Simulation Engineer - Virtual Validation

About Us Fortescue is both 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.

Our Opportunity Work Location: Dawson Rd, Airport – Fortescue’s Perth office is located on the traditional lands of the Whadjuk Noongar people Roster: Monday to Friday The Simulation Engineer develops plant and physical models of mining assets for use in MIL, SIL, and HIL simulations to support verification and validation activities. Reporting to the Virtual Validation Lead, the role focuses on building and maintaining simulation models, test harnesses, and environment configurations that enable efficient, reliable, and repeatable testing of control systems and software. Working within established validation frameworks and toolchains, the engineer provides hands-on technical delivery while collaborating with verification, validation, and development teams to ensure simulations accurately represent system behaviours and interfaces and are effectively integrated into development and testing workflows.

Key Responsibilities Implement, configure, and maintain MIL, SIL, and HIL simulation environments and test harnesses aligned with defined architectures and standards

Develop, integrate, and maintain simulation models, software components, and physical interfaces to support control system development and validation

Collaborate with Product Owners, System Leads, and V&V teams to translate system architectures into simulation models, scenarios, and test cases

Support setup and operation of HIL and bench test infrastructure, including instrumentation integration and rig configuration

Execute simulation-based test campaigns, including running test suites, analysing results, troubleshooting issues, and contributing to reporting

Apply engineering standards, safety requirements, and quality processes in simulation development and operation

Integrate simulation environments into CI/CD pipelines, improving automation, test orchestration, and repeatability of validation activities

Maintain configuration management of simulation environments, including version control of models, scenarios, and test artefacts

Document simulation architectures, interfaces, usage guidelines, and limitations, contributing to knowledge sharing and best practices

Drive continuous improvement of simulation fidelity, performance, usability, and infrastructure, collaborating with IT to ensure secure and reliable environments.

Qualifications and Experience Bachelor of Engineering (or equivalent) with 3+ year’s experience in software and/or hardware development and testing, with a strong focus on simulation

Practical experience in developing, configuring or operating virtual test environments, simulation frameworks or similar platforms

Experience across the software development lifecycle, including implementation, integration, configuration management and tooling to support testing and traceability

Experience developing or supporting software that interacts with physical devices (e.g. embedded systems, control systems, industrial equipment)

Understanding of electronics hardware integration and testing methods, including hardware interfaces, instrumentation and bench setups (highly advantageous)

Experience with CI/CD pipelines, build systems and test automation frameworks, particularly where they integrate with simulations or MIL/SIL/HIL environments (advantageous)

Proficiency with version control systems such as GitHub, focusing on configuration of models, test harnesses and environment artefacts

Experience with collaboration and documentation tools such as Jira and Confluence

Hands‑on experience with Hardware‑in‑the‑Loop platforms (e.g. dSPACE, National Instruments, Vector, Speedgoat) and their configuration and integration (highly advantageous)

Experience with Model‑Based Design (e.g. MATLAB/Simulink), including model integration into SIL/MIL/HIL environments.

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. https://fortescue.com/careers Internal Candidates / Current Contractors please apply via Success Factors Careers Portal. For further information on how to apply please visit the Fortescue Hub.

Fortescue reserves the right to close applications early should a suitable pool of candidates be identified. Fortescue will never contact you to ask for payment of any kind, whether directly or through a third party.