DevOps Engineer

Alstom; Stockholms kommun; On-site; SEK 700,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Alstom in Sweden is seeking a Senior Devops Engineer to join Verification & Validation, focusing on test automation for safety-critical railway systems. You will develop test frameworks and automate sub-system and system tests across Interlocking, Radio Block Site, and Local Control Centre.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to shape testing strategies, maintain the virtual test bench, and advance automation aligned with our V&V roadmap.

Qualifications

• Education in Engineering or senior work experience in V&V and/or automation.
• Advanced level of system V&V methods and strong understanding of automatic testing involving Hardware and Software
• Experience in building and validating sub- and system test setups
• Experience defining and implementing V&V strategies across multiple integration levels
• Experience with Python scripting and log analysis
• Experience with Bash scripting and log analysis
• Experience in test automation
• Experience with safety critical (SIL4 classification) is an advantage
• Analytical, self-driven, and detail-oriented mindset
• Strong communication skills and the ability to challenge and validate decisions
• Proactive, dedicated, and solution-oriented approach

Responsibilities

• Serve as a reference point for test frameworks and define next steps with test product owners.
• Define and maintain the virtual test bench and automation solutions to support the V&V strategy.
• Work with multidisciplinary teams to define strategies, perform verification activities, and ensure robust test environments.
• Drive improvements for automatic test environments and evaluate new solutions across the V&V domain

Skills

Python scripting

Bash scripting

Test automation

V&V strategies

Log analysis

Strong communication

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

Test frameworks

Automation frameworks

Job description

Req ID: 522516 At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, more than 80 000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.

Could you be the full-time Senior Devops Engineer we’re looking for?

Your future role

Take on a new challenge and apply your expertise within Development Operations and test automation on safety critical and complex railway systems. As a devOps engineer within Verification & Validation you will support us continuing building and further develop our test frameworks and test automation solutions of our Trackside products. The products range all the way from the Interlocking and Radio Block Site to the Local Control Centre and object controllers. With test automation solutions both on a sub-system level and on system level.

You’ll act as an reference point when it comes to our test frameworks and define the next steps of them together with the other test product owners. You’ll be responsible to act as a support function, defining and maintaining the virtual test bench and automation solution in order to fulfill our automation- and V&V strategy.

Day-to-day, you’ll work closely with multidisciplinary teams and define strategies, perform verification activities, and ensure robust performance and development of our automatic test environment.

We’ll look to you for:

• Drive improvements for developing our automatic test environment.
• Define automatic test strategy across our different sub-system and system level tests,
• Support in fault tracing the automatic test environment.
• Co-operate with other departments to align test activities.
• Continuously improve our test bench setup and evaluate new solutions.
• Support in automation initiatives across V&V domain

All About You

We value passion and attitude over experience. That’s why we don’t expect you to have every single skill. Instead, we’ve listed some that we think will help you succeed and grow in this role:

• Education in Engineering or senior work experience in V&V and/or automation.
• Advanced level of system V&V methods and strong understanding of automatic testing involving Hardware and Software
• Experience in building and validating sub- and system test setups
• Experience defining and implementing V&V strategies across multiple integration levels
• Experience with Python scripting and log analysis
• Experience with Bash scripting and log analysis
• Experience in test automation
• Experience with safety critical (SIL4 classification) is an advantage
• Analytical, self-driven, and detail-oriented mindset
• Strong communication skills and the ability to challenge and validate decisions
• Proactive, dedicated, and solution-oriented approach

You don’t need to be a train enthusiast to thrive with us. We guarantee that when you step onto one of our trains with your friends or family, you’ll be proud. If you’re up for the challenge, we’d love to hear from you!

Important to note

As a global business, we’re an equal-opportunity employer that celebrates diversity across the 63 countries we operate in. We’re committed to creating an inclusive workplace for everyone.