Rail SCADA Systems Engineer — Sydney

Hitachi; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual review of performance

Professional development & training

Health & wellbeing programs

Employee assistance program

Extra leave days

Social events

Job summary

Hitachi Rail is seeking a highly motivated SCADA Systems Engineer for our Sydney, Australia team. You will own end-to-end SCADA design, configuration, alarms, and operator workstation functionality, and provide specialist support across project engineering, testing, and commissioning.

You will collaborate with product teams and site personnel to ensure system readiness and alignment with Hitachi standards. The role offers an opportunity to work on cutting-edge rail projects in a global

Qualifications

• Experience in SCADA systems engineering within complex rail or infrastructure environments.
• Practical experience with Hitachi Rail’s in-house SCADA product, including design, interfaces, integration, testing, and technical support.
• Understanding of SCADA architecture, interfaces, alarms, events, data acquisition, and system monitoring functions.
• Ability to work with product teams, systems engineers, testers, and commissioning teams to resolve technical issues.
• Experience supporting system integration, testing, commissioning, and operational readiness activities.
• Experience producing and maintaining technical documentation, configuration records, and engineering inputs.
• Relevant qualifications in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Control Systems, Information Technology, or similar.

Responsibilities

• Translate product features, system engineering, and project requirements into SCADA design and implementation outputs.
• Support SCADA interface definition and integration with related control, monitoring, communications, and operational systems.
• Develop and maintain SCADA configuration, including alarms, events, graphics, operator workstation functionality, and operational data presentation.
• Support system integration, factory testing, site testing, commissioning, and defect resolution.
• Provide technical support to project engineering, testing, commissioning, and operations teams.
• Maintain SCADA design consistency, configuration control, and alignment with internal product standards.
• Act as a key technical link between the project delivery team and the Hitachi SCADA product team.

Skills

SCADA systems engineering

Rail/Infrastructure experience

Hitachi SCADA product knowledge

System integration & testing

Technical documentation

Cross-team collaboration

Education

Systems/Electrical/Control Engineering

Tools

Hitachi SCADA interfaces

Job description

Hitachi Rail is seeking a highly motivated SCADA Systems Engineer for our Sydney, Australia team. You will own end-to-end SCADA design, configuration, alarms, and operator workstation functionality, and provide specialist support across project engineering, testing, and commissioning.

You will collaborate with product teams and site personnel to ensure system readiness and alignment with Hitachi standards. The role offers an opportunity to work on cutting-edge rail projects in a global