SUMMARY:

• New Product Development worked on projects of all phases of development, from initial design through field updates and manufacturing transfers for the business unit.
• Partnered with R&D, Regulatory and Operations Engineers to troubleshoot and resolve hardware / software issues.
• Developed large / small scale functional and technical test plans and provided reports with risk assessments.
• Extensive troubleshooting, consistently recreate defects, and provide root cause analysis w/ temporary work around.
• Designed, Developed and interpret technical architecture improvements with automated process, test cases, results.
• Scripting deployment and monitoring routines, analyze, escalate, and assist with corrective action plans.
• Platform upgrades, migrations, and procurement.
• Extensive Interface with Quality and hands - on experience with white box and black box.
• Competitive Benchmarking with business analyst / processes.
• Author portions of the technical documentation flow charts / procedures for software enhancements.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Experienced in bus analyzers (XGIG) / emulators (ARM), PCB layouts, technical manuals.
• Developed test scripts on platforms such as C++, VB (Excel), DOS, JAVA, Linux (Centos).
• Software Deployment: PXE Boot, Clonezilla, Acronis, Windows, MAC OS, Ubuntu, Red Hat, Centos, IOS
• Installed, configured and debugged beta / production 3rd party OEM drivers / software / EUI
• Installed, configured and Script Deployment Power Shell - IIS, SharePoint, OS, SQL Server: SSIS, SSAS, SSRS.
• SQL Server with Business Intelligence/ETL/Data Warehouse
• Administrative skills include Microsoft Office, Microsoft Visio, Microsoft Access, Crystal Reports, & Visual Studio
• Aware of Microsoft Server: Domain / Local Security, AD, Group Policies, File Share, and WDS
• Virtual Machine: Hyper-V - Client/Server, VMware, Oracle.
• Created/maintained Apple IPAD environment, TCP/IP configuring, securing, updating, and Wifi connectivity.
• MDM, DEP, NON-DEP, XenMobile Console, Citrix Worx Home, Citrix ShareFile, TN5250, Mobilecast, Telogis Work Plan, Cisco AnyConnect, ADP, Ariba Purchasing Tool, SalesForce, Restricted Policies, Webex Training, BMC Remedy
• NVMe Command Set, PCIe Compliance, Single / Dual Port, Oakgate Hardware / Software, Python, Dell Power Edge / Supermicro Server, Agilent, RBPie, Quarch, Lecroy / Beagle Analyzers, RestAPI, Putty, MRemote, TortoiseSVN, Jenkins.
• T32 Lauterbach hardware / software, NVMe-cli, Jira, Medusa, IOMonkey, Confluence, FIO

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, San Jose, CA

Test Engineer (Contract)

• Execute / debug of internal SSDFW qualification tests including UNHIOL, Customer, and NVMe / PCIe Protocol specific.
• System level and drive level debugging using software programs bus analyzers and other diagnostic tools
• Identify issues in their design, code, tests, or processes that could affect quality, and recommend corrective action.
• Triage, file and follow through defects till closure, along with debugging issues assigned and identify root cause
• Maintain infrastructure by assembling the required hardware, flashing FW, installing OS, NVMe storage drivers, and C / Python internal test scripts used to run, and report results via quality metrics in a production environment.

Confidential, Santa Ana, CA

Sr. FWQA DVT Engineer (Contract)

• Participate in the execution of the Design Verification Test (DVT) of Confidential SSD and NVMe / PCIe Enterprise products.
• Coordinate with test development team to receive, qualify and deploy new tests (SVN / Python).
• Provide input to test systems engineering and the test development team for product test improvements.
• Collect, analyze and provide initial debug of failure data with a special emphasis on identifying and resolving test environment related issues on Oakgate test system environment.
• Ensure effective reporting of product failures using Confidential defect management systems and coordinate issue resolution with firmware and other development team members.
• Track and report progress on DVT execution and defect status (JIRA) and update formal DVT reports with test results.

Confidential, Lake Forest, CA

Telecom Analyst (Temp position)

• Programmed, analyzed and resolved problems related to telecommunications systems' software and hardware for the latest MDM system.
• Administered accounting systems by maintaining data bases, producing reports, invoicing users, tracking and trouble shoot XenMobile performance, AD, diagnose hardware / carrier issues, MDM certificate deployment, Business application configuration and all within HIPA security requirements as requested.
• Created visual aids in Visio and Microsoft Power Point and trained 15+ end users in the use of various kinds of telecommunication equipment and software in virtual classrooms or an on-site setting.

Confidential, Irvine, CA

FIT Engineer (“ Functional Integrated Test” for Hardware & Software)

• Managed numerous high-visibility programs resulting in substantial revenue and profitability for this $1.7 billion company.
• Designed and documented detailed project plans and determined customer qualification and production dates.
• Wrote detailed Test Procedures, Failure Analysis Reports, and Corrective Actions Plans for IRT (Initial Reliability Test), DVT (Design Validation Test).
• Tested Firmware / Hardware Sequential & Random Read / Write paths and Caching algorithms performance, SMART, Vibration, Temperature, and Power Consumption within IDE, SATA, SAS, Hybrid (SSD) all within T13.org industry standards.
• Compatibility tested new SOC, fab, wafers, dies, Hardware / Software functionality under NDA.
• Management representative and responsible for Engineering internal audits (twice a year) of HDD / System Hardware, Software, Test Documents and ESD requirements within ISO 9001 guidelines.
• Created large-scale test plans for evolutionary, revolutionary, and sustaining technology (300+ drives) in NAS, SAN, STB, SSD, RAID Controllers, Desktop, Laptop, Data Centers, Gaming Consoles, Set Top Box.
• Stress-tested and Benchmarked Firmware Sequential and Random /Read/Write I/O paths; caching algorithms, SMART, power consumption within T13.org set standards.
• Used XGIG, HP Logic Analyzers and ARM Emulators to trouble shoot potential hardware issues to component level.
• Developed test scripts on platforms such as C++, VB (Excel), DOS, JAVA and scripting deployment.
• Testing environments included all Windows, Linux, Ubuntu, and Apple (latest revisions of OS).
• Debugged OS logs, OS installation settings, registry, and OS temp directories for possible test environment issues.
• SQL Querying, Administration and Data Warehouse.