Lead Test Automation Engineer

Your role

Atlas Copco is a leading global Industrial Group having vision of "First in Mind, First in Choice". Our culture is founded on three core values of commitment, interaction and innovation. They guide us in everything we do and reflect how we behave internally and in our relationships with our stakeholders.

Digital Technology Practice at GECIA (Global Engineering Centre, India), part of Atlas Copco, is contributing significantly to vision of the Group by focusing on developing global talent, expanding portfolio and competence on futuristic competencies, driving Innovation and achieving operational excellence to drive customer success.

You will be expected to demonstrate a methodical and detailed approach towards end-to-end System Integration Testing, verification methodologies, quality assurance, and technical leadership. As a Lead Engineer, you will guide the testing team, define test strategies, ensure integration readiness across subsystems, and drive quality throughout the product validation lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities:

• End-to-End System Integration Testing
  • Define and drive system integration test strategy covering hardware, firmware, software, communication interfaces, devices, APIs, and connected subsystems.
  • Plan and execute integration test scenarios across complete product workflows, including system bring-up, subsystem interaction, regression, failure handling, and release validation.
  • Validate end-to-end behavior across embedded controllers, sensors, communication protocols, HMIs/tools, and cloud or backend integrations wherever applicable.
• Lead Engineer Responsibilities
  • Take technical ownership of test planning, estimation, execution approach, defect triage, test reporting, and release quality inputs.
  • Guide and mentor the testing team on test design, automation practices, integration testing approach, debugging methods, and quality standards.
  • Coordinate with embedded, software, hardware, DevOps, and product teams to ensure clear test scope, readiness, dependencies, and timely closure of issues.
• Test Planning, Automation, and Execution
  • Develop comprehensive test plans, integration test cases, test data, and acceptance criteria based on system requirements and product specifications.
  • Design, implement, and maintain automated test scripts, reusable test frameworks, and validation tools using Python and suitable automation technologies.
  • Execute manual and automated tests, analyze results, identify defects, support root-cause analysis, and ensure effective defect tracking and closure.
• Embedded Systems and Interface Validation
  • Perform embedded system, firmware, HIL/SIL, controller, sensor, and communication interface testing to ensure compliance with functional and system specifications.
  • Validate communication protocols and interfaces such as UART, SPI, I2C, CAN, Ethernet, Modbus, MQTT, or other product-specific protocols.
  • Support debugging using appropriate tools, logs, traces, simulators, test benches, measurement instruments, and hardware/software diagnostic methods.
• Quality Assurance and Continuous Improvement
  • Ensure adherence to test processes, software development standards, quality practices, documentation discipline, and release readiness expectations.
  • Improve test coverage, automation maturity, regression efficiency, CI/CD integration, defect prevention, and overall quality engineering practices.
  • Communicate test progress, risks, findings, quality metrics, and recommendations clearly to stakeholders and project teams.

To succeed, you will need

Education:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electronics / Software. 

Experience

• Minimum 8+ years of experience Embedded Systems testing, quality assurance, and end-to-end System Integration Testing.
• Proven experience with Python, with Automation Frameworks.
• Strong knowledge of embedded systems testing, integration testing, subsystem validation, defect analysis, and release quality assurance.

Technical Skills

• Proficiency in developing automated test scripts using Python.
• Experience with embedded system development/testing tools, integration test benches, simulators, HIL/SIL environments, and debugging instruments.
• Familiarity with communication protocols (e.g., UART, SPI, I2C, CAN).
• Knowledge of version control systems (e.g., Git, BitBucket).
• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and tools (e.g., Jenkins).

Soft Skills

• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to quality.
• Effective communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to guide a testing team, work independently, collaborate across functions, and take ownership of technical quality deliverables.

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In return, we offer

• An opportunity to work with 150 years old, leading global product company
• An opportunity where you are empowered to drive your own professional journey through research and development. 
• A challenging role focused on developing new systems with the help of advanced embedded technology. 
• Global exposure and opportunities through internal mobility
• Freedom and authority to act
• A culture where we care about each other and world around us
• Best in class total reward program covering Insurances, Higher Education, flexible work timing

Job location

 Hybrid
This role offers a hybrid working arrangement, allowing you to split your time between working remotely and being on-site at our Atlas Copco Group, GECIA in Pune, India.