Sr Quality Assurance Engineer

Overview

Lead quality assurance for GE Vernova Grid Software products that support transmission, distribution and energy management operations for utilities worldwide.

What you'll do

• Lead quality assurance activities across Grid Software products, ensuring functional, integration, system, performance and regression testing coverage.
• Develop and execute comprehensive test strategies, test plans and validation approaches for complex EMS, SCADA, DMS, ADMS, GridOS and power system applications.
• Collaborate with product managers, developers, solution architects and power system engineers to understand business requirements and grid operational workflows.
• Apply power system domain expertise to validate network modeling, topology processing, state estimation, contingency analysis, outage management, interoperability and other grid applications.
• Drive automation initiatives using modern test frameworks and CI/CD pipelines to improve test coverage, release quality and execution efficiency.
• Design and implement automated functional, API, integration and end-to-end test suites for enterprise-grade Grid Software products.
• Analyze customer-reported issues, reproduce field defects, perform root-cause analysis and partner with engineering teams to drive resolution.
• Validate software performance, scalability, cybersecurity, reliability and resiliency requirements for utility-grade deployments.
• Participate in architecture reviews, requirement reviews and design discussions to ensure quality is built into products from inception.
• Champion quality engineering best practices, shift-left testing methodologies, risk-based testing and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Mentor junior QA engineers and contribute to establishing testing standards, frameworks and quality processes across teams.
• Support customer deployments, interoperability testing, factory acceptance testing (FAT) and system validation activities for utility customers globally.

What you'll need

• Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering (Power Systems preferred), or Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Systems Engineering, Computer Engineering or related STEM discipline.
• 5-10+ years of experience in Quality Assurance, Software Testing, Quality Engineering or related product engineering roles.
• Strong experience validating enterprise software products used in utility, energy, transmission, distribution or industrial control environments.
• Demonstrated experience working with power system applications, grid operations, EMS, SCADA, DMS, ADMS, GridOS or similar utility software platforms.
• Experience with test automation tools, scripting and quality engineering methodologies.

Nice to have

• Strong understanding of Power Systems Engineering, utility operations, transmission systems, distribution systems and control center applications.
• Proven experience working with Grid Engineering products, including EMS, DMS, ADMS, SCADA, GridOS, Network Applications, Market Systems or related utility software platforms.
• Deep knowledge of software testing methodologies, validation processes, defect lifecycle management and quality assurance best practices.
• Experience developing automation frameworks and automated test suites using modern tools and programming languages.
• Understanding of utility communication standards and interoperability concepts.
• Strong analytical thinking and ability to evaluate complex power system behaviors and operational scenarios.
• Experience with enterprise software products deployed in mission-critical environments.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with developers, product managers, customers and power system subject matter experts.
• Excellent root-cause analysis, troubleshooting, debugging and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management and leadership capabilities.
• Experience supporting development and testing of Grid Engineering and Energy Management System (EMS) applications.
• Knowledge of transmission network operations, distribution management systems, contingency analysis, state estimation, load flow, network modeling and grid reliability functions.
• Experience with utility deployment validation, customer acceptance testing and interoperability testing.
• Familiarity with Agile development methodologies, CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices and test automation frameworks.
• Experience with databases, APIs, messaging systems and enterprise software architectures.
• Working knowledge of cloud technologies, microservices, containerized applications and modern software delivery practices.
• Exposure to cybersecurity testing and validation practices for critical infrastructure applications.
• Ability to lead cross-functional quality initiatives and influence product quality across distributed global teams.

Details

• Location: Hyderabad.
• Relocation assistance provided.