End-to-End OT & Automation QA Lead

A.P. Moller - Maersk; Den Haag; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training culture

Global exposure

Job summary

APM Terminals QA Engineer role focuses on supporting, coordinating, executing, documenting, and reporting quality assurance activities for automation products and OT deployments. The position emphasizes end-to-end testing, evidence management, and readiness validation across project lifecycles.

Working with product managers, deployment leads, engineers, OT specialists, and suppliers, you will ensure test results and defects are clearly communicated and resolved.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Automation Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Mechatronics, Systems Engineering, Quality Management, or related discipline, or equivalent relevant professional experience.
• Professional experience in quality assurance, system testing, product validation, commissioning, industrial automation, operational technology (OT), or other complex industrial technology environments.
• Strong understanding of automation equipment, control systems, system integrations, software and firmware releases, commissioning activities, and live operational environments.
• Experience creating and executing structured test cases, managing test evidence, maintaining traceability, and supporting defect management throughout the testing lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Plan, prepare, coordinate, execute, document, and report testing activities across product development, deployment, commissioning, go-live, and stabilization phases.
• Review business, operational, technical, interface, and safety requirements to ensure completeness, traceability, and testability.
• Develop and maintain test conditions, test cases, scripts, test data requirements, acceptance criteria, and requirement-to-test traceability.
• Execute and support a range of testing activities including FAT, SAT, integration, interface, operational scenario, user acceptance, regression, performance, resilience, recovery, and operational readiness testing.
• Manage defects through identification, classification, tracking, retesting, closure, trend analysis, root cause investigation, and stakeholder escalation where required.
• Review supplier test documentation, release evidence, defect resolution activities, and quality records to ensure compliance with agreed requirements.
• Support readiness reviews, quality reporting, go-live assessments, operational handovers, and continuous improvement initiatives across automation and OT deployments.

Skills

Test planning

Defect management

Cross-functional collaboration

English proficiency

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Automation Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Mechatronics, Systems Engineering, Quality Management, or related discipline

Tools

Jira

Xray

Job description

APM Terminals QA Engineer role focuses on supporting, coordinating, executing, documenting, and reporting quality assurance activities for automation products and OT deployments. The position emphasizes end-to-end testing, evidence management, and readiness validation across project lifecycles.

Working with product managers, deployment leads, engineers, OT specialists, and suppliers, you will ensure test results and defects are clearly communicated and resolved.