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.
Reporting to the Cloud Operations Manager, the Quality Engineering Technical Lead will be responsible for leading a chapter of quality engineers responsible for defect prevention, defect detection and defect containment. The Quality Engineering chapter designs changes to our development platform and process which enable the production of high quality products efficiently and effectively. Quality engineering focuses on enabling quality validation and is distinct from test and quality assurance.
Responsibilities
Coaching and guiding chapter members to ensure their success.
Technical leadership within the Quality Engineering chapter to ensure the quality and velocity of the product development teams remains high.
Set, refine and improve the quality engineering vision, mission and standards.
Drive the adoption of quality engineering vision and standards across the R&D organization.
Lead the design and delivery of infrastructure to support test automation at various points in the points in the product delivery pipeline.
Assist in the design, review and delivery of automated tests.
Hold quality engineering chapter members accountable to the chapter’s standards.
Create a set of quality metrics and goal thresholds (OKRs).
Provide updates on progress toward OKRs
Qualifications
Minimum of 5 years in product development including test automation
Minimum of 1 year of experience leading a team
Experience with
AWS (Lambda, ECS, EC2, RDS)
at least two test frameworks
Azure DevOps Pipelines
Cloud Native application design
A background developing software products
Hold a well formed view of quality engineering in modern product development delivery systems.
Skills
Ability to coach test automation engineers on how to get crystal clarity on feature requirements
Ability to work with development teams and test automation engineers to ensure products are designed for testability
Ability to work as a mentor for software developers and operating as a role model for the culture and technical excellence in your chapter
Demonstrated experience in troubleshooting complex issues and determining root causes
At least two programming languages such as: C++, C#.Net, Python, Javascript
Grafana, Loki, Prometheus and other monitor tools
Nice to Have
Experience in leading without authority
Docker, Kubernetes and other containerization tools
Helm, Terraform and other IaC tools
Education & Eligibility
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or relevant field with 3+ years of overall experience.
Must be eligible to work in Australia or Canada.
Travel
Availability for 5% travel.
Base salary of CAD $150,000-$180,000 commensurate with experience and qualifications.
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.
As our team experiences high volumes of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. To be considered, please ensure a resume is attached.
