Principal Software Quality Assurance Engineer

Principal Software QA Engineer

Job Requisition ID #

26WD95698

Position Overview

This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic and fast‑growing team at Autodesk India. Autodesk is seeking a Principal Software QA Engineer to be part of the Data and Process Management (DPM) engineering group, contributing to the development of the Fusion product portfolio. In this role, you’ll play a key part in shaping quality across a functional domain, from defining test strategies and driving automation, to influencing engineering best practices and championing quality within Agile teams. This is a hands-on role with real ownership, where your work directly impacts how customers design and build real-world products.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Partner with engineers and product managers to continuously improve QA practices and embed quality across the development lifecycle

• Design, develop, and execute test plans and test cases at UI and API levels, including functional, regression, workflow, and performance testing

• Develop and own all manual test plans, automated test cases, tooling and integration with the product development process for a specific business area of the application

• Actively participate in Scrum ceremonies (planning, daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, reviews, retrospectives) to understand requirements, estimate effort, and plan quality activities

• Perform functional testing of new and existing features in an agile development environment with shorter sprint cycles

• Identify automatable scenarios and design automation tests to support faster release of code in a continuous integration and continuous delivery environment

• Build, maintain, and scale test automation, including API automation

• Perform manual and automated testing, selecting the right approach based on risk and value

• Identify redundant or high-value test scenarios and proactively drive their automation

• Own quality for your area: track risks, communicate quality status, and raise issues early

• Investigate issues that may block delivery and collaborate with teams to resolve them

• Support customer-reported issues and provide feedback on defects and usability concerns

• Stay updated on the latest testing tools, AI and technologies and introduce them as appropriate 

• Own test planning, execution, defect tracking, and reporting metrics to stakeholders 

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in engineering, Computer Science, or a related field

• 8+ years of Software QA experience

• Experience with building and executing on product quality test plan

• Hands-on experience with test automation frameworks and scripting - Cypress, Playwright etc

• Experience working in Agile / Scrum teams (Jira or similar tools preferred)

• Knowledge of coding using Python, Java, JavaScript or Typescript

• Knowledge of CI/CD tools like Git, Azure devops OR Jenkins OR Circle CI is required

• A proactive mindset, curiosity, and willingness to learn beyond your current expertise

• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively within a cross-functional team

• Exposure to testing in Agile/Scrum environments and global team setups 

• Critical thinker with problem-solving skills, passionate about software quality

• Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities effectively 

• Great interpersonal and communication skills, must be a team player

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience testing CAD, engineering, or industrial design software (2D/3D, assemblies, mechanical parts)

• Experience with automating repetitive work using AI

• Experience in continuous delivery of test automation in a CI/CD infrastructure such as - CircleCI, Jenkins

• Understand, embrace and promote Agile methodologies, principles and values

• Exposure to ML/AI-based features or AI-driven applications
  

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About Autodesk

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Experience Level

Senior Level