SUMMARY

• Senior Systems/Software Test engineer and team lead with proven ability to deliver quality software on schedule is seeking a challenging position to help lead the employer’s test and integration group into a world class organization. Exact, detail oriented engineer with extensive full life cycle experience in formal software verification and system documentation leading to certification. Other specialties include process improvement, system testing and integration, requirements specification and traceability.
• Global team lead responsible for scheduling, metrics and defining development processes.
• Worked on projects per DO - 178B at up to CMM level 5, testing up to DO-178B level A.
• Experienced in waterfall, incremental, rapid and Agile development methodologies.
• Technologies: Windows and Mac, Linux, Java, C/C++, VB Script, Cold Fusion, AEM

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Chandler, AZ

Senior Software Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Performed formal verification of flight and ground software in C++ and Java on Linux platforms. Wrote procedures and performed formal testing. Reviewed change requests for compliance to processes.

Confidential

Lead Quality Assurance Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Led global test team for web applications with manual and automated procedures including load testing. Implemented and enforced development processes to reliably ensure quality products. Worked in AWS cloud environment then approved implementation instructions for customer site. Advocated for improved user experience updates during User Acceptance Testing.
• Software QA lead for Defense Connect Online (DCO), an enterprise level online meeting service of COTS Adobe Connect for DoD use. Tested web operation across multiple user OS platforms. Led deployment of several major program updates, including conversion of web portal from ColdFusion and JavaScript based to Adobe AEM infrastructure and major Connect version upgrades. Verified PKI authentication logic and database authentication with SQL queries of system hosted in multiple sites including cloud based hosting.
• Implemented QA and development standards and processes to ensure a reliable life cycle process.
• Performed load testing using Jmeter to generate load to web portal interface and IM service and led development of automated test suite with Selenium Webdriver using TestNG and Java.

Confidential, Scottsdale, AZ

Principal Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Lead software test engineer on rapid development project using Agile scrum to develop a configuration management system for the customer using COTS products. Rally tool was used to track Sprints, User Stories, and testing. Developed test procedures, tested functionality each sprint, reported defects, and worked with developers in interpreting User Stories into functional intent. Led to successful demonstration of product to customer. Authored Software Test Description and Software Test Report.
• System test engineer on Command Operational Center (COC). Update to program was to virtualize admin function and data connectors. SUT developed in Java running on Linux, deployed on Virtual Machines. Wrote test procedures and interfaced with simulations including using SoapUI for XML data packets.
• Software Test lead on Tactical Airspace Integration System (TAIS), establishing remote lab for test team.
• Travelled to main GD site for successful integration testing of product.

Confidential 

Phoenix, AZ 

Senior Systems Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Developed display pages and software requirements for Airbus A380 Crew Interface FMS. Using in-house developed tools, created auto-generated C++ software and performed module integration of these pages. Responsible for verifying system level requirements and performing system level testing.
• Applications engineer on Agusta AW139, testing FMS. Developed and performed test procedures on SITS bench including Safety of Flight and regression testing. Worked with product groups to resolve issues and documented issues in delivery letters, interfaced with customer in resolving issues.
• Performed systems engineering for successful A380 ETRAS certification. Authored program documents in MS Word, interfaced with partner and customer making product upgrades and deliveries, wrote system test procedures, provided test traceability between requirements in DOORS and verification procedures in Clearcase. Determined level 1 requirements noncompliance based on level 2 requirements test results.
• Lead software verification engineer on Boeing 787 Flight Controls module verification. Using Honeywell tools (HSS/SSL) verified proper linkage of B787 flight control modules. Led team of 5 engineers in developing testing process and strategy, determined assignments, provided status metrics to management.

Confidential, Chandler, AZ

Senior Software Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Performed formal verification of flight software. Decomposed high level requirements into detailed requirements using DOORS, wrote procedures for formal testing, executed tests and analyzed results data using Matlab. Participated in code walk-throughs for embedded C++ and Java on VxWorks platform.

Confidential, Glendale, AZ

Lead Software Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Team lead directing 5 engineers in formal testing efforts; leading the test team in successfully meeting schedule for 3 certification deadlines. Acted as focal of this team giving status to management, assigning tasks to team members and mentoring junior engineers and acted to disposition failures and coverage gaps.
• Tested Primus Epic real-time avionics C++ displays software to DO-178B level B with automated scripts using VB Script on Honeywell developed test tools. Wrote test scripts to simulate TCAS, radios and devices that communicated with SUT via Arinc-429 and RS-422.

Confidential, Mesa, AZ

Senior Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Developed software for avionics flight systems on AH-64D per DO-178B. Developed processing of Data Transfer Unit controller in Ada95 using Rational tools and Rational Rose UML to track dataflow in VxWorks/UNIX environment. Functions included transferring data via VME, message handling and error flagging, interfacing with C drivers to command RPCs over Fibre Channel, testing and integration.