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Software Test Automation Engineer

Trane Technologies Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

onsitefull-time
Posted Aug 17, 2026Apply by Sep 16, 2026

**Role & seniority: ** Software Test Engineer / QA Engineer (mid-level), 3+ years experience

**Location & work type: ** On-site 5 days/week, in-office Monday–Friday

**Stack/tools: **

  • Python (test automation)

  • Cypress (UI/automation tests)

  • AWS (cloud exposure)

  • Terraform (preferred) / IaC tools

  • CI/CD & DevOps practices (incl. canary deployments)

  • GitLab (workflows)

  • Testing: functional/edge/negative scenarios; unit/system/integration/load/security

  • IoT testing (nice-to-have): MQTT; integrations like Tridium/BACnet

**Top 3 responsibilities: **

  • Validate production deployments and ensure quality for nightly integration, regression, and load tests

  • Design/maintain automated test suites for new API integrations; improve testing mechanisms

  • Act as quality champion for Data Streams: monitor operational metrics, detect pipeline failures, identify bottlenecks

**Must-have skills: **

  • Test planning for cloud-native applications

  • Strong test case design (functional, edge, negative)

  • Working knowledge of testing levels: unit, system, integration, load/performance, security

  • Hands-on Python + Cypress test automation

  • Exposure to AWS

  • IaC experience (Terraform preferred)

  • Clear communication: articulate issues, proactively raise quality risks

**Nice-to-haves: **

  • End-to-end testing for **IoT inte

Full Description

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Where Is The Work

On-Site (5 days)

Thrive At Work And At Home

Inclusive Wellbeing Program, with resources to support your and your family’s physical, social, emotional, and financial well-being. Comprehensive learning and development solutions, designed to support our people in connecting and growing, including Higher education/Certification reimbursement. Sense of belonging & community through our Employee Resource Groups that foster our culture of inclusion.

Volunteerism: 8 hours of paid time off per calendar year to volunteer with non-profit charitable organizations. The Trane Technologies Helping Hands Fund to support employees facing financial challenges due to unforeseen personal hardship.

Where Is The Work

Standard Schedule – 5 days in office.

We value our employees’ ability to thrive both at work and at home through a work arrangement that supports collaboration, productivity, well-being and flexibility.

In-Office Days: Onsite Monday to Friday engaging with your colleagues

What Will You Do

In this role you will

Validate that production deployments behave as intended and meet quality standards Ensure reliable execution of nightly integration, regression, and load tests Design, implement, and maintain automated test suites for new API integrations Collaborate closely with engineering, DevOps, and product teams to support frequent and successful production deployments

Act as a quality champion for Data Streams, including

  • Automated monitoring of operational metrics
  • Detection of pipeline errors and failures
  • Proactive identification of system deficiencies
  • Review and improve testing mechanisms for IoT integrations (e.g., Tridium, BACnet)
  • Identify bottlenecks in existing test strategies and recommend improvements
  • Research and adopt industry best practices for testing data-streaming technologies

What You Will Bring

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electronics, Communication, Electrical, controls Engineering, or a related field 3+ years of proven experience as a Software Test Engineer / QA Engineer

Strong experience in

  • Test planning for cloud-native applications
  • Designing test cases including functional, edge, and negative scenarios

Solid understanding of different testing levels

  • Unit testing
  • System testing
  • Integration testing
  • Load / performance testing
  • Security testing
  • Hands-on experience with test automation using Python, Cypress
  • Exposure to AWS or other cloud platforms
  • Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools (Terraform preferred)

Strong communication skills with the ability to

  • Clearly articulate issues
  • Raise quality risks proactively
  • Nice-to-Have Skills

End-to-end testing of IoT integrations, including messaging protocols like MQTT

Knowledge of DevOps practices, including

  • Deployment strategies (e.g., canary deployments)
  • CI/CD pipelines
  • GitLab workflows
  • Understanding of microservices-based architectures
  • Familiarity with Building Management Systems (BMS)
  • We offer competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits and programs. We are an equal opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, pregnancy, age, marital status, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any legally protected status.
Test AutomationPythonCypressAWSTerraformAPI TestingIoT IntegrationsLoad TestingPerformance TestingSecurity TestingCI/CDGitLabMicroservicesMQTTInfrastructure as CodeTest Planningmulti-location

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