Are you a highly technical
Test Automation Engineer
who enjoys building robust automated test frameworks rather than simply executing test cases? Do you thrive in engineering-focused Agile teams where quality is built into the software from the outset?
Would you like to work alongside some of the industry's brightest engineers developing next-generation mining software solutions that are transforming global mining operations through Robotics, Artificial Intelligence (AI), cloud-native platforms and Digital Technologies?
A Fortune 100 global technology leader with a major mining software development centre is seeking an experienced Test Automation Engineer to join one of its high-performing Agile delivery teams.
The organisation develops world-class mining technology solutions that generate and process vast amounts of real-time data from sensors, onboard systems, machine models and control algorithms. These solutions provide real-time guidance, monitoring, tracking and supervisory control across some of the world's largest mining fleets and are used by leading mining organisations worldwide.
As part of a major modernisation program, you'll help transform a long-established enterprise platform into modern containerised microservices, designing and building automated test suites that validate new services while ensuring behavioural parity with the existing platform. This is a genuinely hands‐on engineering role where you'll write production-quality automation code that runs continuously within CI pipelines and catches real defects before software reaches production.
This is an initial 12-month contract with a solid likelihood of ongoing extensions. The organisation has a significant long‐term technology roadmap and continues to invest heavily in the next generation of its mining technology platform, making this an outstanding long‐term contracting opportunity.
THE PROSPECT
Own end-to-end quality for user stories by defining test approach, executing tests against acceptance criteria, and providing clear sign‐off and test evidence.
Create, maintain, and continuously improve test artefacts including test plans, manual and automated test cases, reusable scenarios, and test summary reporting.
Define and uphold team QA processes and standards,



ensuring consistent test practices and fit‐for‐purpose coverage across the delivery lifecycle.
Partner with engineers to improve overall product quality through shift‐left practices, quality gates, and participation in code reviews.
Design, build, and maintain automated tests across backend services, and UI and API layers, including REST validation, RBAC permutations, and targeted gap coverage.
Contribute to and evolve the Cucumber + Playwright automation framework, including migrating and refactoring high‐value scenarios from the legacy Cucumber Java suite.
Enable reliable continuous testing by configuring and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions) and monitoring daily automation execution, triaging failures and reducing flakiness.
Plan and execute regression, acceptance, and exploratory testing as needed, balancing manual verification with automation to maximise coverage and confidence.
Support test environment readiness and test data management for automation, including setup, maintenance, and ongoing optimisation.
Collaborate closely with Team Leads, Product Managers, and cross‐functional stakeholders to communicate quality status, risks, and improvement opportunities.
Apply a risk‐based, strategic QA mindset—defining coverage strategy, influencing quality decisions early, and advocating for quality across the team.
TO BE SUCCESSFUL YOU WILL HAVE
4+ years' experience as a Test Automation Engineer developing automated tests that run within Continuous Integration (CI) pipelines
Strong experience developing automation using TypeScript or JavaScript (Java, C# or Python also considered)
Proven experience designing and maintaining reliable automated test frameworks
Hands experience testing REST APIs, including authentication, authorisation, schema validation and negative testing
Hands‐on experience using Playwright (or Selenium/Cypress with willingness to transition)
Experience designing maintainable Page Object Model automation frameworks




Experience configuring or supporting CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps or Jenkins
Strong Git experience including pull requests and code reviews
Excellent troubleshooting skills with the ability to identify root causes of automation failures
Strong understanding of Agile software delivery, SDLC, shift‐left testing and quality engineering
Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
HIGHLY DESIRABLE
MQTT or event‐driven architecture testing
Kubernetes or containerised platform testing
Java code reading capability
Performance testing using k6, Gatling or JMeter
Mining technology, industrial automation or safety‐critical software experience
Experience implementing outcome‐based testing practices rather than step‐driven UI automation
EXCITING TECHNOLOGY WORKPLACE
TypeScript
Playwright
REST APIs
Protobuf /gRPC
MQTT
GitHub Actions
Kubernetes
Microservices
Java 21
Angular
AWS
Git
Modern CI/CD
Shift‐Left Engineering
Cloud‐Native Development
WHAT'S ON OFFER?
Initial 12-month contract with strong extension potential
Long‐term program of work backed by significant product investment
Build the next generation of globally deployed mining technology
Work on modern cloud‐native microservices rather than legacy‐only applications
Join an exceptionally talented engineering organisation
Work alongside highly experienced software engineers and architects
Competitive market rates
Exposure to Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, cloud‐native engineering and advanced mining technologies
Make a tangible contribution to technology used by many of the world's largest mining companies
The role is based in
Brisbane CBD
and requires attendance
in the office five days per week
.
To be considered for this position, you must have unrestricted working rights in Australia.
Australian or New Zealand Citizens and Australian Permanent Residents
will be highly regarded.
Candidates currently residing within Greater Brisbane are strongly preferred due to the office‐based nature of the role.
Questions regarding this role can be directed to:
Fortunato (Forty) Galluzzo
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or
Katrina Penfold
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