Validation Engineer Energy Management
Location: Bengaluru, India
Job Type: Full-Time
Experience Level: Mid-Level (4-10 years preferred)
Job Summary
As a Validation Engineer in the Energy Management department, you will play a critical role in ensuring the quality and reliability of our embedded products used in Schneider Electrics energy management solutions. This includes both software and hardware components, with a strong emphasis on hands-on testing using advanced test benches and lab equipment.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and execute validation strategies, test plans, test cases, and test scripts based on product requirements and specifications.
- Perform Functional, Integration, Regression, Performance, and Compliance Testing of embedded products and energy management solutions.
- Design, develop, and maintain validation test benches and test setups for end-to-end product validation.
- Analyse test results, perform root cause analysis, and drive issue resolution with development teams.
- Knowledge of industrial communication protocols including Modbus, Zigbee, and other wired/wireless communication technologies.
- Collaborate with R&D, System Engineering, Product Management, and Quality teams to ensure compliance with product requirements and applicable standards.
- Strong JIRA management skills, including the ability to create, manage, and track issues, defects, and project tasks efficiently.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Electrical, Electronics, Instrumentation Engineering, or a related discipline.
- 5+ years of experience in product validation, system testing, or quality assurance within an R&D environment.
- Hands-on experience testing integrated systems (hardware + firmware + software)
- Strong understanding of:
- Functional, Regression, Integration, and Performance testing
- Black-box testing methodologies
- Strong understanding of power systems, energy metering, and communication protocols (Modbus, ZigBee etc.).
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
- Familiarity with embedded systems and firmware validation.
- Proficiency in test automation and scripting (Python, Robot framework or similar).
- Experience in product commissioning, system bring-up, configuration, and field validation activities for energy management solutions.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with Schneider Electric products or similar platforms.
- Experience with Schneider Electric?s test environments and tools.
- Exposure to IIoT systems, edge devices, and connected platforms
- Knowledge of developing and maintaining automated test scripts using Python and Robot Framework, integrating execution within DevOps pipelines.
- Knowledge of cybersecurity validation for energy systems.
- ISTQB or equivalent certification in software testing.