Vanderlande—Test / Integration Engineer I

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Description: Job Title Test / Integration Engineer I Job Description Test Integration Engineer I | Pune, India | Full-time If you are an experienced testing and integration professional who enjoys leading complex system validation activities and working directly with customers and multidisciplinary engineering teams, this is an opportunity to play a key role in delivering Vanderlande’s advanced automation solutions. Your Role As a Test Integration Engineer I, you will provide functional leadership for testing activities across the project lifecycle. You will own the overall testing strategy, coordinate multidisciplinary engineering teams, lead customer test workshops, and ensure the system is ready for successful acceptance. You will work closely with Project Leaders, Engineering teams, customers, and other stakeholders to ensure that testing activities are effectively planned, executed, and aligned with project requirements. What you will do / Key Responsibilities Test Strategy & Project Ownership • Own and drive the testing strategy across the project lifecycle. • Define and manage test approaches, test plans, test readiness criteria, and acceptance criteria. • Ensure testing activities are aligned with project requirements, system specifications, and customer expectations. • Lead operational scenario validation to ensure the system performs effectively under realistic operating conditions. • Approve test readiness and ensure required prerequisites are in place before testing activities commence. • Lead and coordinate FAT, IHT, SFT, SAT, and other system acceptance activities as applicable. • Monitor overall testing progress and provide clear reporting to project leadership. Customer & Stakeholder Management • Lead customer test workshops and facilitate technical discussions related to system testing and acceptance. • Act as the key testing interface between the customer and internal engineering teams. • Present test results, issues, risks, and mitigation plans to relevant stakeholders. • Manage expectations and ensure alignment between customer requirements and testing outcomes. • Participate in engineering discussions, design reviews, and system-level technical meetings. Multidisciplinary Integration • Coordinate testing activities across software, controls, electrical, mechanical, simulation, and other engineering disciplines. • Drive system integration activities and ensure interfaces between disciplines are properly validated. • Coordinate resolution of complex cross-disciplinary defects and technical issues. • Guide Test Integration Engineers and provide functional leadership to the testing team. • Support and mentor junior engineers and promote consistent testing practices. Risk Management & Continuous Improvement • Identify testing-related project risks and support the development of mitigation and contingency plans. • Drive defect investigations and ensure critical issues are followed through to resolution. • Identify opportunities to improve testing processes, tools, methodologies, and system validation. • Promote standardisation and reuse of test procedures and best practices across projects. • Ensure complete and accurate test documentation and project handover deliverables. What you bring • B.E. / B.Tech in Electronics, Instrumentation, Electrical, E&TC, or Computer Engineering. • 5+ years of relevant experience in system integration, software testing, system testing, or a related engineering environment, with demonstrated experience in a testing or integration lead role. • Strong understanding of software testing and development life cycles, including V-Model, CMMI, Agile, and test processes. • Strong hands-on experience with Polarion, Jira, Oracle PL/SQL, and Unix. • Strong experience in developing and reviewing test strategies, test plans, test cases, integration plans, system designs, and acceptance criteria. • Proven ability to lead testing activities across multidisciplinary engineering teams. • Strong customer-facing and stakeholder management skills. • Excellent communication, facilitation, analytical, and problem-solving skills. • Experience in leading defect investigations and technical issue resolution. • Strong ownership, leadership, and mentoring capabilities. • Willingness to travel extensively and support customer projects based on business requirements. • Knowledge of airport baggage handling, material handling, distribution systems, PLC, and SCADA is highly advantageous. • Previous experience in airport automation or a similar complex automation environment is an advantage. About Vanderlande Vanderlande makes automated systems that handle baggage at airports and sort parcels in logistics networks around the world. At airports, our technology manages the complete bag journey—from check-in and security screening through to the reclaim belt. In parcel logistics, our systems power the networks that get packages to customers’ doors. At Vanderlande, you will find the space to aspire, to grow, and to achieve something that matters, with people who bring out the best in each other. Website: www.vanderlande.com What we offer Working at Vanderlande comes with the support and space to grow, achieve, and enjoy the journey. Here is what that looks like in practice: • Competitive Salary Package • 30 days of annual leave (pro-rated from the start of the financial year), including: o 22 paid leave days o 8 sick/casual leave days o Applicable government holidays • Flexible and hybrid working model that promotes work-life balance • Access to Vanderlande Academy and a wide range of learning and development programs • Comprehensive medical insurance coverage, including parental coverage • Opportunities to participate in diverse Vanderlande communities, networks, and employee initiatives • Opportunity to collaborate globally with engineering and project teams How we work We work by three values: Every day better, We care, and Team play. In practice, this means we drive customer success, lead with transparency, celebrate what we achieve together, and do what we say. Ready to apply? Are you interested in this position? Apply directly via our careers page with your CV/Resume. Diversity & Inclusion Vanderlande is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status.