Senior Engineer, Functional Testing

Job Description

It’s not just about your career or job title… It’s about who you are and the impact you will make on the world. Because whether it’s for each other or our customers, we put People First. When our people come together, we Expand the Possible and continuously look for ways to improve what we create and how we do it. If you are constantly striving to grow, you’re in good company. We are revolutionizing the way the world moves for future generations, and we want someone who is ready to move with us.

Who are we?  

Wabtec Corporation is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions, and value-added services for freight and transit rail as well as the mining, marine, and industrial markets. Drawing on nearly four centuries of collective experience across Wabtec, GE Transportation, and Faiveley Transport, the company has grown to become One Wabtec, with 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 and unlocks our customers’ potential by delivering innovative and lasting transportation solutions that move and improve the world. We are lifelong learners obsessed with making things better to drive exceptional results. Wabtec has approximately 27K employees in facilities throughout the world. Visit our website to learn more!

Who will you be working with?

TCOS (Train Control Office Suite) team has dedicated group of professionals committed to delivering high-quality results. We have a diverse set of skills and experiences that allow us to tackle complex challenges. Through open communication and collaborative problem-solving, we continuously strive to improve our processes and outputs.

The team is composed of individuals with expertise in areas such as software development & quality assurance. We work closely together to ensure seamless integration of our efforts.

By leveraging each member's strengths, we can provide innovative solutions that meet the evolving needs of our stakeholders. Our shared passion for excellence drives us to go above and beyond in supporting the organization's objectives.

How will you make a difference?

As a Senior QA Engineer within the TCOS (Train Control Office Suite) team in the Signaling & Systems P&L under the Digital Intelligence group, you will play an important role in validating that our software products meet high standards of quality, reliability, and safety.

You will be responsible for understanding requirements, designing and executing detailed test cases, validating key customer features, supporting regression testing, and contributing to integration, functional, and automation test coverage.

Your role will require applying QA methodologies, quality engineering practices, automation tools, and CI/CD-based testing practices. We are looking for a quality-driven engineer who can translate requirements and system behaviours into clear, repeatable, and maintainable test solutions.

In this position, you will work closely with developers, QA leads, architects, and product managers to identify risks, clarify requirements, validate fixes, and ensure quality is considered throughout the SDLC.

As a senior engineer, you will contribute to test maturity by improving test coverage, supporting automation, sharing QA best practices with peers, and helping the team deliver reliable and maintainable software solutions.

What do we want to know about you?

You must have below key skills or responsibilities:

1) Quality Strategy & Test Planning

• Understand feature scope and identify quality risks, dependencies, and test coverage needs early.
• Contribute to test strategy, scope, and risk-based coverage across functional, integration, and end-to-end workflows.
• Create and maintain test plans, entry/exit criteria, and traceability from requirements to tests and defects.
• Provide realistic test effort inputs and highlight schedule or quality risks in a timely manner.

2) Test Design & Documentation

• Author clear, maintainable test cases for functional, regression, exploratory, edge case, and boundary-condition scenarios.
• Define and maintain test data, environmental prerequisites, and test evidence required for effective validation.
• Apply structured test design techniques such as equivalence partitioning, boundary value analysis, decision tables, and BDD/Gherkin where applicable.

3) Test Automation & Framework Contribution

• Develop and maintain automated tests for UI, API, and integration layers using the team’s automation framework.
• Implement reliable smoke, regression, and acceptance tests with maintainable locators, reusable utilities, and appropriate data strategies.
• Support CI/CD execution by analyzing automation failures, improving stability, and reducing flaky tests.
• Participate in reviews of test code and test design; follow automation standards and contribute improvements to the framework.

4) Test Execution & Quality Gates

• Execute functional, integration, regression, and release validation testing across assigned features and workflows.

• Support quality gates by providing accurate test status, defect trends, test evidence, and risk callouts before approvals.
• Maintain and execute smoke/sanity suites to support rapid validation and release confidence.

5) Defect Management & Root Cause Analysis

• Log and triage defects with precise reproduction steps, logs, screenshots, test data, and impact details for quick isolation.

• Work with developers, QA leads, and product owners to support severity/priority assessment and timely defect resolution.
• Participate in RCA discussions and help identify preventive actions such as test gaps, requirement clarifications, or additional monitoring needs.

6) Shift-Left Quality & CI/CD

• Support early quality activities by reviewing acceptance criteria, asking clarifying questions, and contributing to detailed impact analysis.

• Support test environment readiness, test data setup, and CI/CD-based automated validation where applicable.

7) Requirements & Risk Management

• Clarify functional and non-functional requirements; identify ambiguity, missing scenarios, and contradictions early.

• Test for Non-Functional Quality requirements  - Performance, Reliability, Security.
• Maintain requirements–test–defect traceability and support risk-based prioritization of testing activities.
• Validate operational scenarios aligned with TCOS domain use cases.

8) Collaboration & Ownership

• Actively participate in ceremonies such as backlog grooming, design reviews, test planning, defect triage, and release readiness discussions.

• Collaborate with architects, developers, QA leads, and product managers to improve testability, reliability, and quality outcomes.
• Share knowledge with peers and junior QA engineers; support team capability development in automation, exploratory testing, and analysis.

9) Communication & Stakeholder Management

• Provide clear quality updates including test progress, pass/fail status, defect trends, blockers, and release risks.

• Communicate release readiness inputs and escalate blockers with evidence-based rationale.
• Promote transparency in test approach, assumptions, tool usage, and trade-offs.

10) Innovation & Continuous Improvement

• Identify opportunities to improve testing efficiency, coverage, automation stability, and defect prevention.

• Help reduce flaky tests, improve suite execution value, and use exploratory testing charters where applicable.
• Maintain living documentation such as test cases, test strategy inputs, automation notes, runbooks, and knowledge-base articles.

 Qualifications and Requirements:

1. Education

• Master's or Bachelor's in Electrical & Electronics, Electronics and Telecommunication, Computer Science, Instrumentation, or equivalent

2. Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or in “STEM” Majors (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math)

• A minimum of 3 years of professional experience in both manual and automation testing for enterprise grade software products

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

• Knowledge in both API based automation and UI automation using tools like Robot framework / Eggplant/ Ranorex / Selenium - desired

• Expert in either one of scripting language or tools : Python – desired, Javascript or others

• Expert in creating and maintaining standard automation frameworks - desired

• Working knowledge of CI/CD to support continuous automation and deployment process

• Experience driving quality through process, instrumentation, requirements and testing

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

• Experience working within an Agile/Scrum environment.

• Exposure to tools like Jenkins, Rally, Azure Dev-Ops etc and should have experience in writing SQL queries and relation databases.

• Experience working in Linux/Unix/QNX and Windows environments.

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

• ISTQB Test Analyst OR equivalent test certification desired

• Having the knowledge of Rail Road industry is a plus

• Having the knowledge of any CAD System is a plus

3. Methodologies

• Agile Scrum experience

4. Personal Qualities

• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Ownership mentality and focus on high-quality delivery

5. Desired Attributes

• Experience with modern software tooling
• Demonstrate basic knowledge of AI principles, LLM models

We would love it if you had:

Business Acumen:

• Understand large-scale distributed application infrastructure
• Awareness of industry trends and competitors

Personal Attributes:

• Thorough problem analysis before implementation
• Identify and propose innovative solutions
• Initiative to experiment with new software frameworks
• Adaptability to changing environments and requirements
• Quick pivoting when necessary
• Responsive to coaching and seeks diverse information sources

What will your typical day look like?

• Standup Meeting: Participating in a brief daily standup meeting with the development/test team to discuss progress, blockers, and plans for the day.
• Test Planning, Design and Execution: Spending a significant portion of the day reviewing requirements, designing test scenarios, creating or updating test cases, executing manual and automated tests, analyzing results, and validating fixes to ensure high‑quality feature delivery.
• Documentation: Updating QA documentation such as test plans, test cases, defect reports, test evidence, and internal QA wikis to ensure clarity, traceability, and maintainability across the team.
• Continuous Integration and Quality Monitoring: Monitoring automated test runs in the CI pipeline, reviewing failures, stabilizing flaky tests, and collaborating with developers to maintain smooth and reliable software releases.
• Learning and Skill Development: Dedicating time to learning new testing tools, automation frameworks, QA best practices, or domain‑specific knowledge to stay up‑to‑date with industry trends and continuously improve personal and team capabilities.

Our Commitment to Embrace Diversity:

Wabtec is a global company that invests not just in our products, but also our people by embracing diversity and inclusion. We care about our relationships with our employees and take pride in celebrating the variety of experiences, expertise, and backgrounds that bring us together. At Wabtec, we aspire to create a place where we all belong and where diversity is welcomed and appreciated.   

To fulfill that commitment, we rely on a culture of leadership, diversity, and inclusion. We aim to employ the world’s brightest minds to help us create a limitless source of ideas and opportunities. We have created a space where everyone is given the opportunity to contribute based on their individual experiences and perspectives and recognize that these differences and diverse perspectives make us better.

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.

Additional Information

What could you accomplish in a place that puts People First?

At Wabtec, it’s not just about a job - it’s about the impact you make. When our people come together, we’re Expanding the Possible by continuously improving what we do and how we do it - for our clients and each other.

If you’re ready to revolutionize how the world moves for future generations, Wabtec is the place for you.
 

Who are we?

Wabtec is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions, and value-added services for the freight and transit rail sectors. Drawing on more than 150 years of experience, we are leading the way in safety, efficiency, reliability, innovation, and productivity. Whether it’s freight, transit, ports, logistics, mining, industrial, or marine, our expertise, technologies, and people together – are accelerating the future of transportation. With roots that date back to George Westinghouse, Thomas Edison, and Louis Faiveley, Wabtec has always built technologies and implemented solutions for a variety of sectors that are critical to meeting the needs of customers and governments alike.

Our global team of about 30,000 employees worldwide delivers performance that moves the world forward. We’re lifelong learners, obsessed with better. Learn more at www.WabtecCorp.com.

Culture powers us and the possibilities.

We believe the best ideas come from a mix of experiences and backgrounds. At Wabtec, we strive every day to create a place where everyone belongs. We’re building a culture where leadership, inclusion and your unique perspective fuel progress.

We’re proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We welcome talent of all backgrounds, experiences, and identities, including race, gender, age, disability, veteran status and more.

Need accommodation? Just let us know - we’ve got you.