Wabtec Corporation is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions and value-added services for freight and transit rail. Drawing on nearly four centuries of collective experience across Wabtec, GE Transportation and Faiveley Transport, the company has unmatched digital expertise, technological innovation, and world-class manufacturing and services, enabling the digital-rail-and-transit ecosystems. Wabtec is focused on performance that drives progress, creating transportation solutions that move and improve the world. Wabtec has approximately 27,000 employees in facilities throughout the world. Visit the company’s new website at: http://www.WabtecCorp.com.

It’s not just about your career… or your job title…it’s about who you are and the impact you are going to make on the world. Do you want to go into uncharted waters…do things that haven’t been done to make yours and someone else's life better? Wabtec has been doing that for decades and we will continue to do so! Through our people, leadership development, services, technology and scale, Wabtec delivers better outcomes for global customers by speaking the language of industry.

Position Title: Staff Quality Assurance Engineer

We are looking to hire dedicated software engineers with passion towards solving tough and challenging problems for our customers. You’ll be part of the Digital Engineering team that is responsible for building real time and distributed software solutions. The Staff Quality Assurance Engineer is in an unique position to help transform the way people and freight are moved around the world. As we work together, you’ll not only learn the sophisticated world of logistics and transportation, but also get opportunities to expand your technical and leadership skills and build a strong career at Wabtec!

Location

Bangalore, India

You will work on innovative railroad automation products -  TripOptimizer® and Locotrol® XA and rail yard monitoring product - MyRailYard. You will ensure that flawless, performant and secure products and solutions are delivered to our customers. You will implement efficient and automated test strategy and methods for timely delivery of products.

You have the opportunity to learn about railroad domain, and about how large railroad companies of the world manage the operations of freight and passenger trains

Essential Responsibilities

• Provides expertise in the quality engineering, test planning and testing methodology for a software project.
• Defines and maintains an automation test strategy along with the Test Auomtation team and also helps the Test Automation team to develop and execute maintainable automation tests for acceptance, functional, and regression test cases.
• Provides inputs with respect to testability of a product to product owners during requirement definition.
• Develops and maintains a product performance test strategy and helps to implement performance test methods.
• Works with fellow team members to diagnose bugs and formulate solutions. Demonstrates the ability to understand, debug and contribute to code base.
• Makes technology choices at individual level and has ability to analyze impact. 
• Applies principles of SDLC and methodologies like Agile/XP, CI, Software and Product Security, Scalability, Documentation Practices, refactoring and Testing Techniques.
• Expert in core data structures and algorithms. Integrates project testing with continuous integration process.
• Demonstrates the ability to drive team change for the betterment of the product quality.
• Provide mentorship to junior engineers and help them grow to the next level.

Qualifications/Requirements

• BE/BTech/MTech in ECE /Computer Science /EEE /IT or MCA

• Professional experience of 10 – 14 years in Quality Assurance domain.

• Knowledge of QA methodology and industry-standard testing and bug tracking tools

• Expert in developing test strategies, test plans and test cases.

• Experienced in test automation tool HP UFT, Selenium and life cycle management tool HP ALM.

• Experience in working with relational databases like Oracle , Postgres and SQL.

• Experienced in driving quality through process, instrumentation, requirements and testing.

• Experience in testing applications built in Java and related technologies and web frameworks such as Angular and HTML.

• Working knowledge of CI/CD to support continuous deployment process (preferably with Gitlab).

• Experience in working within an Agile/Scrum environment.

• Experience in working in Linux and Windows environments.

• Working knowledge of Linux commands

• Experience with shell scripting is an added advantage

• Expert in communicating cross-functionally and across management levels in formal and informal settings.

Desired Characteristics

Business Acumen:  

• Demonstrates the initiative to explore alternate technology and approaches to solving problems
• Skilled in breaking down problems, documenting problem statements and estimating efforts
• Demonstrates awareness about competitors and industry trends
• Has the ability to analyze impact of technology choices

Leadership:  

• Ability to takes ownership of tasks and deliver while mentoring and delegating to team members
• Ensures understanding of issues and presents clear rationale. Able to speak to mutual needs and win-win solutions. Uses two-way communication to influence outcomes and ongoing results.
• Identifies misalignments with goals, objectives, and work direction against the organizational strategy. Makes suggestions to course correct.
• Continuously measures deliverables of self and team against scheduled commitments. Effectively balances different, competing objectives.

Personal Attributes:

• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Effective team building and problem solving abilities
• Persists to completion, especially in the face of overwhelming odds and setbacks. Pushes self for results; pushes others for results through team spirit 

Wabtec Corporation is committed to taking on the world’s toughest challenges. In order to fulfill that commitment we rely on a culture of leadership, diversity and inclusiveness. We aim to employ the world’s brightest minds to help us create a limitless source of ideas and opportunities. We believe in hiring talented people of varied backgrounds, experiences and styles…people like you! Wabtec Corporation is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, or protected Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.