At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, 80,000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.
Your future role
Take on a new challenge and apply your expertise in verification and validation to a cutting-edge field. You'll work alongside collaborative, innovative, and highly motivated teammates.You'll play a critical role in delivering validation campaigns in accordance with test plans and test cases in their intended environments (real or simulated). Day-to-day, you'll work closely with teams across the business, including system, project, product, quality, and safety teams, ensuring quality, cost, and delivery (QCD) commitments are met. You'll also contribute to the global V&V strategy, develop test architectures, and manage test execution, among other responsibilities.You'll specifically take care of preparing and performing software requirements tests and SW/SW integration tests, but also ensure compliance with safety and validation processes.We'll look to you for:
- Contributing to the global V&V strategy and collaborating on V&V plan development
- Specifying and designing overall tests, including test architecture and test cases
- Preparing and conducting test sessions, producing test reports, and managing change requests
- Developing and validating test environments and tools
- Investigating defects detected during testing
- Ensuring test traceability against requirements and adherence to configuration management plans
- Contributing to workload estimation and maintaining alignment with schedules
All About You
We value passion and attitude over experience. That's why we don't expect you to have every single skill. Instead, we've listed some that we think will help you succeed and grow in this role:
- Bachelor's or Postgraduate degree in Engineering IT, CS, ECE, EEE, or equivalent
- 12+ years of experience in verification and validation of complex embedded systems
- Experience in testing onboard and trackside products in the railway industry (preferred but not mandatory)
- Familiarity with middleware testing and communication protocols
- Proficiency in requirement testing on simulated environments
- Programming skills in C, C++, ADA, and scripting languages like Python
- Knowledge of RTOS such as Linux, VXWorks, or QNX
- Experience with protocols like TCP/IP and CAN
- Understanding of standards such as CENELEC SIL4 or DO178A/DO178B
- Strong analytical skills and ability to thrive in collaborative, geographically distributed teams
Things you'll enjoy
Join us on a life-long transformative journey the rail industry is here to stay, so you can grow and develop new skills and experiences throughout your career. You'll also:
- Enjoy stability, challenges, and a long-term career free from boring daily routines
- Work with new security standards for rail signalling
- Collaborate with transverse teams and helpful colleagues
- Contribute to innovative projects
- Utilise our flexible working environment
- Steer your career in whatever direction you choose across functions and countries
- Benefit from our investment in your development through award-winning learning
- Progress towards leadership roles in validation and verification or other technical domains
- Benefit from a fair and dynamic reward package that recognises your performance and potential, plus comprehensive and competitive social coverage (life, medical, pension)
Important to note
As a global business, we're an equal-opportunity employer that celebrates diversity across the 63 countries we operate in. We're committed to creating an inclusive workplace for everyone.
