Superintendent - Platform Engineering & Release

Introduction

An opportunity is available for an experienced Superintendent - Platform Engineering & Release to lead Release Management, DevOps and Platform Engineering within a complex Autonomous Haulage System environment. This senior leadership role will drive release governance, CI/CD, configuration management, automation, engineering environments and developer productivity.

About the Role

The Superintendent - Platform Engineering & Release is a senior engineering leadership position responsible for the Release Management and Platform Engineering functions supporting Autonomy delivery.

Leading Release, DevOps and Platform Engineering resources, you will ensure software, firmware, onboard systems, hardware, configurations, environments, builds, baselines and deployment artefacts are controlled, traceable and ready for safe release.

The role provides engineering leadership across release governance, configuration management, engineering environments, tooling, automation and developer productivity.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the Release Management, DevOps and Platform Engineering functions.
• Own the Release Management function and associated release governance framework.
• Ensure releases are appropriately planned, evidenced, approved, communicated and deployed.
• Drive improvements in release quality, predictability, governance and deployment outcomes.
• Lead CI/CD, build automation and deployment automation capabilities.
• Oversee engineering platforms supporting source control, CI/CD, configuration management, release governance, engineering reporting and workflow automation.
• Drive adoption of engineering tools and practices that improve efficiency, quality, traceability and delivery performance.
• Own configuration management across software, firmware, onboard hardware, environments, builds, deployment packages and operational baselines.
• Ensure configuration items are identified, versioned, controlled and traceable throughout the engineering lifecycle.
• Provide leadership across development, integration, verification, staging, SIL, HIL, site and production-like environments.
• Ensure engineering environments are fit for purpose, controlled, available and representative of the systems being developed and released.
• Drive improvements in release quality, configuration integrity, environment readiness, tooling effectiveness and engineering productivity.
• Establish measures covering release readiness, configuration compliance, environment health, deployment success and platform adoption.
• Support engineering teams through robust platforms, automation and engineering practices that enable high-quality and efficient delivery.
• Balance engineering quality, operational risk and delivery objectives across a complex technical environment.

This role will suit an experienced engineering leader who combines strong technical judgement with the ability to lead teams, establish effective technical governance and continually improve engineering delivery.

About You / Requirements

• 10+ years' experience working within complex engineering or mission-critical hardware and software environments.
• Proven technical leadership experience.

You will ideally have:

• Strong experience across Platform Engineering, DevOps, Release Engineering, Systems Engineering, Configuration Management, Systems Integration or Technical Assurance.
• Experience leading engineering teams responsible for release management, platforms, tooling, automation or technical governance.
• Strong knowledge of CI/CD, release governance, configuration management, change control, traceability and baseline management.
• Experience across development, integration, verification, SIL, HIL, staging, site or production-like environments.
• Experience with engineering tooling, automation frameworks and developer productivity practices.
• Exposure to AI-enabled development tools.
• Strong technical judgement with the ability to balance engineering quality, operational risk and delivery objectives.

Experience within autonomous, mining, industrial or other safety/mission-critical technology environments would be highly relevant.

What We Offer

• Senior engineering leadership role within a complex Autonomous Haulage System environment.
• Lead Platform Engineering, DevOps and Release Management functions.
• Influence CI/CD, release governance, configuration management and engineering practices.
• Drive automation, tooling and developer productivity improvements.
• Work across software, firmware, onboard systems and hardware-integrated technologies.
• Exposure to development, integration, SIL, HIL, staging and deployment environments.
• Opportunity to shape release quality, engineering efficiency and platform maturity.

About Brunel

Brunel is a recruitment and flexible workforce solution provider which connects talented people with opportunities throughout Australasia and around the world. We specialise in highly skilled roles across a variety of technical, professional, trades and craft disciplines, pairing candidates with industry-leading projects and organisations on a contract, permanent or secondment basis.

How to Apply

If you have any questions or would like to discuss the role, please contact Mark Nelson: m.nelson@brunel.net.

• Closing: 21 November 2026
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