Quality Assurance Engineer

Business Title: Quality Engineer
Location: Pune (Koregaon Park), India

About Us

Sandvik’s Intelligent Manufacturing is on an exciting growth journey, building the new digital era of manufacturing. Our digital manufacturing solutions automate and connect the component manufacturing value chain – from design and planning to preparation, production and verification. Our objective is to make the shift towards efficient and sustainable manufacturing. As the market leader in CAM and metrology software, with a global footprint and over 400,000 software licenses, we have a unique foundation to build on.

SigmaNEST, one of the growing business units within Intelligent Manufacturing, is the leading provider of innovative end-to-end CAD/CAM software solutions to help professional fabricators increase ROI by optimizing material utilization, machine motion, manpower, and data management. SigmaNEST is simply the best nesting software in the industry. With unmatched versatility and maximum scalability, the comprehensive product portfolio covers the full range of fabrication workflow; from quoting to shipping, including robust integration with a wide range of business systems.

Our customer commitment is to help expand their potential by providing smart software solutions that drive the future of manufacturing. With direct representation in over 15 countries and 100+ product resellers, our customer focus is supported by a worldwide team of consultative professionals and experienced product experts.

About the Role

As a Quality Engineer, you will be responsible for validating the quality and reliability of SigmaNEST, a leading CAD/CAM software solution used by manufacturers worldwide. You will gain a deep understanding of fabrication workflows, nesting strategies, machine programming and related manufacturing processes.

This role offers the opportunity to work closely with Product Owners, Developers, Application Engineers and global stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Create, execute, and maintain test cases and test scenarios for new features, enhancements, and regression testing.

• Validate SigmaNEST functionality against business and technical requirements.

• Perform functional, integration, regression, exploratory testing for Windows desktop applications.

• Ensure product releases meet quality standards and release readiness criteria.

• Identify, document, reproduce, and verify software defects throughout the development lifecycle.

• Work closely with developers to investigate issues and verify fixes.

• Analyze product features and workflows to uncover potential usability and functional issues.

• Collaborate with Product Owners, Developers and other QA team members throughout all stages of Agile development.

• Participate in sprint planning, reviews, retrospectives, and daily stand-ups.

• Support engineering and application teams in investigating customer-reported issues.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Applications, or a related technical discipline.

• 1–3 years of experience in software quality assurance or software testing.

• Strong understanding of software testing principles, methodologies, and defect lifecycle management.

• Experience creating and executing manual test cases and test plans.

• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum development methodologies.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a team environment.

• Experience testing CAD/CAM, manufacturing, engineering, or desktop software applications.

Preferred Qualifications

• Understanding of manufacturing processes and shop floor operations.

• Knowledge of nesting, fabrication, or CNC workflows.

• Exposure to test automation concepts and tools.

• Mechanical Engineering background or CAD/CAM certifications.