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You’ll be empowered to lead, supported to grow, and proud of the impact we create together.
At ABB, we help industries run leaner and cleaner—and every person here makes that happen. You’ll be empowered to lead, supported to grow, and proud of the impact we create together. Join us and help run what runs the world.
R&D Local Unit Lead
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Test Automation Engineer
We are looking for a Test Automation Engineer with strong system-level testing, test automation, and troubleshooting skills. The candidate should be able to design test strategies, build reusable test environments, and automate testing of complex systems involving Windows, Linux containers, embedded devices, virtualization, and networks.
Mandatory
Testing & Test Strategy
Strong knowledge of black-box, white-box, and gray-box testing
Functional, integration, system, end-to-end, regression, and non-functional testing
Test coverage, traceability, testability, and root-cause analysis
Ability to independently design system-level test strategies
System Test Environment
Experience designing complex, reusable test environments supporting multiple test scenarios
Ability to automate deployment, configuration, reset, and cleanup
Experience troubleshooting interactions between multiple software, hardware, and network components
Platforms & Infrastructure
Windows applications, services, installation, configuration, and diagnostics
Linux and containerized software, e.g. Docker/Podman
Virtual environments using Hyper-V, VMware, or equivalent
Multi-VM systems and virtual networking
Test Automation
BDD frameworks such as Reqnroll
RESTful API automation
UI/web automation such as Playwright
Reusable test libraries, test data, and configuration management
Debugging and maintaining automated tests
CI/CD
Creating and maintaining automated pipelines
Integrating automated tests into CI/CD
Test agent/runner deployment and distributed test execution
Artifact/test-result handling and pipeline troubleshooting
Communication
Fluent spoken and written English
Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills
Able to communicate technical problems clearly and work effectively with developers, testers, and architects
Highly Desired
Networking & Industrial Communication
Solid TCP/IP knowledge: TCP/UDP, IP addressing, DNS, routing, firewalls, etc.
Network troubleshooting and packet analysis, e.g. Wireshark
Experience with industrial protocols such as OPC UA, PROFINET, Modbus TCP, PROFIBUS, or IEC 61850
Programming & Scripting
C#
PowerShell
Git
JSON/YAML/XML
Command-line automation
Bonus
Cybersecurity
PKI, X.509 certificates, and TLS
Certificate chains, trust, and lifecycle management
Authentication, authorization, secure communication, and remote access
Azure DevOps
YAML pipelines
Test-agent deployment
Automated test execution
Test-result publishing and pipeline troubleshooting
AI-Assisted Testing
Test-case and test-data generation
Identifying missing/edge-case scenarios
Test automation development
Log and failure analysis
Embedded Product Test Experience
Embedded devices/hardware and hardware/software integration
Ideal Candidate
Windows + Linux containers + VMs + embedded devices + industrial networks
and independently understand the architecture, identify risks, design the test strategy and reusable environment, automate testing through CI/CD, and diagnose failures across system boundaries.
For this senior role, system-level engineering, test architecture, automation, and troubleshooting capability are more important than familiarity with any single tool or framework.
Building a cleaner, smarter future takes all kinds of minds: the curious, the courageous, and the creative. That's why we welcome people from all backgrounds and experiences.
Ready to make an impact?
Apply today or visit https://www.abb.com to learn more about the impact of our solutions across the globe.
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