PLM Teamcenter QA lead

Cerebra; Pune District, Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,600,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Cerebra is seeking an experienced Teamcenter QA Lead / Test Manager to drive quality assurance for Siemens Teamcenter PLM deployments, upgrades, and integrations. You will lead QA teams, define acceptance criteria, and coordinate end-to-end testing across environments.

The ideal candidate has hands-on experience with functional/integration testing, test automation strategy, and strong collaboration with stakeholders to ensure release readiness and quality metrics.

Qualifications

• Experience leading QA teams on Teamcenter PLM projects.
• Strong knowledge of QA lifecycles, testing types, and quality metrics.
• Ability to define test strategy, estimation, and governance.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the QA strategy for Teamcenter implementations and upgrades.
• Lead Functional, SIT, Regression, UAT, E2E, and Production Validation testing.
• Manage testing lifecycle including planning, estimation, execution, and release sign-off.
• Develop and maintain test automation strategy and frameworks.

Skills

Teamcenter PLM

QA Leadership

Functional Testing

Test Automation

CI/CD

API & Integration Testing

REST/SOAP APIs

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering

Tools

Selenium

Playwright

UFT

TestNG

JUnit

Job description

Role & responsibilities

Job Description: Teamcenter QA Lead / Test Manager

Role: Teamcenter QA Lead / Test Manager
Experience: 1015 years
Domain: Siemens Teamcenter PLM

Job Summary

We are looking for an experienced Teamcenter QA Lead / Test Manager to lead quality assurance activities for Siemens Teamcenter PLM implementations, enhancements, upgrades, integrations, and support releases. The ideal candidate should have strong PLM domain knowledge, expertise in functional and integration testing, test automation strategy, and experience managing QA teams and end-to-end testing lifecycles.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and execute the overall QA strategy for Teamcenter implementations, enhancements, upgrades, and support releases.
• Lead Functional Testing, System Integration Testing (SIT), Regression Testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), End-to-End Testing, and Production Validation.
• Manage the complete testing lifecycle, including test planning, estimation, execution, reporting, quality gates, and release sign-off.
• Develop and maintain the Teamcenter test automation strategy, roadmap, and reusable automation frameworks.
• Improve automation coverage for critical PLM business processes and integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, PLM architects, developers, and product teams to define requirements, acceptance criteria, and test scenarios.
• Drive defect triage, root cause analysis, prioritization, resolution tracking, and defect leakage prevention.
• Define test data strategies and coordinate test environment readiness across development, QA, staging, and production environments.
• Validate integrations between Teamcenter and enterprise systems, including SAP, ERP, MES, CAD applications, middleware, and APIs.
• Manage release readiness reviews and communicate quality metrics, risks, dependencies, and recommendations to stakeholders.
• Lead, mentor, and develop QA leads, automation engineers, and functional testing teams.
• Drive continuous improvement in testing processes, automation adoption, test coverage, and overall delivery quality.

Required Technical Skills

Teamcenter PLM

• Strong understanding of Siemens Teamcenter architecture and core PLM modules.
• Experience with Product Structure Management, BOM Management, Change Management, Workflow Management, Lifecycle Management, Configuration Management, and Release Management.
• Knowledge of Teamcenter Active Workspace (AWC) and associated user workflows.
• Experience with CAD integrations such as Siemens NX, PTC Creo, CATIA, or AutoCAD.
• Understanding of PLM business processes and enterprise release controls.

Testing and Quality Engineering

• Strong experience in Functional Testing, SIT, UAT, E2E Testing, Regression Testing, and Production Validation.
• Expertise in test strategy, planning, estimation, execution governance, and sign-off.
• Experience with risk-based testing, requirements traceability, test coverage, and release validation.
• Strong understanding of SDLC, STLC, Agile/Scrum, defect management, and quality metrics.

Test Automation

• Experience defining and managing automation frameworks and test automation roadmaps.
• Exposure to Selenium, Playwright, UFT, TestNG, JUnit, or comparable automation tools.
• Experience automating Teamcenter web applications and Active Workspace.
• Knowledge of API automation, service testing, and integration validation.
• Experience integrating automation with Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, GitLab, or similar CI/CD platforms.

PLM Integration Testing

• Experience validating Teamcenter integrations with SAP, ERP, MES, CAD systems, and middleware platforms.
• Understanding of REST/SOAP APIs, interface validation, data synchronization, error handling, and data reconciliation.

Leadership and Soft Skills

• Proven experience leading QA teams and coordinating cross-functional delivery.
• Strong stakeholder management, analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple releases, competing priorities, and delivery risks.
• Experience mentoring team members and driving continuous quality improvement.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Experience in enterprise PLM implementation, migration, upgrade, and support projects.
• Exposure to large-scale Teamcenter deployments and distributed QA teams.