Software Test Automation Engineer

Trane Technologies; Chennai District; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Inclusive wellbeing program

Learning and development reimbursement

Employee Resource Groups

Volunteer time off

Helping Hands Fund

Job summary

Trane Technologies is seeking a Software Test Engineer to join our Chennai team. You will validate deployments, design automated tests, and collaborate with engineering and DevOps to ensure reliable production releases.

Ideal candidates will have 3+ years of QA experience, strong Python/Cypress automation, and exposure to AWS and IaC tools like Terraform. On-site work, with a focus on data-stream testing for IoT integrations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electronics, Communication, Electrical, controls Engineering, or a related field.
• 3+ years of proven experience as a Software Test Engineer / QA Engineer
• Strong experience in: Test planning for cloud-native applications; Designing test cases including functional, edge, and negative scenarios
• Solid understanding of different testing levels: Unit testing, System testing, Integration testing, Load / performance testing, Security testing
• Hands‑on experience with test automation using Python, Cypress
• Exposure to AWS or other cloud platforms
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools (Terraform preferred)
• Strong communication skills with the ability to clearly articulate issues; Raise quality risks proactively

Responsibilities

• Validate that production deployments behave as intended and meet quality standards
• Ensure reliable execution of nightly integration, regression, and load tests
• Design, implement, and maintain automated test suites for new API integrations
• Collaborate closely with engineering, DevOps, and product teams to support frequent and successful production deployments
• Act as a quality champion for Data Streams, including: Automated monitoring of operational metrics, Detection of pipeline errors and failures, Proactive identification of system deficiencies
• Review and improve testing mechanisms for IoT integrations (e.g., Tridium, BACnet)
• Identify bottlenecks in existing test strategies and recommend improvements
• Research and adopt industry best practices for testing data-streaming technologies

Skills

Test planning

Test design

Test automation

Python

Cypress

AWS

IA C

GitLab CI

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

GitLab CI

Terraform

Job description

Be a part of our mission! As a world leader in creating comfortable, sustainable, and efficient climate solutions for buildings, homes and transportation, it's our responsibility to put the planet first. For us at Trane Technologies, and through our businesses including Trane® and Thermo King, sustainability is not just how we do business—it is our business. Do you dare to look at the world's challenges and see impactful possibilities? Do you want to contribute to making a better future? If the answer is yes, we invite you to consider joining us in boldly challenging what's possible for a sustainable world.

Learn about our benefits designed for you to Thrive at work and at home.

We boldly go.

Where Is The Work:

On-Site (5 days)

Thrive At Work And At Home:

• Inclusive Wellbeing Program, with resources to support your and your family’s physical, social, emotional, and financial well-being.
• Comprehensive learning and development solutions, designed to support our people in connecting and growing, including Higher education/Certification reimbursement.
• Sense of belonging & community through our Employee Resource Groups that foster our culture of inclusion.
• Volunteerism: 8 hours of paid time off per calendar year to volunteer with non-profit charitable organizations.
• The Trane Technologies Helping Hands Fund to support employees facing financial challenges due to unforeseen personal hardship.

Where Is The Work:

Standard Schedule – 5 days in office.

We value our employees’ ability to thrive both at work and at home through a work arrangement that supports collaboration, productivity, well‑being and flexibility.

• In-Office Days: Onsite Monday to Friday engaging with your colleagues.

What Will You Do:

• Validate that production deployments behave as intended and meet quality standards
• Ensure reliable execution of nightly integration, regression, and load tests
• Design, implement, and maintain automated test suites for new API integrations
• Collaborate closely with engineering, DevOps, and product teams to support frequent and successful production deployments
• Act as a quality champion for Data Streams, including:
  • Automated monitoring of operational metrics
  • Detection of pipeline errors and failures
  • Proactive identification of system deficiencies
• Review and improve testing mechanisms for IoT integrations (e.g., Tridium, BACnet)
• Identify bottlenecks in existing test strategies and recommend improvements
• Research and adopt industry best practices for testing data-streaming technologies

  What You Will Bring:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electronics, Communication, Electrical, controls Engineering, or a related field
  • 3+ years of proven experience as a Software Test Engineer / QA Engineer
  • Strong experience in:
    • Test planning for cloud-native applications
    • Designing test cases including functional, edge, and negative scenarios
  • Solid understanding of different testing levels:
    • Unit testing
    • System testing
    • Integration testing
    • Load / performance testing
    • Security testing
  • Hands‑on experience with test automation using Python, Cypress
  • Exposure to AWS or other cloud platforms
  • Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools (Terraform preferred)
  • Strong communication skills with the ability to:
    • Clearly articulate issues
    • Raise quality risks proactively

  Nice-to-Have Skills

  • End-to-end testing of IoT integrations, including messaging protocols like MQTT
  • Knowledge of DevOps practices, including:
    • Deployment strategies (e.g., canary deployments)
    • CI/CD pipelines
    • GitLab workflows
  • Understanding of microservices-based architectures
  • Familiarity with Building Management Systems (BMS)

  We offer competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits and programs. We are an equal opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, pregnancy, age, marital status, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any legally protected status.