Senior Systems Engineer

Hitachi; City of Brisbane; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary continuance

Annual performance and salary review

Discounted Hitachi products

Employee Assistance Program

Flu Vaccinations

Company events and wellbeing programs

Extra days off and training

Job summary

Hitachi Rail is seeking a Senior System Engineer in Brisbane, Australia, to lead a broad range of specifications, designs and plans in a fast-paced environment. The role focuses on systems engineering across enterprise platforms, with emphasis on safety-related software processes and standards.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of experience as a systems engineer, software architect or similar, with strong modelling skills (UML/SysML) and experience writing software requirements.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience as systems engineer, software architect or similar.
• Experience with UML/SysML or other design modelling.
• Experience writing software requirements.
• Demonstrable capacity to work independently and collaboratively.
• Ability to deliver to tight deadlines while maintaining high quality.

Responsibilities

• Write sub-system requirements derived from system requirements with traceability.
• Write component-level requirements and interface specifications.
• Create system and subsystem architectures including diagrams and sequences.
• Prepare hardware design specs for CAD engineers.
• Draft specs for subcontracting software functionality.
• Develop software QA plans, verification/validation plans, and CM plans with traceability.
• Manage quotations through procurement for hardware/software.
• Design rollout strategies for rail dispatch operations.
• Ensure compliance with software, cyber security and safety standards.

Skills

Systems engineering

Software architecture

UML/SysML

Requirements analysis

Independent / collaborative

Education

Bachelor's degree in Software Eng / Railway Eng

Tools

IBM DOORS

Job description

Location

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Job ID

R0137264

Date Posted

2026-07-29

Company Name

HITACHI RAIL STS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD

Profession (Job Category)

IT, Telecom & Internet

Job Schedule

Full time

Remote

No

About Us

A career at Hitachi Rail will help create a legacy. With operations in every corner of the world, our work goes to the cutting-edge of digital transformation and technology. From the multi-cultural strength of our global organisation to the sustainable and innovative ways we work to bring people together, theres something for everyone to get stuck into. And thats where you come in.

Job Description

Hitachi Rail is looking for an enthusiastic self-motivated Senior System Engineer who thrives in a fast-paced environment. The position is based Brisbane, Australia.

An exciting opportunity has opened for a TMS Software Systems Engineer to join us working in a passionate team on the latest developments in Traffic Management Systems. Our systems work within enterprise platforms utilising message brokers, canonical data models and utilising micro-services and enterprise integration patterns. Deployment is primarily on virtual machines with containerisation. External interfaces cover a broad set of protocols including SCADA interfaces, bespoke UDP and TCP interfaces, modbus, message brokers and more.

Key responsibilities

The systems engineer will report to the work pack lead and software development manager a to produce a wide variety of specifications, designs, and plans. This is a broad role that will have the opportunity to really push into a variety of areas including:

• Writing sub-system requirements (in IBM DOORS) derived from system requirements complete with tracing

• Writing component level requirements

• Writing interface specifications including documenting and describing the message formats

• Writing system and subsystem architectures including but not limited to logical diagrams, physical diagrams, sequence diagrams and system interactions

• Writing hardware design specifications including rough hardware drawings that can be provided to a CAD engineer

• Writing specifications for sub-contracting software functionality

• Writing software quality assurance plans, verification and validation plans and software configuration management plans with traceability to standards

• Managing quotation through procurement departments of hardware and software through to ordering and delivery

• Designing rollout strategies that include operating models and migration of user operations within a rail dispatch environment

• Much of the software is safety related and requires adherence to software processes, coding standards, cyber security standards and safety standards such as Cenelec EN 50128.

• Ensure compliance with Hitachi Rail standards and regulatory requirements

Skills & Experience

We are looking for someone who is passionate about systems engineering, who understands software but can expand their horizon to analyse and produce a broad set of types of specifications. You would have the attributes of a business analyst while also be able to produce novel solutions using a variety of design approaches with a strong attention to detail. You should have a love of producing quality, detailed and accurate documentation and be efficient at producing specifications of significant size and complexity in a traceable way to requirements and test cases, particularly when modelling using UML/SysML sequence diagrams.

You will have at least 5 years’ experience as a systems engineer, software architect, business analyst or similar relevant role. A software background is highly regarded.

Essential criteria

• 5+ years of professional industry experience as a systems engineer, software architect, business analyst or similar relevant role

• Demonstrated experience with UML/SysML or other design modelling;

• Demonstrated experience writing software requirements

• Demonstrable capacity to work independently and collaboratively;

• Demonstrable ability to deliver to tight deadlines while maintaining a high quality of work.

Highly desirable criteria

• Experience with JMS, message brokers, enterprise integration patterns, micro service patterns;

• Real time/semi-real time software design/development experience;

• Experience in the rail industry;

• Experience in or supporting system/subsystem integration;

• Experience in Cenelec standards.

Education, skills and experience

• Bachelors degree in software engineering, Computer Systems Engineer, Railway Engineering, Electrical Engineering or equivalent.

At Hitachi Rail, we know that a diverse business is a sustainable business. Working collaboratively with a range of internal networks, we re continuously improving our policies and products. From accessible, sustainable design to achieving a better gender balance.

We base these efforts on our core values: Harmony, Sincerity, and Pioneering spirit. And by aligning with these, we r able to create a workplace where people not only feel comfortable but are given opportunities to thrive.

What we offer

• Salary continuance.

• Annual performance, development, and salary review process.

• Invitations to purchase discounted Hitachi products.

• Employee Assistance Program (employees and family).

• Flu Vaccinations.

• Invitation to attend and participate in Company sponsored social events throughout the year.

• Health and Wellbeing initiatives throughout the year.

• Days off per year sponsored by the company in addition to the statutory public holidays and leave entitlements.

• Ongoing professional development and training.

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