Senior Software Test Engineer

Description

The company is a global technology leader in industrial automation, with more than 28,000 employees, and it serves manufacturers that make food, medicine, clean water and green mobility.

Founded in 1979, the ASEM unit works across industrial automation and test and measurement, offering industrial PCs, monitors, HMI, control, remote assistance and Industrial IoT gateways built on in-house hardware, firmware, software, mechanical and system design.

ASEM has been part of the company since 2020, and the parent group is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.

This role is Senior Software Test Engineer on FactoryTalk Optix, a modern visualization platform that supports scalable deployment and integration with industrial systems.

You will be the technical reference for testing, owning the test infrastructure, including hardware and PLC-based environments, setting best practices and guiding test engineers across global teams.

The role mixes deep technical testing knowledge, hands-on hardware and PLC work, and leadership in test strategy and execution.

You will report to the Test & Technical Project Manager. The schedule is hybrid, based in Verona, Italy.

Responsibilities

• Define and guide the product test strategy across functional, integration, system and performance testing.
• Lead testing activities within the team and across global teams as Test Lead.
• Mentor other test engineers to grow their skills and spread best practices.
• Represent testing in architecture discussions, design reviews and release planning.
• Find inefficiencies in the testing process and lead projects to fix them.
• Manage the test infrastructure, including hardware setups, lab environments and network configurations.
• Configure PLCs and industrial devices used for validation.
• Design and evolve end-to-end test environments that mirror real industrial scenarios.
• Make hardware-based test setups reliable, scalable and reproducible.
• Guide the evolution of the test automation framework built on Python and Squish.
• Make sure new and changed functionality has appropriate test coverage.
• Lead the integration of automated tests into the CI/CD pipeline.
• Define quality gates and metrics that support release decisions.
• Work with developers, architects, product managers and global teams to protect product quality.
• Support requirements analysis and contribute to architecture decisions from a testability perspective.
• Report testing status, risks and quality metrics to partners.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or an equivalent field.
• 7+ years of software testing experience, including automation.
• Experience designing and building test strategies for complex software products.
• Solid Python programming skills; familiarity with C++, C or.NET is a plus.
• Hands-on experience with PLCs and industrial hardware configuration.
• Experience managing test environments, including hardware, networks and virtualization (VMware).
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and test integration.
• Experience with Agile, Scrum and SAFe.
• Experience as a technical leader or test lead.
• English skills.
• Optional: direct experience in the industrial automation industry.
• Optional: experience testing HMI and visualization software.
• Optional: experience with distributed systems, scalability and performance testing.
• Optional: experience leading test teams.
• Optional: knowledge of modular software architecture and testability principles.
• Optional: experience with Squish or similar UI automation tools.

Conditions

Hybrid schedule, based in Verona, Italy.

Reports to the Test & Technical Project Manager.

The salary range is 37.600,00 to 56.400,00 EUR per year, including all bonuses.

The company encourages applications even if your experience does not match every listed qualification.

Equal opportunity: the company values a diverse and inclusive workforce.

Benefits

• Volunteer paid time off available after 6 months of employment for eligible employees.
• Volunteer hour and personal donation matching for eligible charities.
• On-demand digital course library for professional development.
• Mindfulness programs with a premium Calm membership.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Personalised wellbeing programs through the OnTrack program.
• Other local benefits.