Platform Engineering & Release Manager (Superintendent, Autonomy)

Verse Group ·www.versegroup.com.au

Location Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Work type Remote
Salary AUD 100 - 124 / hour
Type Full time
Level Mid
Source Shazamme
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About the role:
Join a leading global resources and green energy company with a large-scale autonomous mining operation, investing heavily in in-house autonomy engineering.

You will lead the Release Management and Platform Engineering functions across autonomy delivery, managing the Release Lead, DevOps Engineers and Platform Engineering team. You will make sure hardware, software, firmware, onboard systems, configurations, builds, baselines and deployment artefacts are controlled, traceable and ready for safe release into an Autonomous Haulage System. You’ll provide engineering leadership for release governance, configuration management, environment management, engineering tooling, automation, and developer productivity.
  • 12 month contract + extensions based on performance
  • Monday to Friday, 40 hours per week
  • Perth CBD based + WFH
What you’ll be doing:
  • Owning the release management function and release governance framework
  • Leading CI/CD, build automation, deployment automation and engineering tooling
  • Owning platforms for source control, configuration management, release governance, reporting and workflow automation
  • Owning configuration management across software, firmware, onboard hardware, environments, builds, deployment packages and operational baselines
  • Owning the engineering framework for development, integration, verification, staging, SIL, HIL, site and production-like environments
  • Setting measures for release readiness, configuration compliance, environment health and deployment success
  • Driving adoption of tools and practices that lift engineering efficiency, quality and traceability
About you:
  • Full Australian working rights – no Visa sponsorship or relocation assistance provided
  • 10+ years in complex engineering or mission-critical hardware and software environments
  • Strong background in systems/platform engineering, DevOps, release engineering, configuration management, systems engineering or technical assurance
  • Proven experience leading engineering teams responsible for release management, engineering platforms, tooling, automation or technical governance
  • Strong understanding of configuration management, release governance, CI/CD, change control, traceability, baseline management and deployment readiness
  • Experience with development, integration, verification, SIL, HIL, staging, site, or production-like environments
  • Experience with automation frameworks, AI-enabled development tools, and developer productivity practices
  • Sound technical judgement balancing engineering quality, operational risk and delivery
Why apply?
  • 12 month contract at $110/hr + super
  • Contract extensions based on performance
  • Senior leadership of release and platform engineering on a safety-critical autonomy product
  • Real scope to shape tooling, governance and engineering productivity

If this sounds like an opportunity you’d be interested in, please click apply or send your CV to holly@versegroup.com.au

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The Platform Engineering & Release Manager (Superintendent, Autonomy) role with Verse Group is based in Perth, WA, AU. The role is remote-friendly.
Is the Platform Engineering & Release Manager (Superintendent, Autonomy) role remote?
Yes — the Platform Engineering & Release Manager (Superintendent, Autonomy) position at Verse Group is remote. Candidates based in AU are preferred.
What does the Platform Engineering & Release Manager (Superintendent, Autonomy) role pay?
Verse Group lists the Platform Engineering & Release Manager (Superintendent, Autonomy) role at AUD 100–124 per hour.
Is the Platform Engineering & Release Manager (Superintendent, Autonomy) role full-time or contract?
This is a full time position at Verse Group.
What experience level is the Platform Engineering & Release Manager (Superintendent, Autonomy) role?
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