Lead Engineer - Software Test

In This Role, Your Responsibilities Will Be:

• Leading quality assurance activities for desktop applications and connected device ecosystems, ensuring product quality, reliability, and performance.
• Defining and driving test strategies, test plans, and quality processes aligned with project objectives, technical requirements, and business goals.
• Reviewing and analyzing requirements, user stories, technical design documents, and specifications to identify test scenarios, quality risks, and coverage gaps early in the development lifecycle.
• Designing, developing, and maintaining comprehensive test artifacts, including test plans, test cases, test data, defect reports, traceability matrices, and execution reports.
• Mentoring and guiding automation engineers and junior QA team members, promoting best practices in testing, automation, and quality engineering.
• Designing, developing, and enhancing automation frameworks, reusable test assets, and automated test scripts to improve test efficiency and coverage.
• Executing and overseeing manual and automated testing activities across functional, integration, regression, system, end-to-end, and non-functional testing areas.
• Identifying, logging, tracking, and driving resolution of defects throughout the defect lifecycle while collaborating closely with development teams and stakeholders.
• Developing and executing non-functional test scenarios, including performance, reliability, usability, and security validation.
• Conducting test reviews, automation code reviews, and quality audits to ensure adherence to established testing standards and best practices.
• Monitoring and reporting quality metrics, test progress, defect trends, and release readiness to project stakeholders and management.
• Collaborating effectively with developers, product owners, architects, business analysts, and cross-functional teams to ensure comprehensive test coverage and successful product delivery.
• Supporting CI/CD practices by integrating automated tests into build and deployment pipelines to enable continuous testing and faster feedback cycles.
• Driving continuous improvement initiatives by identifying opportunities to enhance testing methodologies, automation capabilities, tools, and quality processes.
• Contributing to release planning, risk assessment, and go-live activities to ensure successful and high-quality software delivery

Who You Are:

• B.E/B. Tech or M. Tech in Computer Science, Information Technology or a related Engineering discipline..
• Should have demonstrated ability in Software testing and very strong experience in automation testing.

For This Role, You Will Need:

• Minimum 8-10 years of hands-on experience with automation scripting tools like Selenium, Cypress, Playwright would be preferred etc.
• Working knowledge of any scripting or programming language. Working Experience with Python or C# would be preferred.
• Working knowledge with Jenkins, Git, Azure DevOps
• Should be familiar with defect tracking tools
• Should be familiar with VMWare / vSphere / HyperV
• Exposure to AI-assisted development tools
• Experience with application deployment using CI/CD in DevOps environment like Jenkins, Azure

Preferred Qualifications That Set You Apart:

Our Culture & Commitment to You:

• At Emerson, we prioritize a workplace where every employee is valued, respected, and empowered to grow. We foster an environment that encourages innovation, collaboration, and diverse perspectives-because we know that great ideas come from great teams. Our commitment to ongoing career development and growing an inclusive culture ensures you have the support to thrive. Whether through mentorship, training, or leadership opportunities, we invest in your success so you can make a lasting impact. We believe diverse teams working together are key to driving growth and delivering business results.

• We recognize the importance of employee wellbeing. We prioritize providing competitive benefits plans, a variety of medical insurance plans, Employee Assistance Program, employee resource groups, recognition, and much more. Our culture offers flexible time off plans, including paid parental leave (maternal and paternal), vacation and holiday leave.