Principal Engineer, Development Integrations

About the role:
Join a leading global resources and green energy company with a large-scale autonomous mining operation, investing heavily in in-house autonomy engineering.

You will lead the developers building, extending and integrating software, onboard safety features and hardware-integrated systems for an Autonomous Haulage System (AHS). This is a hands-on technical leadership role. You will own how internal and vendor/OEM components come together into one safe, robust and scalable product.

• 12 month contract + extensions based on performance
• Monday to Friday, 40 hour per week
• Perth CBD location + WFH

What you’ll be doing

• Leading and mentoring developers delivering integration-focused features
• Setting engineering direction for development and integration activity
• Owning the technical approach for incorporating vendor and OEM deliverables into the AHS platform and product suite
• Resolving complex integration issues across software, onboard systems and hardware interfaces
• Leading development of new onboard safety-related and hardware-integrated systems, including guiding engineering decisions related to sensors, compute, communications and vehicle interfaces
• Driving the use and evolution of SIL and HIL environments to mature designs, reduce risk before verification and field deployment
• Defining engineering readiness criteria and ensuring features are integration-ready before handover to Verification

About you

• Full Australian working rights – no Visa sponsorship or relocation assistance available
• 10+ years in complex engineering environments
• Strong background in software engineering, systems integration or hardware-integrated development
• Proven experience leading development teams delivering safety-critical or mission-critical systems
• Hands-on experience with SIL, HIL or simulation environments for engineering development
• Experience with onboard systems, sensors, compute platforms or vehicle-integrated hardware
• Familiarity with ISO 61508 aligned development environments

Why apply?

• 12 month contract at $110/hr + super
• Contract extensions based on performance
• Technical leadership on a live autonomy platform at scale
• Direct influence over architecture, integration approach and engineering practice

If this sounds like an opportunity you’d be interested in, please click apply or send your CV to [email protected]