Technical Lead - Integration

Fortescue; Western Australia; On-site; AUD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading green solutions business based in Perth is seeking a Technical Lead - Integration to manage the integration team and ensure the successful deployment and integration of software. Candidates should have strong leadership skills, experience with Autonomous Haulage Systems, and proficiency in relevant technologies including C# and C++. This role promotes an inclusive culture and encourages candidates from all backgrounds to apply.

Qualifications

• Proficient in relevant technologies within the Product scope.
• Prior experience integrating Autonomous Haulage Systems (AHS).
• Strong leadership in managing cross-functional technical teams.

Responsibilities

• Manage and lead the integration team across Perth and site-based engineers.
• Coordinate and monitor end-to-end integration activities.
• Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and guidance to integration engineers.
• Deliver detailed integration documentation.

Skills

C#

C++

microservices architecture

Git

CI/CD tooling

leadership

communication

Job description

Fortescue is 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.

Work Location: Perth Office

Roster: Monday to Friday

The Technical Lead - Integration manages the integration team, ensuring the successful deployment, integration, and support of software from internal and external development teams.

The Technical Lead - Integration primarily focuses on ensuring that the integration activities meet exit criteria to enable Verification activities of release candidates. They collaborate with feature development teams, site-based personnel, and stakeholders - including verification & validation, project leads and customers—to resolve integration issues and enable verification activities.

About the Role

The Technical Lead - Integration manages the integration team, ensuring the successful deployment, integration, and support of software from internal and external development teams.

The Technical Lead - Integration primarily focuses on ensuring that the integration activities meet exit criteria to enable Verification activities of release candidates. They collaborate with feature development teams, site-based personnel, and stakeholders - including verification & validation, project leads and customers—to resolve integration issues and enable verification activities.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and lead the integration team across Perth and site-based engineers, ensuring effective operations and collaboration
• Coordinate and monitor end-to-end integration activities to meet exit criteria and enable verification of release candidates
• Partner with feature development teams, site personnel, verification & validation, project leads and customers to resolve integration issues
• Keep leadership and stakeholders informed of integration progress and key outcomes
• Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and guidance to integration engineers
• Track team performance, implement process improvements, and drive efficiency in issue resolution
• Identify inefficiencies and implement process improvements, including automation, to streamline integration workflows
• Act as the primary escalation point for complex integration issues requiring leadership intervention
• Deliver detailed integration documentation, including testing results, configurations, known limitations, and resolved issues to evidence exit criteria.

Qualifications and Experience

• Proficient in relevant technologies within the Product scope (e.g. C#, C++, microservices architecture, Git, CI/CD tooling)
• Prior experience integrating Autonomous Haulage Systems (AHS)
• Strong leadership in managing cross-functional technical teams
• Expertise in complex issue prioritization and resolution
• Excellent communication and collaboration across teams
• Ability to track performance metrics and drive continuous improvement.

Our Commitment

Fortescue is deeply committed to providing a safe culture that builds respect, fosters inclusiveness, and values diversity. We celebrate individual strengths and team members from all backgrounds are encouraged to bring their whole selves to work. Our global workforce drives and promotes an inclusive culture, both within our organisation and throughout the communities we interact with across the world. Diverse backgrounds include First Nations Peoples, people with differing abilities, LGBTIQ+ community, gender, neurodiverse, cultural diversity, all age groups, and those with an intersectional or multiple diverse characteristics. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.