Verification and Validation Manager - Concerto (F/H)

Alstom Job Reference : 510701 

Work environment:
At the forefront of companies committed to a greener future, Alstom develops and markets mobility solutions that provide the sustainable foundations for the future of transportation. Our product portfolio ranges from high‑speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams to integrated systems, customized services, infrastructure, signalling, and digital mobility solutions. Joining us means joining a caring, responsible, and innovative company where more than 70,000 people worldwide are paving the way for greener and smarter mobility.

You will join Alstom’s Technology Center in Villeurbanne (France), which is Alstom’s specialized hub for the development of electronic products and generic software used across all Alstom railway applications: onboard electronic products, telecommunications solutions, trackside equipment products, and centralized server solutions.

In this context, you will join the team responsible for developing an entirely new hosting and execution platform for railway supervision services used in control centers (train monitoring, regulation, traffic management, etc.). This new platform, currently under development, will be built on a microservices architecture organized around a publish/subscribe‑based data bus, using the latest software technologies.

Your mission:

As a Verification and Validation Manager, you will be responsible for:

• Defining the overall system validation strategy: plan, objectives, and test means.


• Leading the test automation strategy and ensuring the implementation of effective tools, particularly with ALM4A solutions.


• Ensuring the proper execution of the strategy with the Bangalore teams by overseeing test quality, scope, results, and identified defects.


• Contributing more broadly to the optimization of processes within the Concert program and to the application of the ALM4A suite, both for validation activities and for specification, requirements, and configuration management activities.


• Acting as a liaison with our internal stakeholders to ensure the consistency of validation strategies.


• Leading the setup and maintenance of a “sandbox” environment for developer testing (internal developers or application developers).

You will report to the Program Manager, be part of the program’s core team, and work closely with other engineering teams.

Your profile:

Master’s degree or engineering degree in computer science / system design / networking / automation or equivalent.
Good knowledge of the validation process.
Basic knowledge in the following technologies/domains:

• Software solutions based on cloud / virtualization


• Supervisory systems / SCADA

Strong knowledge in the following areas:

• Development and validation processes


• Validation strategy and test specification


• Test environment, test benches, simulators, etc.


• Network management and virtual machines

Minimum of 5 years of experience in system validation.
Prior experience in managing validation activities.
Ability to work in English: technical reading, technical meetings, design reviews, email communication, and specification writing.
Strong communication skills and ability to work with remote teams.

You don’t need to be a train enthusiast to thrive with us. We guarantee that when you step onto one of our trains with your friends or family, you’ll be proud. If you’re up for the challenge, we’d love to hear from you!

Important to note

As a global business, we’re an equal-opportunity employer that celebrates diversity across the 63  countries we operate in. We’re committed to creating an inclusive workplace for everyone.