Industrial Controls Test Engineer | Atlanta, GA 30308 | Onsite

Title: Industrial Controls Test Engineer

Location: Atlanta, GA 30308 | Onsite

Duration: 6-12+ Months

Summary:

• We are seeking a highly analytical Quality Assurance Engineer to validate, evaluate, and improve complex electromechanical automation systems used in rail technology environments. These systems integrate electrical, mechanical, software, networking, controls, sensors, and AI-enabled components.

• This is a systems-level quality engineering role focused on understanding how complete systems perform in real-world conditions, identifying where performance differs from design intent, determining root causes, and driving measurable improvements in quality, reliability, safety, efficiency, and scalability.

• The role combines verification and validation, hands-on troubleshooting, defect investigation, operational data analysis, root cause analysis, and continuous process improvement across engineering and field operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute test plans, test cases, validation procedures, and acceptance criteria for integrated electromechanical automation systems.
• Perform functional, integration, regression, system, and failure-condition testing across hardware, software, sensors, actuators, controls, and AI-enabled functions.
• Identify, reproduce, document, and track defects through resolution and confirm corrective actions address the underlying root cause.
• Troubleshoot electrical and electromechanical issues using schematics, measurements, system data, and structured diagnostic methods.
• Analyze defect, failure, performance, and operational data to identify trends, recurring issues, and improvement opportunities.
• Apply structured problem-solving methods including root cause analysis, 5 Whys, Pareto analysis, FMEA, DMAIC, and corrective/preventive action.
• Evaluate manual and automated processes for opportunities to improve safety, quality, throughput, consistency, reliability, and cost.
• Quantify improvement and automation opportunities using metrics such as cycle time, labor utilization, defect reduction, and throughput.
• Evaluate interactions between electrical, mechanical, software, controls, sensors, and physical process variables.
• Collaborate with electrical, mechanical, software, AI, DevSecOps, quality, and operations teams to resolve complex system issues.
• Create clear technical documentation, including test results, defect reports, investigation summaries, quality records, and improvement recommendations.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quality Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Systems Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Experience in quality engineering, systems testing, process engineering, manufacturing engineering, industrial automation, systems engineering, or a closely related field.
• Strong understanding of electrical and electromechanical systems, including sensors, actuators, digital and analog signals, I/O, relays, motors, power systems, and basic controls.
• Ability to read and interpret electrical schematics and troubleshoot electrical and electromechanical systems.
• Experience developing and executing test plans, documenting defects, analyzing results, and validating corrective actions.
• Demonstrated experience with root cause analysis, structured problem-solving, and data-driven decision-making.
• Ability to understand interactions across electrical, mechanical, software, controls, and physical systems.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to identify trends, distinguish symptoms from root causes, and prioritize issues based on impact.
• Ability to evaluate physical work processes and identify opportunities for automation, efficiency, quality, safety, and reliability improvements.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate technical findings to engineering and non-technical stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Lean, Six Sigma, DMAIC, FMEA, SPC, process capability, CAPA, or related continuous-improvement methods.
• Experience with industrial automation, robotics, manufacturing systems, machine controls, machine vision, PLCs, or other complex physical systems.
• Ability to read and understand basic C++ code or software logic; software development expertise is not required.
• Experience with time studies, process mapping, task analysis, work measurement, or automation opportunity assessment.
• Experience using data analysis tools such as Excel, SQL, Python, MATLAB, or similar technologies.
• Experience with automated testing, scripting, test frameworks, version control, CI/CD, DevSecOps, or modern software-development practices.
• Exposure to AI/ML systems and testing approaches for AI-driven or adaptive system behavior.

Best regards,

Lavesh Kumar

| Sr. Technical Recruiter

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