Job Description

We are seeking a self-driven, highly experienced QA professional to join our testing team for our Verification and Validation team for Automated Fare Collection (AFC) systems. This role combines hands-on manual and automation testing with ability to guide junior engineers, ensuring quality and driving continuous improvement. The ideal candidate will have strong technical expertise, domain knowledge, and the ability to mentor and be part of a high-performing QA team.


The role involves testing hardware devices such as ticket validators, gates, kiosks, and related systems to ensure seamless integration with AFC software platforms. The engineer will


Design and execute testcases related to functional, regression, and integration testing on devices and applications, Automate repetitive scenarios and ensuring compliance with industry standards and operational reliability. Right candidate would be self-driven and detail-oriented, proactive individual who can take ownership of testing activities.

Key Responsibilities

Test Planning & Design

+ Analyze AFC system requirements and prepare detailed test plans and test cases for device and application testing.
+ Define test scenarios for hardware-software integration, communication protocols, and transaction workflows.

Manual Testing Execution

+ Perform functional, regression, and system testing on AFC devices (validators, gates, ticket vending machines, POS terminals).
+ Validate device behavior under various operational conditions (network connectivity, power cycles, card/ticket types).

Defect Management

+ Identify, document, and track defects using tools like JIRA or similar.
+ Collaborate with development and hardware teams to troubleshoot and resolve issues.

Compliance & Standards

+ Ensure adherence to AFC standards (e.g., ISO 14443 for contactless cards, EMV for payment systems).
+ Validate compliance with security and transaction integrity requirements.

Reporting & Documentation

+ Prepare detailed test reports, logs, and defect summaries.
+ Maintain device configuration and test environment documentation.

Required Skills & Competencies

Key / Core Must-haves

: + Strong understanding of SDLC, STLC, and QA methodologies.
+

Extremely good communications skills both verbal and written

+ Good working knowledge on

Simple to Medium complexity SQL queries

+ Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
+ Experience of manual and exploratory testing
+ Experience using TestRail and Jira

Good to have skills

: + Familiarity with AFC systems, smart cards, QR ticketing, and payment gateways
+ Knowledge of communication protocols (TCP/IP, RS232, NFC).
+ Experience with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI).
+ Proficiency in test automation tools (Selenium, Appium, Playwright, Python/Java-based frameworks)
+ Hands-on experience in device-level testing and hardware-software integration.

Preferred Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Electronics Exposure to API testing tools (Postman, RestAssured & SOAP) Experience in transportation, transit, or AFC domain would be a

major plus

Tools & Technologies

Manual Testing: JIRA, TestRail Automation: Selenium, Appium, Python/Java, Playwright, Jenkins Hardware Interfaces: NFC readers, smart card encoders (Good to have) Protocol Analyzers: Wireshark (Good to have) OS Platforms: Windows,

Linux (Major plus)

About Virtusa

Teamwork, quality of life, professional and personal development: values that Virtusa is proud to embody. When you join us, you join a team of 27,000 people globally that cares about your growth -- one that seeks to provide you with exciting projects, opportunities and work with state of the art technologies throughout your career with us.


Great minds, great potential: it all comes together at Virtusa. We value collaboration and the team environment of our company, and seek to provide great minds with a dynamic place to nurture new ideas and foster excellence.


Virtusa was founded on principles of equal opportunity for all, and so does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.