Senior Software Engineer - QA

Location: Noida, India

Thales is a global technology leader trusted by governments, institutions, and enterprises to tackle their most demanding challenges. From quantum applications and artificial intelligence to cybersecurity and 6G innovation, our solutions empower critical decisions rooted in human intelligence. Operating at the forefront of aerospace and space, cybersecurity and digital identity, we’re driven by a mission to build a future we can all trust.

Present in India since 1953, Thales is headquartered in Noida and has other operational offices and sites spread across Delhi, Gurugram, Bengaluru and Mumbai, among others. Over 2200 employees are working with Thales and its joint ventures in India. Since the beginning, Thales has been playing an essential role in India’s growth story by sharing its technologies and expertise in Defence, Aerospace and Cyber & Digital sectors. Thales has two engineering competence centres in India - one in Noida focused on Cyber & Digital business, while the one in Bengaluru focuses on hardware, software and systems engineering capabilities for both the civil and defence sectors, serving global needs. The Group has also established an MRO (Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul) facility in Gurugram to provide comprehensive avionics maintenance and repair services to Indian airlines and support the growth of the local aviation industry.

Overview:

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Test Engineer to join our Authentication and Key Management team. You will be responsible for defining and executing robust test strategies for our next-generation FIDO-certified devices (cards and tokens) and devices management system. You will play a critical role in ensuring our cloud and desktop-based FIDO Key Management applications provide a seamless, secure, and compliant user experience, validating features across diverse enterprises and standard hardware profiles.

Responsibilities:

• Design, maintain, and execute comprehensive test plans and scripts to validate functionalities, use cases, load and performance of the solution including end to end testing in a real environment.

• Design and implement automated tests using Playwright and pyAutoGui/pyAutoWin frameworks.

• Design & build Automation Frameworks using tools like Selenium & Python.

• Responsible to build & execute API Automation Test Framework/Scripts using Python/LocustIO.

• Support and maintain up-to-date necessary environments for testing like integration by deploying new release.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Product Management, Development, and hardware partners) to identify requirements, manage defects lifecycles, and ensure high-quality, market-ready releases.

• Document findings, analyze test results, and provide clear status reporting on feature readiness for GA releases.

• Actively participate and contribute to the QA community on topics like test strategies, improvement to automation, explore new frameworks, practices, technologies about testing, deployment and monitoring.

Required Skills and Experience:

• 5+ years of industry experience validating desktop applications/micro-services/web applications using .NET OR C/C++ based platform.

• 5+ years of experience in using standard scripting languages and validation tools: Python, Selenium, C# .Net.

• Experienced in utilizing continuous integration and deployment tools like Gitlab pipeline, Jenkins etc.

• Experienced in API automation testing using Python, SoapUI, Postman or similar tools.

• Experienced in web services, web standards; SOAP, REST, HTML/CSS/JavaScript.

• Experienced in Agile software development methodology.

• Excellent collaboration skills, with the ability to communicate technical risks and requirements to internal stakeholders

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or other relevant fields of study. BE/B. Tech/ M. Tech/MCA of Equivalent degree

Preferred Skills:

• Experience in software quality assurance, with a strong focus on hardware-software integration or cryptographic devices.

• Ability to perform root-cause analysis on complex issues involving hardware/token detection, applet fixes, or platform-specific behaviors.

• Experience in working with strong authentication solutions using OTP or identity management solution is a plus.

• Experience in testing and validating FIDO2.0/2.1 standards and understanding of CTAP protocols and FIDO authentication flows is preferrable.

• Experience in working with public cloud environment (AWS, GCP) and related technologies (OCP, K8s, helm, ansible) is a plus

• Proven ability to work independently on assigned tasks.

At Thales, we’re committed to fostering a workplace where respect, trust, collaboration, and passion drive everything we do. Here, you’ll feel empowered to bring your best self, thrive in a supportive culture, and love the work you do. Join us, and be part of a team reimagining technology to create solutions that truly make a difference – for a safer, greener, and more inclusive world.