and teams
• Technical leadership
• Be relentless in pursuit of continuous improvement
• Promote a culture of quality and technical excellence within the development team
• Support the Systems Engineering Lead in the development and implementation of systems engineering and product development best practices
• Mentor others in the team
• Work with the Product Owner to help set direction for the team
• Coordinate with globally distributed 3rd party development teams
• Product development support
• Interface with product management/owners and developers to define and improve requirements and automated and manual test cases.

Qualifications & Skills

• You have 5+ years’ experience working on complex systems comprised of edge and cloud computing elements, sensing and sensor processing communicating using fixed and wireless networks
• You have a strong software development background, preferably in Python and C++
• You have worked with complex distributed systems with interactions between sensors, edge computing, fixed and wireless communications channels
• You enjoy working as a mentor for other engineers and operating as a role model for the culture and technical excellence in your team.
• You enjoy working in an environment where you are learning new technologies and new concepts and solving complex problems with your team.

Nice to Have

• You have prior experience with the mining industry and/or mining operational system Fleet Management or Autonomous Equipment
• You have experience working with cloud environments such as AWS or Azure

Education & Eligibility

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or equivalent
• Must be eligible to work in Australia
• This role may require some travel to customers sites or international Wenco offices (< 15%)

Wenco advances the efficiency and safety of the world’s surface mining equipment through our fleet management systems. We are committed to providing a stable yet exciting work place environment for individual employees to build and grow their career with the Company.
Wenco is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Disclaimer
The information in this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. It is not intended as an employment contract. Job descriptions are subject to change, which may not necessarily affect compensation.

As our team experiences high volumes of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. To be considered, please ensure a resume is attached

• Development
• Support the product and delivery teams in identifying and refining requirements and deriving testable specifications from those requirements
• Contribute and lead a ‘build quality in’ mindset and culture within the team and implement systems and processes to support appropriate quality outcomes for deliverables
• Contribute to standards and ways of working to enable growth of a high capability systems engineering team
• Contribute code to products, software platforms and test frameworks both as a Scrum team member and as a cross organizational systems engineering contributor
• Collaborate with, and support the Simulation group to employ simulation capabilities in order to derive better outcomes for our customers and teams
• Technical leadership
• Be relentless in pursuit of continuous improvement
• Promote a culture of quality and technical excellence within the development team
• Support the Systems Engineering Lead in the development and implementation of systems engineering and product development best practices
• Mentor others in the team
• Work with the Product Owner to help set direction for the team
• Coordinate with globally distributed 3rd party development teams
• Product development support
• Interface with product management/owners and developers to define and improve requirements and automated and manual test cases