Senior Systems Integration and Test Specialist

Your Title: Senior Systems Integration and Test Specialist

Job Location: Christchurch, NZ

Our Department: Caterpillar Trimble Control Technologies (CTCT)

Does helping transform the earthmoving industry using cutting-edge technologies excite you?

What You Will Do

As a Systems Integration and Test Specialist, you will play a crucial role in the specification, design, testing, and integration of innovative machine control systems. You will work at the intersection of software testing and system engineering, ensuring that high-quality, user-focused products are delivered to market. 

This hands-on role requires collaboration with multidisciplinary teams, including software engineers, system architects, marketing, and OEMs, to bridge the gap between application functionality and robust system design.

This will involve:

• System Integration and Design

  • Define and develop system architectures for machine control systems, including communication protocols and device integration

  • Specify, design, and document system-level interactions between hardware, software, and vehicular control systems

  • Create harness and cable schematics to support system connectivity

• Product Testing and Validation

  • Develop and execute manual and automated test scripts to validate machine control software and hardware functionality

  • Interpret high-level requirements into detailed, testable specifications, ensuring alignment with customer needs

• Collaboration and Technical Leadership and expertise, working cross-functionally

• Documentation creation and maintenance for design and testing

• Ensure compliance with industry standards and best practices.

What you'll bring?

You will naturally be a team player who works collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team, with proactive communication skills, both verbal and written, to articulate complex concepts clearly, and with strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail. 

You will also need to bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechatronics, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience

• A senior level of combined professional experience in QA, software testing, or system engineering

• Hands-on experience with vehicular communication and control systems, including J1939 CAN protocols is desirable

• Proficiency in testing frameworks, automated test development, and debugging tools

• Familiarity with C++, Web, or Android code is an advantage

• Curiosity and a drive for continuous learning across technical domains

• Experience in surveying, civil construction, or the tech industry is beneficial but not required.

About Your Location

Based at Trimble’s NZ headquarters in Christchurch, New Zealand (handily located on the Little River Link Cycleway), enjoy free parking, securely covered bike sheds, an onsite gym, showers, an active social club, and a great team environment where people love working with leading technology solutions.

At Trimble, you'll find the inspiration and opportunity to be yourself and thrive. The global community of Team Trimble, including more than 400 people in New Zealand, are passionate about bringing new ideas and innovations to life and building a better, more sustainable future.

Please Note: Only applicants legally entitled to work in New Zealand will be considered. 

About Our CTCT Division

The CTCT division (a joint venture between Trimble and Caterpillar) develops positioning and control products for earthmoving and paving machines in the construction and mining industries, using technologies such as GPS, optical total stations, lasers, and sonics. The products are used in a range of applications where the operator of the machine benefits from having accurate horizontal and vertical guidance. 

For more information on currently developed products, see construction.trimble.com/earthworks 

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