MTData is part of the Jonas Software Group of Companies, a global group that acquires, manages, and builds industry-specific software companies. Jonas Software has over 100 acquired companies and more than 3,000 employees globally.

MTData revolutionises businesses with innovative vehicle telematics and connected fleet management technology. We work across a wide range of industries and are helping lead the way into an exciting future of IoT. Since 2003, MTData has supported businesses to improve operational efficiency, reduce costs, and meet safety compliance requirements.

MTData serves over 800 customers, including many of the most recognised names in Australian heavy vehicle transport.

About the Role

We are looking for a hands-on Hardware Engineer to join our small team in Mulgrave.

This is a great opportunity for someone who wants to develop across hardware engineering. Working alongside an experienced Senior Hardware Engineer, you will receive day-to-day technical guidance and mentorship while becoming involved in the complete lifecycle of our hardware products — from concept and schematic design through to production testing, field support, and end-of-life planning.

From early in your time with us, you will be exposed to a broad range of technical challenges and given the opportunity to take on increasing responsibility as your skills and confidence grow.

Key Responsibilities

- Schematic capture and multilayer PCB layout using Altium Designer.
- Review analogue circuits (power supply, protection circuits, and signal paths)
- Assist with component selection and BOM management.
- Learn and apply design for manufacture and design for test practices.
- Prototype, hand assembly of SMD components, and bench characterisation.
- Develop embedded firmware in C for ARM Cortex-M microcontrollers.
- Work with peripheral drivers including I2C, SPI, UART, and GPIO.
- Contribute to firmware unit test coverage.
- Assist with hardware bring-up and debugging of Linux platform peripherals.




- Investigate manufacturing test failures, yield issues, production test procedures.

Skills & Qualifications

Required

To be successful in this role, you will ideally bring:

- A Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Electronic Engineering or Mechatronics.
- 2–5 years' experience in hardware design or embedded firmware.
- Foundational PCB design experience (Altium Designer or a comparable EDA tool)
- Experience developing embedded firmware in C on microcontrollers.
- Confidence using standard bench instruments.
- A methodical approach to debugging (hypothesis, test, narrow down a fault)
- Design for manufacture and design for test practices.
- Embedded Linux skills and Python scripting skills.
- Automotive or commercial vehicle electrical environments, including 12V/24V systems, transient protection.
- Bus protocols such as J1939/CAN, Modbus, I2C, SPI, or RS-485.
- FPGA/CPLD design using VHDL or Verilog.
- Version control using Git and structured issue tracking.

About You

Curious across both hardware and firmware, with a genuine interest in how software and hardware interact.

Comfortable working at a bench with a soldering iron and oscilloscope probe.

Eager to learn and open to mentorship.

Methodical, detail-oriented, and comfortable documenting your work.

Someone who takes ownership and asks questions.

Our Culture and Perks

To help make your journey more enjoyable, we offer a range of benefits including:

- Employee Share Purchase Plan through our parent company, Constellation Software.
- Versatile leave offerings, including opportunities to purchase additional leave.
- Support for flexible working options, from office-based through to remote working arrangements.
- EAP support, including mental and physical wellbeing counselling.

Our parent company, Jonas Software, is an operating group of Constellation Software, Inc. (CSI), a public company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange. CSI has revenues of over $5 billion USD and more than 30,000 employees across the globe.

#J-18808-Ljbffr

📌 Hardware Engineer (City of Monash)
🏢 MTData
📍 City of Monash