Senior Software Test Engineer – PLCs, Automation & CI/CD

ASEM S.r.l.; Verona; Hybrid; EUR 38,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Volunteer time off after 6 months

Volunteer/donation matching program

Digital course library access

Mindfulness program with Calm

Job summary

ASEM S.r.l. seeks a Senior Software Test Engineer to drive testing strategy for FactoryTalk Optix and act as a Test Lead across global teams. You will own test infrastructure, coordinate hardware and PLC-based environments, and advance the test automation framework using Python and Squish.

The role requires deep hands-on hardware experience, strong leadership, and collaboration with developers, architects, and product managers in Verona, with a hybrid work schedule.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Define and guide the test strategy for the product across functional, integration, system, and performance testing
• Be a Test Lead, coordinating testing activities within the team and across global teams
• Mentor other test engineers, promoting technical growth and best practices
• Represent testing in architectural discussions, design reviews, and release planning
• Identify inefficiencies in the testing process and lead improvement projects
• 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 reflecting real industrial scenarios
• Ensure reliability, scalability, and reproducibility of hardware-based test setups
• Guide evolution of the test automation framework (Python, Squish)
• Lead integration of automated tests in the CI/CD pipeline
• Define quality gates and metrics to support release decisions
• Collaborate with developers, architects, product managers, and global teams to ensure product quality
• Support requirements analysis and contribute to architectural decisions from a testability perspective
• Communicate testing status, risks, and quality metrics to partners

Skills

Test strategy design

Test lead / leadership

Python programming

CI/CD pipelines

Agile/Scrum/SAFe

PLCs and industrial hardware

VMware virtualization

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent

Tools

Squish

VMware

Job description

ASEM S.r.l. seeks a Senior Software Test Engineer to drive testing strategy for FactoryTalk Optix and act as a Test Lead across global teams. You will own test infrastructure, coordinate hardware and PLC-based environments, and advance the test automation framework using Python and Squish.

The role requires deep hands-on hardware experience, strong leadership, and collaboration with developers, architects, and product managers in Verona, with a hybrid work schedule.