Software Automation /QA Engineer

Join us in Advancing the Environmental Global Impact within the Rail Industry
For nearly 40 years, ZTR has designed, developed and released products that have a positive environmental impact within the Locomotive Industry. Planning for an environmentally sustainable future means taking action today in preparation for tomorrow. As the Software QA Engineer , you will be working to ensure the quality and reliability of our cloud-native applications in AWS cloud environments. The successful candidate will ideally have experience in testing in IoT-enabled systems and/or AWS IoT services in order to ensure our API testing, UI validation and test automation in Playwright is optimized.

Develop and execute test strategies, test plans, and test cases for AWS‑hosted applications
Perform comprehensive API testing for cloud services (functional, regression, integration, end to end tests and negative tests)
Design, develop, and maintain automation frameworks using Playwright
Validate end‑to‑end workflows involving UI, APIs, and AWS backend services
Integrate automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines (AWS CodePipeline, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, etc.)
Validate deployments on AWS environments including DEV, QA , and PROD
Monitor and analyze test results, log defects, and collaborate closely with developers and DevOps teams
Ensure test coverage for high availability, scalability, and fault tolerance in AWS
Validate IoT data flows, device communication, and cloud ingestion pipelines

5+ years of experience in QA Engineering / Test Automation

• Strong experience testing applications deployed on AWS
• Solid understanding of API testing concepts (REST, methods, status codes, JSON)
• Hands‑on automation experience using Playwright (UI and API)
• Good proficiency in JavaScript or TypeScript
• Working knowledge of Python for API testing, data validation, and test utilities
• Experienced with AWS services
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines in cloud environments
• Working experience with AWS IoT Core, IoT Devices or sensor-based platforms

Understanding of performance, security, and resilience testing
Experience with test data management and environment configuration in cloud setups.

ZTR offers a positive working environment and a group of friendly and talented industry leaders passionate about driving environmental and financial benefits for our clients. We encourage and support employees to find long-term success and explore opportunities that play into their strengths and passions. we believe all roles should develop your skills, broaden your experience, and help you continue on a journey to build a rewarding career at ZTR.

We are looking for flexible, compassionate and enthusiastic individuals who thrive in a fast-paced working environment, and who are looking for long-term, meaningful employment in a career that makes a real difference.

This is a place where employees make a difference in our company and within our customers’ organizations. ZTR Control Systems provides accommodations for applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment process. The annual base salary is determined through comprehensive market research and considers factors including qualifications, skills, education, relevant experience, work location, internal equity, and alignment with local and industry market data. At ZTR, we're proud to share that we do not use AI tools when screening and evaluating candidates throughout our recruitment processes. Please be advised that due to a large volume of applications, we will only contact candidates that we decide to proceed with via email or phone.