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.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• 10+ years in systems engineering, verification, or validation roles, with at least 5 years in a leadership capacity
• Proven experience in complex, safety-critical, distributed systems (autonomous vehicles, mining, defence, or aerospace preferred)
• Strong knowledge of ISO 61508 and functional safety practices
• Demonstrated success leading integration, SIL, HIL, and field verification campaigns
• Expertise in requirements management, test strategy, and defect triage
• Strong leadership, stakeholder management, and communication skills
• Experience in DevOps-driven test automation and continuous integration/deployment is highly desirable.

• Own and drive the overall Integration, Verification & Validation (I,V&V) strategy across all product lines, ensuring alignment with system engineering lifecycle and program milestones
• Establish and enforce standards, processes, and tools for requirements traceability, test coverage, defect management, and compliance with ISO 61508
• Serve as the authority for verification, validation, and integration readiness in program and safety reviews
• Oversee integration planning and execution across SIL, HIL, and field testing environments
• Ensure integration validates critical controls, mine model management, assignment logic, health monitoring, and safety functions per ADA Functional Requirements
• Lead system-level validation campaigns to demonstrate compliance with safety, performance, operational, and usability requirements
• Build, lead, and mentor a multi-disciplinary V&V team while balancing resources across feature verification, system integration, and customer site validation
• Drive defect management and risk-based testing, focusing on high-safety and high-availability functions (e.g., collision avoidance, GNSS integrity, site-wide stop)
• Collaborate with Product Management, System Engineering, and Architecture to embed testability in requirements and design
• Act as the single accountable leader for V&V readiness, engaging stakeholders and ensuring validated releases transition smoothly into production operations.