R&D Senior QA group Lead - EMS/GMS

Hitachi Vantara Corporation; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Energy in Bengaluru seeks a Quality Assurance Group Lead to head a distributed QA team across global locations. You will drive complex QA activities for EMS, GMS, and SCADA software, shaping testing strategy and ensuring high-quality deliveries to customer projects.

You will mentor staff, implement automated testing using modern tools (Playwright, NUnit, TestNG), and collaborate with PD teams using Agile methods to improve quality and customer satisfaction.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field.
• 10+ years of experience in quality assurance and testing.
• Experience with EMS/GMS and SCADA systems is preferred.
• Strong knowledge of test management tools and automation frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the quality group across global locations.
• Plan testing approaches for EMS, GMS, and SCADA applications.
• Design and develop functional and non-functional test cases.
• Create and execute test scripts; report testing progress and quality metrics.
• Create test plans and strategies for EMS/GMS/SCADA systems.
• Identify, track, and investigate issues; collaborate with PD team to verify fixes.
• Mentor colleagues in testing methodologies and software quality practices.
• Apply Agile practices and contribute to full product life cycle.

Skills

Team leadership

Quality assurance

Agile methodologies

Mentoring

Problem solving

Communication

Decision making

Power systems domain knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

Zephyr Scale

Jira

Azure DevOps

Visual Studio

NUnit

TestNG

Playwright

C#

Java

CoPilot

Job description

Job Description:

Hitachi Energy is seeking Quality Assurance Group lead to lead a team across different global locations, so come join us to be part of a global quality organization with offices in Bangalore (India), Houston (TX, USA), San Jose (CA., USA), Vasteras (Sweden) and Krakow (Poland). Under limited direction, you will lead the quality group, perform complex quality assurance assignments requiring diversified knowledge of power system applications, engineering and quality assurance practices to cost effectively accomplish the organization's goals and objectives. Proactively seek and implement initiatives to improve quality and increase customer satisfaction.

Your responsibilities

• Lead and manage the quality group and its testing efforts for software applications like Energy Management Systems (EMS), Generation Management systems (GMS) for electrical utilities.
• Use business requirements, solution designs and functional specifications to plan the testing approach and data creation activities required to ensure high quality deliveries to customer projects
• Design and develop the functional and non-functional use cases and test cases required to verify that business objectives and functional requirements are satisfied according to the test plan
• Effectively use test management tools to maintain and execute test scripts while also reporting testing progress and status.
• Create test plans and strategies for SCADA systems, and Energy /Generation Management systems (EMS/GMS) applications
• Effectively identify, track and investigate issues found during testing. Collaborate with PD team to replicate, fix and verify corrections while also providing testing verification progress. Provide feedback related to key challenges/product limitations uncovered during testing.
• Gain domain and solution knowledge to take responsibility for the full product life cycle development.
• Use Agile development methodologies that require active participation in all team’s duties.
• Create Automated test scripts, including developing in Application Programming Interface and User Interface code in addition to creating manual test scripts
• Living Hitachi’s core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues, and the business.
• Train and mentor others on how to test software and how to apply proven testing methodologies, improve software quality and reduce quality risks

Preferred experience:

• Experience in Energy, Generation Management Systems (EMS/GMS) & SCADA systems with proper understanding of network power applications like State Estimation, Network Modeling, Short Circuit Analysis, Fault location etc., will be preferred.
• Experience in Test Management tools like Zephyr Scale/Jira, Azure DevOps to maintain and execute test procedures is a must.
• Knowledge of QA testing principles and experience in building automated tests (using tools such as Visual Studio, NUnit, TestNG, Playwright) and using programming languages like C#, Java
• Knowledge and Certification in AI tools like CoPilot will be preferred. Your background
• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field and 10+ years of experience;
• Candidates must already have a work authorization that would permit them to work for Hitachi Energy.
• Ability to develop innovative solutions to problems and make decisions regarding quality matters that may significantly impact contracts
• Possess a diversified knowledge of engineering, electric utilities and related functions
• In-depth knowledge of quality assurance programs, procedures, and regulatory agency guidelines

Accessibility and reasonable accommodation

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Use of Al and automated tools in recruitment

As part of our recruitment process, Hitachi Energy uses digital and automated tools, including Al-supported solutions, to assist with activities such as application screening, job matching, and interview scheduling. These tools are designed to support our recruiters and do not replace human decision-making. Candidate data is processed in accordance with applicable data protection and employment laws as well as Hitachi's Global Data Privacy Notice.
Background Screening and Security Checks

As part of the hiring process, Hitachi Energy conducts pre-employment background checks that may include verification of employment history, education, criminal records, and other relevant information, in accordance with applicable laws.

For certain roles—particularly those involving access to sensitive information, financial responsibilities, client data, regulated environments, or security-sensitive functions—additional or more comprehensive background or security screenings may be required. This may include, but are not limited to, enhanced criminal history checks, credit history reviews (where legally permissible), sanctions screening, or other due diligence measures aligned with the responsibilities of the position.

The scope and depth of any background or security review will be determined based on the nature of the role and business necessity, and will always be conducted in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Candidates will be notified and, where required, asked to provide consent prior to the initiation of any such checks.