AVEVA is creating software trusted by over 90% of leading industrial companies.

R&D Principal Technologist, Product Test

Position: R&D Principal Technologist, Product Test
Location: Bangalore, India
Employment type: Full-time regular with flexible working options

The Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Software Test Engineer for AVEVA’s Core Services team. This position is responsible for ensuring product quality through hands-on testing, creation of detailed test plans and acceptance criteria, development and maintenance of automated tests, and overall leadership of QA activities throughout the software development lifecycle.

What You'll Do

Own the QA strategy and quality standards for the Scrum team, ensuring testing best practices are consistently applied. Advocate for quality across the team by promoting testability, automation, and continuous improvement.

Collaborate closely with Product Owners, Developers, and other stakeholders to clarify requirements and define high quality acceptance criteria for user stories.

Create comprehensive test plans, test cases, acceptance criteria, and supporting documentation for new features and enhancements.

Participate in backlog refinement and sprint planning to identify risks, dependencies, and testing needs early in the cycle.

Develop, maintain, and execute automated tests for UI, API, integration, regression, and performance scenarios.

Evaluate and optimize test automation frameworks to ensure reliability and efficiency.

Integrate automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines to enable continuous testing.

Perform manual exploratory, functional, integration, and regression testing as needed.

Essential Requirements:

Proven experience as a Software Test Engineer or QA Engineer within Agile/Scrum teams.

Strong expertise in writing test plans, acceptance criteria, and detailed test cases.

Hands-on experience developing automated tests using tools such as Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, JUnit, TestNG, or similar.

Working knowledge of CI/CD environments (e.g., Azure DevOps, Jenkins, GitHub Actions).

Solid understanding of software QA methodologies, tools, and processes.

Strong analytical skills and attention to detail with the ability to break down complex requirements

Desired Skills & Competencies:

Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related discipline.

Experience with cloud infrastructure or cloud-based application testing.

Experience with tools such as Visual Studio test frameworks, C#, PowerShell, Python, or API test automation tools.

Experience working in Agile/SCRUM environments.

Experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud)

Knowledge of RESTful APIs

Familiarity with communication protocols and technologies such as MQTT, OPC-UA, Modbus, Kafka, WebSockets or RabbitMQ

Interest in engineering or industrial automation

R&D at AVEVA

Our global team of 2000+ developers work on an incredibly diverse portfolio of over 75 industrial automation and engineering products, which cover everything from data management to 3D design. AI and cloud are at the centre of our strategy, and we have over 150 patents to our name.

Our track record of innovation is no fluke – it’s the result of a structured and deliberate focus on learning, collaboration and inclusivity. If you want to build applications that solve big problems, join us.

Find out more: aveva.com/en/about/careers/r-and-d-careers/

India Benefits include:

Gratuity, Medical and accidental insurance, very attractive leave entitlement, emergency leave days, childcare support, maternity, paternity and adoption leaves, education assistance program, home office set up support (for hybrid roles), well-being support

It’s possible we’re hiring for this position in multiple countries, in which case the above benefits apply to the primary location. Specific benefits vary by country, but our packages are similarly comprehensive.

Find out more: aveva.com/en/about/careers/benefits/

Hybrid working

By default, employees are expected to be in their local AVEVA office three days a week, but some positions are fully office-based. Roles supporting particular customers or markets are sometimes remote.

Hiring process

Interested? Great! Get started by submitting your cover letter and CV through our application portal. AVEVA is committed to recruiting and retaining people with disabilities. Please let us know in advance if you need reasonable support during your application process.

Find out more: aveva.com/en/about/careers/hiring-process

About AVEVA

AVEVA is a global leader in industrial software with more than 6,500 employees in over 40 countries. Our cutting-edge solutions are used by thousands of enterprises to deliver the essentials of life – such as energy, infrastructure, chemicals, and minerals – safely, efficiently, and more sustainably.

We are committed to embedding sustainability and inclusion into our operations, our culture, and our core business strategy. Learn more about how we are progressing against our ambitious 2030 targets: sustainability-report.aveva.com/

Find out more: aveva.com/en/about/careers/

AVEVA requires all successful applicants to undergo and pass a drug screening and comprehensive background check before they start employment. Background checks will be conducted in accordance with local laws and may, subject to those laws, include proof of educational attainment, employment history verification, proof of work authorization, criminal records, identity verification, credit check. Certain positions dealing with sensitive and/or third-party personal data may involve additional background check criteria.

AVEVA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to being an exemplary employer with an inclusive culture, developing a workplace environment where all our employees are treated with dignity and respect. We value diversity and the expertise that people from different backgrounds bring to our business. AVEVA provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities where appropriate. If you need reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify your recruiter. Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.

R&D Principal Technologist, Product Test

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