Rail Software & Systems Engineer - Safety-Critical

Egis in ANZ; City of Brisbane; On-site; AUD 100,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Egis is seeking a Rail Software and Systems Engineer in Brisbane to design, develop, integrate, and validate software and control systems for rail clients. You will work at the intersection of railway signalling, software, systems engineering, and safety assurance to ensure safe and efficient rail operations.

Responsibilities include architecture design, software component development, system integration, safety case support, and testing across unit to on-track validation, with collaboration

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualification in software, electrical, mechatronics or systems engineering.
• Experience with real-time or embedded systems is valued.
• Knowledge of industrial control systems programming: SCADA, PLCs, RTUs.
• Experience with requirements management, modelling and interface design.
• Familiarity with safety-critical lifecycle processes (V-model).

Responsibilities

• Develop system architectures, requirements, and interfaces for rail signalling, control, and operational systems.
• Design, implement, and test software components for signalling, control, monitoring, and automation platforms.
• Integrate and maintain systems in operational environments.
• Contribute to safety cases, hazard analyses, and compliance with EN 50126/8/9, IEC 61508, and local rail frameworks.
• Develop and execute test plans including unit, integration, FAT, SAT, and on-track validation.
• Implement monitoring, logging, and diagnostic tools to support predictive maintenance and analytics.
• Collaborate with signalling engineers, software teams, operations, maintainers, and suppliers to ensure compatibility.
• Produce technical documentation including requirements, design artefacts and interface control documents.
• Identify opportunities to enhance system reliability, automation, and lifecycle efficiency.

Skills

Rail signalling

Embedded systems

Software development

SCADA/PLC

Systems engineering

Education

Electrical/Mechatronics/Systems Eng

Tools

PLC programming

SCADA

Job description

Egis is seeking a Rail Software and Systems Engineer in Brisbane to design, develop, integrate, and validate software and control systems for rail clients. You will work at the intersection of railway signalling, software, systems engineering, and safety assurance to ensure safe and efficient rail operations.

Responsibilities include architecture design, software component development, system integration, safety case support, and testing across unit to on-track validation, with collaboration