Verification Coordinator

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.

Work Location: Perth – Fortescue's Perth office is located on the traditional lands of the Whadjuk Noongar people

Roster: Monday to Friday 

Fortescue are currently looking for an experienced Verification Coordinator to join the team.

The Verification Coordinator is a senior engineering professional responsible for leading the verification strategy and execution for autonomous haulage solutions operating in ultra-class mining environments. With a strong foundation in systems engineering and product lifecycle management, the role ensures that complex, safety-critical distributed systems are thoroughly verified against functional, performance, and safety requirements.

The Verification Coordinator leads a cross-functional team of test engineers, test automation specialists, and field verification engineers. Working closely with product management, systems architecture, and development teams, the role drives defect resolution, risk mitigation, and readiness reporting—ensuring reliable, safe, and high-performing deployment of autonomous mining systems.

• Lead end-to-end verification strategy across simulation, bench, and field environments, covering functionality, performance, reliability, scalability, safety, and compliance with OEM standards
• Oversee and mentor test engineers, field test engineers, and automation specialists to strengthen distributed systems testing, frameworks, and defect triage capability
• Balance priorities between regression stability, milestone readiness, and new feature validation
• Drive systematic defect reporting, prioritisation, and closure, ensuring full traceability to requirements
• Lead investigations into complex system-level issues such as timing, data synchronization, and network reliability
• Collaborate with Product Owners, Architects, and Engineers to align verification with business outcomes and embed testability into requirements
• Represent verification progress, risks, and readiness at program-level reviews and decision gates
• Identify, track, and mitigate risks relating to safety, communications, real-time performance, and environmental durability, ensuring compliance with functional safety standards
• Monitor system KPIs including uptime, fail-safe behaviour, and tolerance under degraded conditions
• Establish verification KPIs, dashboards, and concise reporting on test execution, defect trends, readiness, and residual risks to support evidence-based Go/No-Go decisions.

• Strong systems engineering background with expertise in the verification of complex, distributed, safety-critical systems
• Proven leadership of multi-disciplinary verification teams
• Deep understanding of autonomous mining systems, drive-by-wire platforms, and autonomy stacks
• Practical knowledge of HIL, SIL, automated test frameworks, and large-scale field verification
• Analytical problem-solving skills for real-time data and defect resolution
• Effective communicator with the ability to engage both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

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.

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.