Superintendent Product Assurance at Fortescue Metals Group
Perth, Western Australia, Australia -
Full Time


Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

04 Dec, 25

Salary

0.0

Posted On

05 Sep, 25

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

No

Skills

Test Strategy, Test Automation, Hil, Communication Skills, Mining, Aerospace, Safety Practices, Sil, Stakeholder Management, Triage, Requirements Management, Autonomous Vehicles, Distributed Systems

Industry

Information Technology/IT

Description

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.
Responsibilities
  • 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.
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