Senior QAQC Engineer

Senior QAQC Engineer

• Great opportunity to join a global leader in mining
• Excellent work environment where people are valued and respected
• Work in a fast-paced environment with lots of opportunity for exposure to both highly visible projects and cutting-edge technology
• Permanent, Perth based role

All progress begins with pioneers. At Rio Tinto, it begins with you.

Rio Tinto has a long history of being a leader in innovation and the development and deployment of technology within the mining industry. Innovation will continue to play a critical role in improving health and safety outcomes, delivering new mines of the future and decarbonising the industry.

The Technology Development team in Group Technical – Services and Delivery works across a broad range of unique mining technologies that include machine automation projects such as the Autonomous Drilling System, real-time data platforms and 3D visualisation systems.

About the role

We are looking for a self-directed and motivated Senior QAQC Engineer to be part of an agile multi-disciplinary global development team working on industry-leading mine automation solutions.

This is a great opportunity to work across a broad range of cutting-edge mining technologies including autonomous mining systems, real-time visualisation tools built on 3D gaming engines and systems dealing with real-time Geo-data. Reporting to the Principal Advisor QA/QC and working in a professional, collaborative global community you will:

• Write and maintain test plans and test strategies for various systems in consultation with technical and business stakeholders.
• Create and maintain testing artefacts such as test cases, test scripts, test reports and test plans.
• Provide quality advice and recommendations to stakeholders and work closely with product teams and customers to ensure the test scope meets the technology requirements.
• Configure test environment, including data integration platforms and execute associated test cases to identify systems problems and issues.
• Identify and diagnose functionality errors and faults in systems, and programming code within established testing protocols, guidelines and quality standards to ensure systems perform to specification.
• Design, develop and execute automated testing frameworks/ tests in conformance with CI/CID practices.
• Extend our in-house solution for automated data quality monitoring and reporting that supports operational decision making based on quality based information.
• Develop best in class testing practices, that can be leveraged to deliver business value more efficiently

We are an open, connected international team of technical specialists using some of the most exciting data and tools on the planet. We are the world leader in automation and smart mining.

We have technical development programmes that are industry-leading and recognise the unique nature of your role. These provide opportunities to grow your career through a dedicated technical path while being rewarded for your unique skills

What you will bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• Tertiary qualification in Engineering, Computer Science or related disciple
• Experience in software and/or hardware testing.
• Experience in testing including activities such as test planning, automated testing, performance testing and manual regression testing.
• Development experience
• Python
• Linux
• SQL and data analysis skills

Highly desirable skills and experience

• DevOps knowledge
• Virtualisation technologies (Docker/Vagrant)
• Azure Cloud
• Postgres/PostGIS
• Infrastructure as code tools (puppet/ansible)
• Source control tools (git)
• Familiarity with GIS/spatial data

About Rio Tinto 

Every idea, every innovation, every little thing the world calls ‘progress’ begins with a first step, and someone willing to take it: explorers, inventors, entrepreneurs. Pioneers. 

For nearly 150 years, Rio Tinto has been a company of pioneers – generations of people spanning the globe, all with the grit and vision to produce materials essential to human progress. 

Our iron ore has shaped skylines from Shanghai to Sydney. Our aluminium – the world’s first to be certified “responsible” – helps planes fly and makes cars lighter. Our copper helps wind turbines power cities and our boron helps feed the world, and explore the universe. 

Our diamonds help us celebrate the best parts of life. 

Where you will be workingThis role is based in Perth, Western Australia, out of our Central Park office, working Monday – Friday. We support and encourage flexible working arrangements. Occasional travel may be required as and when necessary.The team is highly collaborative and work in close partnership with Rio Tinto’s global R&D community, and external bodies such as research institutes, suppliers and industry partners.What We Offer

• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
• A permanent position working directly for Rio Tinto
• A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive programme
• Comprehensive medical benefits including subsidised private health insurance for employees and immediate family
• Attractive share ownership plan
• Company provided insurance cover
• Extensive salary sacrifice & salary packaging options
• Career development & education assistance to further your technical or leadership ambitions
• Ongoing access to family-friendly health and medical wellbeing support
• Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave)
• Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more)
• Possible domestic relocation assistance

Every Voice MattersAt Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, women, the LGBTI+ community, mature workers, people with disabilities and people from different cultural backgrounds.We are committed to an inclusive environment where people feel comfortable to be themselves. We want our people to feel that all voices are heard, all cultures respected and that a variety of perspectives are not only welcome – they are essential to our success. We treat each other fairly and with dignity regardless of race, gender, nationality, ethnic origin, religion, age, sexual orientation or anything else that makes us different.