SUMMARY:

An experienced software quality engineer with senior experience and a preference for consumer software, mobile hardware, and entertainment features. Excels Confidential driving quality through streamlining and improving existing processes, anticipating problems and challenges and maintaining a high attention to detail during software development.

SKILLS:

• Software Quality Assurance (manual, end - to-end, user acceptance testing, etc.)
• Windows command line scripting (Batch)
• Additionally some Powershell, JavaScript, CSS, HTML

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

Quality Assurance Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Working for the Professional Services Quality Assurance team verifying customized outbound client applications for voice, text and email notifications built on the company's web services platform.
• Manual verification and validation tasks using internally developed tools, Linux commands, SOAP and REST requests as well as Jira to track defects and test cases.

Software Test Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Manual quality verification of Windows 10 features such as device experience, networking experience, and modern settings application for the Windows Shell device interaction and connection experience team.
• End-to-end feature functionality validation for the Continuum for phone feature using Lumia 950/950XL phone as well as the display dock firmware accessory.
• Subject matter expertise knowledge provider to teams external to the feature team for Continuum and display dock.

Quality Assurance Tech

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Manual quality verification of advertising content and functionality for Kindle Fire and Kindle eReader mobile tablets.
• Work with advertising content coordinator to resolve issues discovered during quality check.

SW Test Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• End-to-end scenario validation for Confidential (fitness) Band for the Confidential Hardware team.
• Validation of firmware sensors (heart rate, accelerometer, GPS, ambient light sensor, etc.) of hardware prototype.
• Application feature quality on Windows Mobile, Android, and iOS devices.

Quality Assurance Tech

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Manual verification of FireOS launcher features for the Kindle Fire tablets.
• Android debug bridge (ADB) tool used to capture logs for issues as well as Jira/Jenkins for issue tracking/builds.

Software Test Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Manual verification of the Out-of-Box-Experience and Network Troubleshooting feature for Xbox One.
• Set up and configuration of wireless AP using a variety of consumer wireless routers.
• Test case creation for network troubleshooting feature.

Software Test Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• End-to-end validation of sports entertainment applications (ESPN, MLB.tv, Sport Hub for Xbox 360).
• Integration testing with partner client applications (Smart Glass, Picks, NBA, and NHL on Xbox 360).
• General assignments (demonstration preparation, media hardware set up, production error reporting, etc.) for Skybox Sports Studio.

Software Test Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Manual build verification of ESPN & MLB.tv applications on Xbox360 (Skybox Sports Studio)
• Ad-hoc feature testing after user story completed.
• Assist with beta release and feedback.
• Production data service error reporting using Excel spreadsheet and graphs.

Quality/Testing

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• User acceptance testing of the HTML5 application for the Confidential & Confidential design-time portal.
• HP Quality Center used to create/track manual test case results.

Software Test Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Execution and maintenance of Confidential Automotive team build verification test suite using Confidential automation tool.
• Manual test execution for Windows Embedded Compact 2010 Consumer Shell feature.
• Coordination with external resources (Beijing) for automation lab issues.

Software Test Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Manual device testing of the Windows Device Experience for Windows 7 using mobile phones, media players, etc.
• Creation of batch scripts for media collateral set up, improving team efficiency.
• Responsible for Bluetooth transport testing and performance measurements on Confidential -Windows Mobile 6.5.

Lead Software Test Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Managed team of three SDETs and one college intern.
• Planned and implemented test specifications of .Net Compact Framework support for the Xbox360.
• Management of testing for the GUI feature set for the .Net Compact Framework product.
• Planned and implemented team’s 25+ hardware infrastructure server upgrade.
• Staffed three new fulltime positions responsible for product builds, manual and set up testing.
• Managed lab with 200+ WinCE devices, development boards, and Windows servers.
• Acquired and managed team’s ‘dogfood’ devices and phone service accounts.
• Managed testing of NetCF 1.0 servicing product releases.
• Worked with team members to implement internally developed test harness/automation using .Net technologies.
• Acquired specialized Windows Confidential hardware from partner teams for .NetCF v1 product testing.
• Planned and implemented lab infrastructure to house specialized testing hardware.
• Hired staff of temporary workers to maintain test automation.
• Integration of product into Windows Confidential Platform Builder and PocketPC products.

Software Test Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Projects: MS-DOS 6.x, Win95 Tools, IE 4.0, WebTV/Win98/ME, Direct Show
• Management of 30 temporary staff in three different physical locations containing 200+ hardware systems.
• Creation of Digital Video/DVD library assets for Windows compatibility product testing.
• Staffing of 15 new fulltime positions converted from existing temporary staff.
• Design and implementation of team hardware ordering system later adopted division wide.
• Automation execution and manual testing of web-based applications using DirectShow technologies.
• Integration of product features into the Windows98/ME releases.
• Configuration and maintenance of team’s server and cable TV infrastructure.
• On-site liaison for third party partners.
• Managed team of fulltime and temporary staff to execute test automation.
• Managed team’s lab including 75+ systems and mentored college intern.
• Assisted manager with implementation of ‘state-of-the-art’ lab for new building on campus.
• Wrote set up scripts for floppy disk layout of the MS-DOS product.
• Tested set up on a variety of x86 based systems using FAT, FAT32, & OS/2 partitions.