An exciting opportunity has become available to join Siemens as a Software Test Automation & DevOps Engineer within our expanding OMVS R&D Team.
This newly created position, based in Yatala QLD, comes at a pivotal time for the business, with continued growth, strong project demand, and ongoing investment in innovative energy infrastructure technologies. Reporting directly to the OMVS R&D Manager, you will play a key role in delivering secure, reliable, and high-quality software solutions across our medium voltage power distribution and protection product portfolio.
This is a hands-on technical role offering exposure to a broad range of technologies including:
- Embedded firmware for protection and communications devices
- Desktop applications
- Mobile applications (iOS/Android)
- Cloud-based SaaS platforms
- AWS cloud infrastructure and security environments
Working closely with software development, product management, and customer care teams, you will take ownership across software testing, CI/CD pipelines, release management, cloud infrastructure, and ongoing system reliability. You will thrive in a collaborative environment where teamwork, continuous improvement, and innovation are highly valued, with the opportunity to contribute fresh ideas and help shape the future direction of our products and processes.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and maintain automated test frameworks across multiple platforms
- Execute both automated and manual testing for software and hardware-integrated systems
- Build and maintain Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines
- Manage development, staging, and production deployment environments
- Drive end-to-end release management and deployment processes
- Monitor and secure AWS cloud infrastructure environments
- Implement and improve monitoring, logging, and security practices
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure successful product delivery and software quality
About You:
You are a proactive and solutions-focused professional who enjoys working as part of a team, sharing knowledge, and contributing new ideas. You bring a strong sense of ownership, a collaborative mindset, and a passion for delivering high-quality outcomes in technically complex environments.
You will ideally bring experience across:
- Automated testing frameworks such as Selenium, Appium, Pytest, JUnit or Robot Framework
- Azure DevOps and CI/CD pipeline management
- AWS services including EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, VPC and CloudWatch
- Python or other scripting/programming languages
- Git and modern software development practices
- DevOps, release management, and cloud security principles
Experience within embedded systems, electrical infrastructure, utilities, energy, or industrial technology environments will be highly regarded.
Why Join Siemens?
This is an outstanding opportunity to join a collaborative and forward-thinking R&D team working on technologies that support critical electrical infrastructure globally. You’ll be part of a business experiencing strong momentum in the market, with the opportunity to contribute to innovative products while continuing to grow and develop your career within a globally recognised organisation.
If you are passionate about software quality, automation, DevOps, and cloud technologies - and enjoy working in technically complex environments - we would love to hear from you.
At Siemens, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued, respected, and empowered to succeed. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives, and believe diversity drives innovation and better outcomes for our people, customers, and communities.
