R&D Senior QA group Lead - IDC

Overview

Lead the quality assurance group for software applications used by electrical utilities, including Energy Management Systems (EMS) and Generation Management Systems (GMS), across global locations.

What you'll do

• Lead and manage the quality group and its testing efforts for EMS and GMS software applications.
• Use business requirements, solution designs and functional specifications to plan testing approaches and test data creation so customer projects are delivered at high quality.
• Design and develop functional and non-functional use cases and test cases that verify business objectives and functional requirements are satisfied according to the test plan.
• Use test management tools to maintain and execute test scripts, and report testing progress and status.
• Create test plans and strategies for SCADA systems and EMS/GMS applications.
• Identify, track and investigate issues found during testing.
• Collaborate with the product development team to replicate, fix and verify corrections, and provide testing verification progress.
• Provide feedback on key challenges and product limitations uncovered during testing.
• Gain domain and solution knowledge to take responsibility for the full product life cycle development.
• Participate actively in all team duties using Agile development methodologies.
• Create automated test scripts, including API and UI code, in addition to manual test scripts.
• Live Hitachi's core values of safety and integrity, taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for colleagues and the business.
• Train and mentor others on how to test software and apply proven testing methodologies, improve software quality and reduce quality risks.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related field and 10+ years of experience.
• Work authorization that permits you to work for Hitachi Energy.
• Ability to develop innovative solutions to problems and make decisions on quality matters that may significantly impact contracts.
• Diversified knowledge of engineering, electric utilities and related functions.
• In-depth knowledge of quality assurance programs, procedures, and regulatory agency guidelines.
• Experience in test management tools such as Zephyr Scale/Jira or Azure DevOps to maintain and execute test procedures.

Nice to have

• Experience in Energy and Generation Management Systems (EMS/GMS) and SCADA systems, with understanding of network power applications such as State Estimation, Network Modeling, Short Circuit Analysis and Fault Location.
• Knowledge of QA testing principles and experience building automated tests using tools such as Visual Studio, NUnit, TestNG or Playwright, and programming languages such as C# or Java.
• Knowledge and certification in AI tools such as CoPilot.

Details

• Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
• Full-time role; not remote.
• Part of a global quality organization with offices in Bangalore, Houston, San Jose, Vasteras and Krakow.
• Leads a team across different global locations.