Location:
Vaesteras, Vastmanland County, SwedenJob ID:
R0097977Date Posted:
2025-09-23Company Name:
HITACHI ENERGY SWEDEN ABProfession (Job Category):
Engineering & ScienceJob Schedule:
Full timeRemote:
NoJob Description:
The opportunity
At Hitachi Energy, we’re advancing a sustainable energy future—and quality is at the core of everything we do. We are looking for a driven Senior Testing Manager to lead our Quality Control team at Grid Automation.
You’ll be responsible for guiding engineers toward clear goals and ensuring delivery excellence. The ideal candidate combines strategic thinking with hands-on leadership, understands how to align team capabilities with business needs, and fosters a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.
If this sounds like a challenge you’d like to be part of, we encourage you to send in your application.
How you’ll make an impact
- Define, develop, and implement product quality assurance strategy across SCADA, EMS, and Transmission domains.
- Lead the Quality Control team, including recruitment, onboarding, supervision, and performance evaluations.
- Develop team capabilities through supervision, training, mentoring, and career development.
- Coordinate with Program and Development Managers to assign QC team members with the right skills to programs.
- Oversee creation and execution of test strategies and plans, ensuring effective testing throughout the SDLC.
- Drive cross-functional testing engagement with stakeholders like Professional Services, Support, and Pre-Sales.
- Ensure readiness of environments, equipment, personnel, and tools for testing, including minor releases.
- Report test progress, escalate delays, support CI/CD and QA initiatives, track costs, and ensure test cases reflect customer workflows.
Your background
- Degree in computer science, engineering, or related field
- Proven experience in software QA, as well as in management
- Hands-on experience with test automation frameworks
- Familiarity with microservice-based distributed systems
- Knowledge of C#, DevOps, Kubernetes, Kafka, PostgreSQL, Keycloak, Docker, Swagger, JSON, REST
- Strong analytical skills and experience with QA metrics and criteria
- Skilled in problem solving, communication, project management, and team leadership
- Detail-oriented with experience in Agile and Waterfall models and modern QA practices
What we offer
- Collective agreement
- Flexible working time
- Health care and wellness allowance
- Fantastic career possibilities within Hitachi Energy both within Sweden and globally
- Mentor to support you throughout onboard phase
- Various trainings and education supporting employee development
- Diversified company with over 70+ nationalities working in Sweden
- Supplementary compensation for parental leave
- Employee Benefit Portal with thousands of discounts and perks
More about us
Are you ready for a new exciting challenge? Does the above description sound like you? Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis, so don’t delay – apply today!
Recruiting Manager Goutham Avadhanula, [email protected], will answer your questions about the position. Union representatives - Sveriges Ingenjörer: Adnan Glibo, +46 107-38 63 78; Ledarna: Frank Hollstedt, +46 107-38 70 43; Unionen: Karin Ulvemark, +46 107-38 51 42. All other questions can be directed to Talent Acquisition Partner Gustaf Hedström, [email protected]
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What We Do
Since its founding in 1910, Hitachi has responded to the expectations of society and its customers through technology and innovation. Our mission is to “Contribute to society through the development of superior, original technology and products.” Over the past 100+ years this commitment has led us to work towards creating a more sustainable society through our “Social Innovation Business”. We work to apply our expertise in information technology (IT), operational technology (OT), and a wide variety of products to advance social infrastructure systems and improve quality of life across the world.
