Systems QA Engineer – Electromechanical Automation

Wabash - IT Solutions; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Wabash - IT Solutions is seeking a highly analytical Quality Assurance Engineer to validate complex electromechanical automation systems used in rail technology environments. This role emphasizes systems-level quality engineering, performance verification, root cause analysis, and driving measurable improvements in quality, reliability, safety, and efficiency.

You will develop and execute test plans, perform comprehensive testing across hardware, software, sensors, actuators, and AI-enabled

Qualifications

• Requires a technical bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• Experience in quality engineering, systems testing, or automation.
• Ability to read electrical schematics and troubleshoot electromechanical systems.
• Experience with root cause analysis and data-driven decision making.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute test plans, test cases, validation procedures, and acceptance criteria for integrated electromechanical automation systems.
• Perform functional, integration, regression, system, and failure testing across hardware, software, sensors, actuators, controls, and AI-enabled functions.
• Identify, reproduce, document, and track defects through resolution and confirm corrective actions address the underlying root cause.
• Troubleshoot electrical and electromechanical issues using schematics, measurements, system data, and structured diagnostic methods.
• Analyze defect, failure, performance, and operational data to identify trends, recurring issues, and improvement opportunities.
• Apply structured problem-solving methods including root cause analysis, 5 Whys, Pareto analysis, FMEA, DMAIC, and corrective/preventive action.
• Evaluate manual and automated processes for opportunities to improve safety, quality, throughput, consistency, reliability, and cost.
• Quantify improvement and automation opportunities using metrics such as cycle time, labor utilization, defect reduction, and throughput.
• Evaluate interactions between electrical, mechanical, software, controls, and physical process variables.
• Collaborate with electrical, mechanical, software, AI, DevSecOps, quality, and operations teams to resolve complex system issues.
• Create clear technical documentation, including test results, defect reports, investigation summaries, quality records, and improvement recommendations.

Skills

Test planning

Root cause analysis

Data analysis

Systems thinking

Communication

Debugging

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

Excel

SQL

Python

MATLAB

Job description

Wabash - IT Solutions is seeking a highly analytical Quality Assurance Engineer to validate complex electromechanical automation systems used in rail technology environments. This role emphasizes systems-level quality engineering, performance verification, root cause analysis, and driving measurable improvements in quality, reliability, safety, and efficiency.

You will develop and execute test plans, perform comprehensive testing across hardware, software, sensors, actuators, and AI-enabled