About The Role

Function

Product

Our Company

We’re Hitachi Vantara, the data foundation trusted by the world’s innovators. Our resilient, high-performance data infrastructure means that customers – from banks to theme parks – can focus on achieving the incredible with data.

If you’ve seen the Las Vegas Sphere, you’ve seen just one example of how we empower businesses to automate, optimize, innovate – and wow their customers. Right now, we’re laying the foundation for our next wave of growth. We’re looking for people who love being part of a diverse, global team – and who get excited about making a real-world impact with data.

Job description

The Team- Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Software Development Test Engineering Senior Professional to join our dynamic team at Hitachi, Ltd. This role involves leading and executing complex testing strategies to ensure the quality and reliability of our software products and systems.

The Role

Design, develop, and implement comprehensive test plans, test cases, and test scripts for various software components and systems.
Lead and mentor junior test engineers, providing technical guidance and fostering best practices in software quality assurance.
Automate testing processes using various tools and frameworks, including developing and maintaining automated test suites.
Perform functional, regression, performance, integration, and user acceptance testing across the software development lifecycle.
Identify, document, and track software defects, working closely with development teams to ensure timely resolution.
Collaborate with product management, development, and other stakeholders to understand requirements and define testing scope.
Contribute to the continuous improvement of testing methodologies, processes, and tools.
Analyze test results, generate reports, and provide insightful feedback to improve product quality and development efficiency.
Stay up-to-date with emerging testing technologies, tools, and industry trends.
Configure and troubleshoot networking infrastructure, including Layer 2/Layer 3 switches, VLANs, routing, and network security settings, to support integrated software, hardware, and industrial system testing.

What you’ll bring - Job Qualifications

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field.
5- 9 years of progressive experience in software development test engineering, with a strong focus on automation.
Proficiency in at least one programming language (e.g., Python, Java, C#, JavaScript) for test automation development.
Extensive experience with test automation frameworks (e.g., Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, JUnit, TestNG).
Solid understanding of software development methodologies (Agile, Scrum, Waterfall) and quality assurance principles.
Experience with various testing types, including functional, non-functional, API, and UI testing.
Familiarity with version control systems (e.g., Git) and CI/CD pipelines.
Experience with defect tracking systems (e.g., Jira, Azure DevOps) and test management tools.
Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and debugging skills.
Strong communication, interpersonal, and leadership abilities.
Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced, complex environment.
Hands-on experience configuring and troubleshooting network infrastructure, including managed switches, VLANs, TCP/IP networking, routing, and related connectivity technologies in development, test, or production environments.
Experience with object storage technologies, data lake house architectures, and modern data platforms used to support analytics, machine learning, and AI-driven solutions.
Familiarity with AI/ML workflows, data engineering concepts, and validation of data pipelines, models, and AI-enabled applications.

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About us

We’re a global team of innovators. Together, we harness engineering excellence and passion for insight to co-create meaningful solutions to complex challenges. We turn organizations into data-driven leaders that can a make positive impact on their industries and society. If you believe that innovation can inspire the future, this is the place to fulfil your purpose and achieve your potential.

Fostering innovation through diverse perspectives

Hitachi is a global company operating across a wide range of industries and regions. One of the things that sets Hitachi apart is the diversity of our business and people, which drives our innovation and growth.

We are committed to building an inclusive culture based on mutual respect and merit-based systems. We believe that when people feel valued, heard, and safe to express themselves, they do their best work.

How we look after you

We help take care of your today and tomorrow with industry-leading benefits, support, and services that look after your holistic health and wellbeing. We’re also champions of life balance and offer flexible arrangements that work for you (role and location dependent). We’re always looking for new ways of working that bring out our best, which leads to unexpected ideas. So here, you’ll experience a sense of belonging, and discover autonomy, freedom, and ownership as you work alongside talented people you enjoy sharing knowledge with.

We’re proud to say we’re an equal opportunity employer and welcome all applicants for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, age, disability status or any other protected characteristic. Should you need reasonable accommodations during the recruitment process, please let us know so that we can do our best to set you up for success.