Principal Solutions Engineer

Job ID

478245

Posted since

01-Oct-2025

Organization

Mobility

Field of work

Engineering

Company

Siemens Mobility Pty Ltd

Experience level

Experienced Professional

Job type

Full-time

Work mode

Office/Site only

Employment type

Permanent

Location(s)

• Belmont - Western Australia - Australia

At Siemens Mobility, we empower transport providers worldwide to realise sustainable mobility solutions. As a leading technology company, we combine the real and digital worlds like no other in rail. In an open ecosystem, we bring together rolling stock, rail infrastructure, customer service, and software to enable sustainable, comfortable and cost-effective rail traffic today.

Create a better tomorrow with Siemens Mobility.

In this role you will:

• Lead the end-to-end design and evolution of complex, scalable, and high-quality software solutions to meet business requirements.
• Define and champion solution design patterns, best practices, and technical standards across multiple projects or domains.
• Develop critical components and proof-of-concepts, validating architectural decisions through hands-on implementation.
• Troubleshoot and resolve highly complex technical issues spanning multiple systems and components.
• Provide direct technical leadership, guidance, and mentorship to engineering teams, fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous improvement.
• Conduct thorough code reviews, provide constructive feedback, and ensure adherence to coding standards and architectural principles.
• Drive the execution of complex software projects in fast-paced, agile environments (e.g., Scrum, Kanban), ensuring timely delivery of high-quality, performant, and secure systems.
• Proactively identify and mitigate technical risks and bottlenecks to maintain project velocity and quality.
• Engage with diverse internal and external stakeholders to understand requirements, manage expectations, negotiate solutions, and resolve conflicts.
• Communicate complex technical strategies, architectural decisions, and project progress to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Influence technology choices, architectural direction, and long-term technical roadmaps, ensuring alignment with business strategy and industry trends.

Shape the future of mobility with your qualifications and skills.

To be successful in this role, you will bring:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 8+ years of progressive experience in software engineering, with at least 3–5 years in a lead, principal, or solutions engineering role.
• Deep proficiency in Python and C++, with extensive experience in modern software development practices and architectural patterns (e.g., microservices, event-driven architectures).
• Strong understanding of system design, scalability, performance optimization, and security principles.
• Proven experience leading and mentoring software development teams, providing technical direction and fostering collaboration.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver complex software projects in agile environments, with practical experience in CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and modern deployment strategies.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.
• Superior analytical and problem-solving skills, capable of driving practical, innovative solutions.
• Strong commitment to delivering high-quality, robust, maintainable, and well-tested software.

Why you'll love working for Siemens Mobility

We live and foster an ownership culture in which every employee takes personal responsibility for our Company's success. We invest in our team members, offering a wide variety of development opportunities. Below are some of the other benefits we offer to our employees:

• Flexible working arrangements
• National & International opportunities
• Positive, inclusive and relaxed working environment
• Industry leading parental leave package
• Novated leasing available
• Employee discount program
• Siemens Share Options

Join us in transforming the everyday for a better tomorrow.

Siemens prides itself on its diverse workforce. Siemens has been recognised as ahead of its time for many reasons, and our progressive policies is one of them. We encourage applications that reflect the diversity of the communities within which we work, and we actively promote this through the recruitment of those who identify as Indigenous or Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander.

We are a proud equal opportunity employer, where we continue to push for a work environment of diversity and inclusion. We also believe that differences in personalities, thoughts and ideas are important, and that is why we know diversity and inclusion is very important in helping realise the potential of our people. As part of our Ownership culture, Siemens supports reasonable flexible working practices that empower our employees to best meet work and personal commitments. #LI-SI

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