Test Manager

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Test Manager in Barcelona.

At Alstom, we build what millions depend on daily - rail transportation systems that can’t afford to fail. We’re more than 85 000 people worldwide creating the industry most diverse portfolio: high-speed trains, metros, trams, maintenance services and integrated systems.

More than a job: a mission

We’re looking for a Test Manager for the comprehensive range of Integration/Tuning and Certification/Validation tests during the test campaign execution. Also this person will support the Train Validation Engineer in the optimization of the validation plan and planning and take in charge the details organization of onsite complex tests campaign during test campaign preparation They will take care of representing the train validation engineer, on board the train, during validations and certification tests, but also being the entry point for all the request of activities on train related to testing and coordinating them.

You’ll work alongside people who show up with ownership, passion, and dedication — because they know what’s at stake: the journey home.

Your role, your impact

• Organize on a day to day basis, the way tests will be carried out.


• Make sure that tests equipment and instrumentation are always operational and available.


• Be the interlocutor, on a daily basis, of the Railway Test Centre or Public Infrastructure and follows the way various testing phases are organised.


• Also before the test, you’ll ensure that test teams respect safety rules and procedures on board the train, prepare the work Authorizations, prepare the test implementation  (staffing, availability of tools, calibrated measurement devices, and on-board spare parts, ...), check that train a/o subsystems are compliant to the last Applicable configuration issued by


• System Engineer team and arrange with your test center’s counter-part the test slot booking.


• During the tests, you will condute the tests and carry out the tests to be done by ALSTOM in coordination with the Train Manager (T&C), operationally coordinating all the testing teams and laboratories on board and defining the priorities in case of conflicts between tests activities.


• after the tests, you’ll create the failure reports and you’ll produce the test book (test events chronology) and daily shift reports.

During test campaign preparation you’ll:

• Lead the Validation activities for the Train level during project execution delegated by the Train Validation Engineer.


• Define and implement the most appropriate testing methodology and means of testing for complex tests or campaign.


• Update the Validation Plan and planning.


• Consolidate the specification of tools and test means (climatic chamber, train, ...).


• Tools & means procurement (design, purchase, reservation,).


• Provide structured REX to feed costing activities, and to enrich the CV metier technical repository.

You’ll work with sharp, committed teams across engineering, operations, and design — solving complex challenges that shape the future of mobility.

What you bring

• Experience in project management, multi-metiers or multi-sites team. and project, including Customer and external stakeholders Technical Management.


• On field experienced Test or Certification/Validation Technician/ Engineer.


• Railway and Train system knowledge


• Tests organization management, knowledge of planning tools.


• Fluent in english and spanish.

Alstom, a great place to grow

• Enjoy stability, challenges and a long-term career free from boring daily routines


• Collaborate with transverse teams and helpful colleagues


• Steer your career in whatever direction you choose across functions and countries


• Benefit from our investment in your development, through award-winning learning


• Benefit from a fair and dynamic reward package that recognises your performance and potential, plus comprehensive and competitive social coverage

Here, progress isn’t always easy — the scale is massive, the tasks are complex — but the impact is real. Because when the system runs, the train moves, and the city connects — that feeling stays with you. And the legacy lasts.