Career Area:
Engineering
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Job Summary:
The Lead Verification and Validation Engineer contributes to testing of HMI application and various other tools for Solar Turbine. This position requires experience applying Python and selenium technologies for automation and good system understanding
What You Will Do:
- Collaborate with a team of developers and testers to create valid quality gates
- Collaborate with testing team to create automation scripts in python
- Maintain the test plan suite in Azure Devops and track the testing activities
- Collaborate with testers in India and Onsite to complete the validation activities
- Improve the automation coverage to reduce the manual effort
- Review code and coach team to ensure required coding standards are maintained.
- Maintain the automation suite and look for upgrades in case of vulnerabilities
- Work with testers to recreate the field issue/defects in the lab setup
- Maintain the test setup and support the development team for their testing need
- Test and update web applications so that they can be used on all web browsers
- Work with the Leads to create product plans, resource and scope estimates and feature technical specifications
BACKGROUND/ EXPERIENCE
- 5+ years of professional experience in Python, Selenium for desktop and web application testing with automation and manual procedures
- Experience developing applications with Agile team methodologies preferred.
- Highly proficient in Selenium, Pywin, Pytest modules and Unit test framework
- Proficient in using Git as a control system
Required Skills
- Strong Experience in Python, Selenium, Pywinauto, Unit test framework
- Experience developing applications with Agile team methodologies preferred.
- Highly proficient in both automation and manual testing
- Proficient in using Git as a control system
Desired Skills:
- Good business application design skills.
- Good communications and interpersonal skills.
- Good debugging skills.
- Experience at creating technical project Documentation and task time estimates.
What You Have:
Products and Services: Knowledge of major products and services and product and service groups; ability to apply knowledge of product and service appropriately to diverse situations.
Level Working Knowledge:
- Obtains information about product and service linkages with other products and services elsewhere in organization.
- Researches the target market and how the product and services are sold and delivered.
- Explains current status, delivery alternatives and announced updates to products and services.
- Summarizes key features of major products or services in own unit.
- Assesses own unit's product alternatives, costs, and pricing.
Standard Operating Procedures: Knowledge of established standard operating procedures (SOP); ability to design, implement and evaluate standard operating procedures affecting daily and strategic business operations in order to increase operational efficiency.
Level Working Knowledge:
- Adjusts SOPs according to changes in organizational and industry procedures.
- Tracks deviations from and modifications to existing SOPs in business operations.
- Ensures compliance with industry standards, regulations and policies.
- Assists in establishing a standard operating procedure based on workflow and environment review.
- Reviews the efficiency of standard operating procedures in terms of performance improvement.
Accuracy and Attention to Detail: Understanding the necessity and value of accuracy; ability to complete tasks with high levels of precision.
Level Working Knowledge:
- Accurately gauges the impact and cost of errors, omissions, and oversights.
- Utilizes specific approaches and tools for checking and cross-checking outputs.
- Processes limited amounts of detailed information with good accuracy.
- Learns from mistakes and applies lessons learned.
- Develops and uses checklists to ensure that information goes out error-free.
Analytical Thinking: Knowledge of techniques and tools that promote effective analysis; ability to determine the root cause of organizational problems and create alternative solutions that resolve these problems.
Level Working Knowledge:
- Approaches a situation or problem by defining the problem or issue and determining its significance.
- Makes a systematic comparison of two or more alternative solutions.
- Uses flow charts, Pareto charts, fish diagrams, etc. to disclose meaningful data patterns.
- Identifies the major forces, events and people impacting and impacted by the situation at hand.
- Uses logic and intuition to make inferences about the meaning of the data and arrive at conclusions.
Effective Communications: Understanding of effective communication concepts, tools and techniques; ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors.
Level Working Knowledge:
- Delivers helpful feedback that focuses on behaviors without offending the recipient.
- Listens to feedback without defensiveness and uses it for own communication effectiveness.
- Makes oral presentations and writes reports needed for own work.
- Avoids technical jargon when inappropriate.
- Looks for and considers non-verbal cues from individuals and groups.
Technical Excellence: Knowledge of a given technology and various application methods; ability to develop and provide solutions to significant technical challenges.
Level Working Knowledge:
- Provides effective technical solutions to routine functional challenges via sound technical competence, effectively examining implications of events and issues.
- Effectively performs the technical job aspects, continuously building knowledge and keeping up-to-date on technical and procedural job components.
- Applies technical operating and project standards based on achieving excellence in delivered products, technologies and services.
- Applies current procedures and technologies to help resolve technical issues in one's general area of technical competence.
- Helps others solve technical or procedural problems or issues.
Electronics Engineering - HTH: Knowledge of electronics engineering; ability to design, test and manufacture electronic circuits, components and devices.
Level Working Knowledge:
- Researches considerations and tools used for converting schematics to layouts.
- Works with engineering electronic components or devices.
- Constructs circuit schematics; explains the interconnections between all electrical components.
- Addresses common issues and considerations in manufacturing electronic products.
- Implements processes and activities associated with the design and testing of electronic circuits.
Product Testing: Knowledge of product testing approaches, techniques and tools; ability to design, plan and execute testing strategies and tactics to ensure product quality at all stages of manufacturing.
Level Working Knowledge:
- Documents test process and results; prepares and analyzes defect-tracking reports.
- Summarizes features of a specific product-testing process and associated procedures.
- Tests components for compliance with functional requirements and established conventions.
- Discusses and compares usability, safety and integration testing.
- Develops product-testing procedures; participates in selecting testing environment and tools.
Caterpillar is not currently hiring individuals for this position who now or in the future require sponsorship for employment visa status; however, as a global company, Caterpillar offers many job opportunities outside of India which can be found through our employment website at www.caterpillar.com/careers.
What You Will Get:
Our goal at Caterpillar is for you to have a rewarding career. Our teams are critical to the success of our customers who build a better world. Here you earn more than just wage, because we value your performance, we offer a total rewards package that provides day one benefits along with the potential of a variable bonus. Additional benefits include paid annual leave, flexi leave, medical and insurance (prorated based upon hire date).
Final Details:
Please frequently check the email associated with your application, including the junk/spam folder, as this is the primary correspondence method. If you wish to know the status of your application – please use the candidate log-in on our career website as it will reflect any updates to your status.If you are interested in joining our team, please apply using an English version of your CV. We look forward to meeting you!This Job Description is intended as a general guide to the job duties for this position and is intended for the purpose of establishing the specific salary grade. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive summary of all responsibilities, duties and effort required of employees assigned to this job. At the discretion of management, this description may be changed at any time to address the evolving needs of the organization. It is expressly not intended to be a comprehensive list of “essential job functions” as that term is defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act.
About Caterpillar
Caterpillar Inc. is the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. For nearly 100 years, we’ve been helping customers build a better, more sustainable world and are committed and contributing to a reduced-carbon future. Our innovative products and services, backed by our global dealer network, provide exceptional value that helps customers succeed.
Posting Dates:
November 4, 2025 - November 17, 2025Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to applyNot ready to apply? Join our Talent Community.
