QA Automation Engineer jobs in Australia

Wenco International Mining Systems (www.wencomine.com), a subsidiary of Hitachi Construction Machinery (HCM), provides industry leading, innovative technologies to customers in the mining and material movement sectors, enabling sustainable and safe operations.

Wenco has R&D offices located in Vancouver, Canada, and Brisbane, Australia.

You will join an agile product development team creating Wenco’s next generation products. We are looking for someone with strong technical capability for a team creating high performance, high availability business critical capabilities. You will be responsible for helping to create and mature the test automation capabilities within Wenco R&D - we target 100% test automation.

Key Deliverables and Responsibilities

• Development
• Contribute to the design and implementation of automated testing frameworks
• Define and review test cases and test plans for in-Sprint testing as well as customer UAT
• Design and implement automated tests that leverage the framework
• Provide support and integration of automated testing into the CI/CD pipelines.
• Support technical services and operations teams with investigation and reproduction of customer issues.
• Technical leadership
• Be relentless in pursuit of continuous improvement
• Promote a culture of quality within the development team
• Identify opportunities to apply automation to achieve process or product improvement
• Product development support
• Interface with product management/owners and developers to define and improve requirements and automated and manual test cases.
• Work with the Technical Documentation team to create content for instructions and user guides for customers

Experience and Knowledge

• You have a minimum of 3 years' experience in software and test automation development
• You have strong programming skills in Python and at least one other programming language
• You have experience in the BDD style of developing test automation
• You have experience working on complex systems comprised of edge and cloud computing elements, sensing and sensor processing communicating using fixed and wireless networks
• You can analyse system requirements and create testing strategies and test cases to verify those requirements
• You have experience in developing test automation for live cloud-based products that constantly update to provide higher quality and new features.
• You have an interest in delivering high-quality and high-standard products to businesses and consumers.
• You enjoy working in an environment where you are learning new technologies and concepts and solving complex problems with your team

Education & Eligibility

• Bachelor Degree in Computer Science / Software Engineering or equivalent
• Must be eligible to work in Australia

Wenco advances the efficiency and safety of the world’s surface mining equipment through our fleet management systems. We are committed to providing a stable yet exciting work place environment for individual employees to build and grow their career with the Company.
Wenco is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Disclaimer
The information in this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. It is not intended as an employment contract. Job descriptions are subject to change, which may not necessarily affect compensation.
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As our team experiences high volumes of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. To be considered, please ensure a resume is attached.