Engineer – Instrumentation and Validation

Fortescue Zero’s mission is to be the world leader in zero emission power systems. We are developing and manufacturing the technologies needed to decarbonise our planet. We are expanding across the geographies of UK, US and Australia and becoming a global company. As part of Fortescue, our vision is to be the number one integrated green technology, energy, and metals company.

An opportunity has arisen for an Engineer – Electrical Test HW to join the Requirements & Validation department in a rapidly expanding and exciting work environment.

About the role

To work in the Electrical Test Team to manage and carry out systems and component testing.

What you will do 

• Define and execute system test and validation activities, both on products and on rigs
• Develop DV & PV Test plans to validate components and systems.
• Support testing carried out by external test houses.
• Assist the systems team with the preparation of requirements documentation at vehicle, system, and component level.
• Assist with the build and fault-finding of projects.
• Assist with hazard analysis, risk management and DFMEA for components and systems as required.
• Preparation and presentation of reports for internal and external audiences.
• Support technical and project reviews with the customer, representing Fortescue Zero, as required.
• Maintain positive relationships with customers, suppliers, and all other departments.
• Understand and work to Fortescue, Customer, Industry and Legislative standards. 

About you

Essential

• Recent experience and proven track record in electrical integration within the automotive or autosport industries.
• Degree (or equivalent) in relevant engineering discipline or significant in job experience
• A good understanding of different testing and validation methods
• Knowledge of Electrical and Environmental test standards, for example LV124 & ISO16750
• Good knowledge of Vector tools including CANalyzer
• The ability to work flexibly to strict deadlines.
• The ability to travel in the UK and overseas.

Preferred

• Experience of Electric Vehicles – HV charging, HV battery and HV powertrain systems
• Experience of running Hardware in the Loop test rigs, Either National Instruments or Vector based.
• Experience of Requirements Capture Tools, such as Siemens Polarion or IBM Rational Doors
• Has an understanding of functional Safety and ISO26262.

What is in it for you?

 Our typical hybrid roles at Fortescue Zero require 3 days in the office and 2 from home, making the ability to commute to the stated office location for the required days essential.

• Fortescue Zero bonus scheme
• Aviva Pension
• Group Life Assurance
• Group Income Protection
• Electric Car Scheme
• Health Cash Plan
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Private Medical Insurance
• 26 days holiday plus public holidays and the opportunity to purchase an additional 5 days per year
• Childcare Benefits
• Free on-site gym access and discounted national memberships

Application Deadline:

The closing date for applications is 31st March 2025.

Not near-zero

Not net-zero. 

We are Fortescue Zero.

Additional Information

You do not need to match every listed expectation to apply for this position. At Fortescue Zero we are committed to building a team that encompasses a variety of backgrounds, experiences, and skills. Fortescue Zero is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity and inclusion. If you have a disability, we are happy to discuss reasonable job adjustments. You are welcome to apply no matter your age, disability, gender, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity status, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.

 Please note, if you are applying for a role which involves having access to personal data, you will be subject to a background check. Where checks are unsatisfactory or incomplete and/or a failure to reveal information relating to convictions that you are required to identify as part of the background checks, could lead to withdrawal of an offer of employment.

Fortescue Zero’s mission is to be the world leader in zero emission power systems. We are developing and manufacturing the technologies needed to decarbonise our planet. We are expanding across the geographies of UK, US and Australia and becoming a global company. As part of Fortescue, our vision is to be the number one integrated green technology, energy, and metals company.

An opportunity has arisen for a Engineer – Electrical Test PCBA to join the Product Integration department in a rapidly expanding and exciting work environment.

About the role

This critical role focuses on managing and executing PCBA (Printed Circuit Board Assembly) level component testing, ensuring the quality and reliability of innovative products that align with Fortescue’s vision for green energy solutions.

What you will do

• Define and execute PCBA test and validation activities, both on products and on rigs
• Develop DV & PV Test plans to validate components and systems.
• Support testing carried out by external test houses.
• Assist the systems team with the preparation of requirements documentation.
• Assist with the build and fault-finding of projects.
• Assist with hazard analysis, risk management and DFMEA for components and systems as required.
• Preparation and presentation of reports for internal and external audiences.
• Support technical and project reviews with the customer, representing Fortescue Zero, as required.
• Maintain positive relationships with customers, suppliers, and all other departments.
• Understand and work to Fortescue, Customer, Industry and Legislative standards.

 About you

 Essential

• Experience and proven track record in electrical integration within the automotive or autosport industries.
• Degree in relevant engineering discipline
• A good understanding of different testing and validation methods
• Knowledge of Electrical and Environmental test standards, for example LV124 & ISO16750
• Good knowledge of Vector tools including CANalyzer
• The ability to work flexibly to strict deadlines.
• The ability to travel in the UK and overseas.

Preferred

• Experience of Electric Vehicles – HV charging, HV battery and HV powertrain systems
• Experience of running Hardware in the Loop test rigs, Either National Instruments or Vector based.
• Experience of Requirements Capture Tools, such as Siemens Polarion or IBM Rational Doors
• Has an understanding of functional Safety and ISO26262

What is in it for you?

Our typical hybrid roles at Fortescue Zero require 3 days in the office and 2 from home, making the ability to commute to the stated office location for the required days essential. 

• Fortescue Zero bonus scheme
• Aviva Pension
• Group Life Assurance
• Group Income Protection
• Electric Car Scheme
• Health Cash Plan
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Private Medical Insurance
• 26 days holiday plus public holidays and the opportunity to purchase an additional 5 days per year
• Childcare Benefits
• Free on-site gym access and discounted national memberships

Application Deadline:

The closing date for applications is 31^st March 2025

Not near-zero

Not net-zero. 

We are Fortescue Zero.

Additional Information

You do not need to match every listed expectation to apply for this position. At Fortescue Zero we are committed to building a team that encompasses a variety of backgrounds, experiences, and skills. Fortescue Zero is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity and inclusion. If you have a disability, we are happy to discuss reasonable job adjustments. You are welcome to apply no matter your age, disability, gender, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity status, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.

Please note, if you are applying for a role which involves having access to personal data, you will be subject to a background check. Where checks are unsatisfactory or incomplete and/or a failure to reveal information relating to convictions that you are required to identify as part of the background checks, could lead to withdrawal of an offer of employment.

Fortescue Zero’s mission is to be the world leader in zero emission power systems. We are developing and manufacturing the technologies needed to decarbonise our planet. We are expanding across the geographies of UK, US and Australia and becoming a global company. As part of Fortescue, our vision is to be the number one integrated green technology, energy, and metals company.

An opportunity has arisen for a Lead Engineer – RAMS to join the Product Safety & Compliance department in a rapidly expanding and exciting work environment.

About the role

As a Lead RAMS Engineer, you will be responsible for overseeing and managing all RAMS activities within the project. You will ensure that the reliability, availability, maintainability, and safety objectives are met, integrating all subsystems to meet system requirements. This role involves providing technical expertise, leading RAMS tasks, and ensuring compliance with relevant standards.

 What you will do

• Technically lead a small group of engineers to deliver RAMS analysis activities for components & systems in accordance with customer and project targets.
• Lead and manage RAMS tasks on projects, ensuring adherence to cost, schedule, and project milestones.
• Work in collaboration with mechanical, electrical, and software teams to ensure that all systems are demonstrably reliable and maintainable.
• Conduct reliability, availability, maintainability, and safety analyses using techniques such as FMEA (Failure Mode and Effects Analysis) and FTA (Fault Tree Analysis) among others.
• Perform maintainability analyses and other required maintainability tasks.
• Lead the development of RAM requirements as needed for systems to ensure that all systems are capable of achieving the reliability targets and required warranty and total cost of ownership targets.
• Preparation and presentation of reports for internal and external audiences.
• Support technical and project reviews with the customer, representing FZero, as required.
• Support outsourcing work packages where capacity vs capability requires to ensure delivery of projects.
• Develop process, system and way of working within their team, or as a part of a wider working group.
• Provide technical support to other departments and mentor less experienced engineers.
• Ensure compliance with relevant standards such as EN50126, EN50128, and EN50129.
• Aid Business Units with business development opportunities where requested, including client meetings, feasibility work, tender and costing support.

 About you

• An engineering qualification in a STEM subject or equivalent e.g. HND, Bachelor’s / Master’s Degree, Apprenticeship) and previous experience in Functional or System Safety.
• Demonstrable experience in RAMS engineering in the HME, rail, aerospace, or marine sectors.
• Strong knowledge of RAMS methodologies and standards such as EN50126/8/9 or other industry equivalents.
• Proficiency in RAMS analysis tools and techniques.
• Excellent analytical, organisational, and communication skills.
• A proactive, ‘can-do’ attitude, willing to support and collaborate with other team members and engineering functions.
• A passion for improving sustainability through the development of cutting-edge technical solutions.
• An understanding of energy storage systems, power conversion products, and/or electronic control units is desirable.

What is in it for you?

Our typical hybrid roles at Fortescue Zero require 3 days in the office and 2 from home, making the ability to commute to the stated office location for the required days essential. 

• Fortescue Zero bonus scheme
• Aviva Pension
• Group Life Assurance
• Group Income Protection
• Electric Car Scheme
• Health Cash Plan
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Private Medical Insurance
• 26 days holiday plus public holidays and the opportunity to purchase an additional 5 days per year
• Childcare Benefits
• Free on-site gym access and discounted national memberships

Application Deadline:

The closing date for applications is 28th March 2025

Not near-zero

Not net-zero. 

We are Fortescue Zero.

Additional Information

You do not need to match every listed expectation to apply for this position. At Fortescue Zero we are committed to building a team that encompasses a variety of backgrounds, experiences, and skills. Fortescue Zero is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity and inclusion. If you have a disability, we are happy to discuss reasonable job adjustments. You are welcome to apply no matter your age, disability, gender, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity status, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.

Please note, if you are applying for a role which involves having access to personal data, you will be subject to a background check. Where checks are unsatisfactory or incomplete and/or a failure to reveal information relating to convictions that you are required to identify as part of the background checks, could lead to withdrawal of an offer of employment.

Fortescue Zero’s mission is to be the world leader in zero emission power systems. We are developing and manufacturing the technologies needed to decarbonise our planet. We are expanding across the geographies of UK, US and Australia and becoming a global company. As part of Fortescue, our vision is to be the number one integrated green technology, energy, and metals company.

An opportunity has arisen for a Senior Firmware Engineer to join the Power Conversion department in a rapidly expanding and exciting work environment.

About the role

Reporting to the Technical Director – Power Conversion, you will be supporting the full life cycle of Fortescue Zero’s Power Conversion Products, covering high power DC/DC power systems used in industrial green energy applications. The fast pace of Fortescue Zero projects will also require support in challenging time frames and across a variety of industry sectors.

What you will do

• Working with Xilinx MPSoC microprocessors
• Designing firmware in for power conversion systems
• IP core design & validation in VHDL/System Verilog
• Working with hardware engineers to develop automated test equipment
• Bootloader development
• Using requirements tracking software
• Decomposition of system level requirements to detailed software and firmware requirements
• Firmware test and documentation
• Compiling ASPICE documentation
• Supporting the delivery of Software products to required quality standards

About you

• Significant Industrial experience, post graduate with electronics / mechatronics degree or equivalent.
• Experience in industrial/automotive/aerospace or similar highly regulated industry
• Experience of firmware development in low level language such as C
• Experience of RTOS (FreeRTOS/Safe RTOS)
• Working with CANBus tools (Vector Canalyzer, XCP )
• Industrial experience, graduate with electronics / mechatronics degree or equivalent.
• Good knowledge of electronics hardware
• Experience of developing software for high reliability systems (ISO26262, IEC 61508)

What is in it for you?

• Fortescue Zero bonus scheme
• Aviva Pension
• Group Life Assurance
• Group Income Protection
• Electric Car Scheme
• Health Cash Plan
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Private Medical Insurance
• 26 days holiday plus public holidays and the opportunity to purchase an additional 5 days per year
• Childcare Benefits
• Free on-site gym access and discounted national memberships

Application Deadline:

The closing date for applications is 31st March 2025.

Not near-zero

Not net-zero. 

We are Fortescue Zero.

 Additional Information

You do not need to match every listed expectation to apply for this position. At Fortescue Zero we are committed to building a team that encompasses a variety of backgrounds, experiences, and skills. Fortescue Zero is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity and inclusion. If you have a disability, we are happy to discuss reasonable job adjustments. You are welcome to apply no matter your age, disability, gender, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity status, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. 

Please note, if you are applying for a role which involves having access to personal data, you will be subject to a background check. Where checks are unsatisfactory or incomplete and/or a failure to reveal information relating to convictions that you are required to identify as part of the background checks, could lead to withdrawal of an offer of employment.

Fortescue Zero’s mission is to be the world leader in zero emission power systems. We are developing and manufacturing the technologies needed to decarbonise our planet. We are expanding across the geographies of UK, US and Australia and becoming a global company. As part of Fortescue, our vision is to be the number one integrated green technology, energy, and metals company.

An opportunity has arisen for a Project Process Engineer to join the Design department in a rapidly expanding and exciting work environment.

About the role

Reporting to the Lead Process Engineer, assist in the management, development and effective roll-out of systems and processes to improve efficiency and quality of projects across the Engineering Department.

What you will do

• Support the Engineering Process Group in delivery of system and process projects across a broad internal customer base.
•  Management of the requirements management system, including updates and maintenance.
• Administration and development of PLM systems (including Engineering approval) for the business.
• Lead the requirements capture and drafting of new standards, procedures and guidelines in support of the Mechanical Systems group.
• Administration of BoM Database and Project BoMs.
• Development and reporting of key metrics and project data for Engineering projects.
• Generate and present project material for key internal and external stakeholders.
• Support Engineering Release Meetings between project stakeholders where required.
• Coordinating import and export of CAD data in support of projects.

About you

•  A Degree or background in Mechanical, Electrical, Automotive, Motorsport or Aerospace engineering
• Experience of mechanical design, manufacturing or PLM systems and processes or be able to show that your experience in an advanced engineering environment is transferable.
• Knowledge of Polarion as a requirements management toolset beneficial.
• Working knowledge of Siemens NX, Teamcenter or PowerBI would be an advantage.
• Working knowledge of Teams / SharePoint based software would be beneficial.
•  Working knowledge of SQL, Python or NXOpen coding would be beneficial.
• Good working knowledge of proprietary PC software e.g. MS Word, Excel, Powerpoint.
•  Excellent customer facing presentation skills.
• Ability to use your initiative and respond quickly to problems.
• Ability to manage your own workload and projects.
• Ability to maintain high standards of staff and department presentation, as appropriate for a facility visited by potential customers and other VIP’s.

What is in it for you?

Our typical hybrid roles at Fortescue Zero require 3 days in the office and 2 from home, making the ability to commute to the stated office location for the required days essential.

• Fortescue Zero bonus scheme
• Aviva Pension
• Group Life Assurance
• Group Income Protection
• Electric Car Scheme
• Health Cash Plan
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Private Medical Insurance
• 26 days holiday plus public holidays and the opportunity to purchase an additional 5 days per year
• Childcare Benefits
• Free on-site gym access and discounted national memberships

 Application Deadline: The closing date for applications is 31^st March 2025

Additional Information

You do not need to match every listed expectation to apply for this position. At Fortescue Zero we are committed to building a team that encompasses a variety of backgrounds, experiences, and skills. Fortescue Zero is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity and inclusion. If you have a disability, we are happy to discuss reasonable job adjustments. You are welcome to apply no matter your age, disability, gender, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity status, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.

 Please note, if you are applying for a role which involves having access to personal data, you will be subject to a background check. Where checks are unsatisfactory or incomplete and/or a failure to reveal information relating to convictions that you are required to identify as part of the background checks, could lead to withdrawal of an offer of employment.