SUMMARY:

• 10+ years of Experience in QA in Automotive Domain, Embedded and Software Products domain and Retail Domain, specifically in Project Management, Functional/Application testing, Web testing and Firmware testing and Automation Testing.
• Knowledge of Infotainment features like Connectivity, Multimedia, Navigation, Voice Recognition, Tuner, Phone Connectivity, Android Auto, Apple Car play and Bluetooth Application feature with Various Projects like FORD, TOYOTA, CHRYSTLER and GM.
• Good Leadership skills on the Majority features of Automotive Infotainment Systems - OEMs to Supplier.
• Have Proficient Experience on Testing the System, Functional, Regression, Integration levels in Car Infotainment systems for major OEMs.
• ISTQB-ISEB Certified Test Engineer with 10 Years of experience in Testing and Management.
• Experience in onsite and offshore team coordination and Team Management.
• Have excellent knowledge in accessing Test Management tools like HP-ALM, IBM DOORS and JIRA.
• Strong knowledge in various types of SDLCs like Agile Scrum, KANBAN model, Water Fall, Incremental, Iterative, V-Model and Spiral Model.
• Experience in creating and executing SQL queries on database, API and Web Services testing using Rest Assured-Java and SOAPUI.
• Experience in using IBM Mainframe application to test various OMS orders like DCS2K, PNEW, PGIN screens.
• Expertise in Software Test Life Cycle and Experience with all aspects of the defect lifecycle, including characterization, documentation, triage, verification, and deployment.
• Expertise in analyzing requirements, Test Plan/Strategy creation, writing test cases, setting up and enhancement of test framework, test execution and defect logging and defect Verification, Client Status reporting, Daily Execution Status to Client, Effort Tracking metrics, Inputs for Billing Metrics.
• Extensive working experience on Functional testing, GUI testing, Integration testing, User Acceptance testing, Regression testing, Stress testing, Smoke testing, Sanity testing, Positive testing, Negative testing, Boundary Value testing, Data Driven testing, Backend testing, End to End testing Cross Browser testing and Load testing.
• Very strong experience in preparing root cause analysis, test estimations and conducting review meetings.
• Experience in testing Citrix Products like Citrix XenApp Servers, Citrix Delivery Clients, and also worked in VMware WorkStation.
• Resourceful team player and capable of delivering tasks within timeline and able to work in a fast-paced, multi-functional Team environment.

PROJECT MANAGEMENT SKILLS:

Test Management, Team management, Project management, Project proposal, Project Plan, Budget estimation, Competency management, Risk Management, Work breakdown analysis, Project review, Project Audit

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Technology: Automotive Domain Knowledge, Retail Domain knowledge, Web &Software Testing, Embedded Application & Firmware testing, Manual & Automation testing, Agile- Scrum and Waterfall Testing methodologies, Test Plan/Strategy/case creation.

Tools: Confidential SYNC Gen3.0 Test Tools - DET, CAN protocol, QNX, DOORS,STAS ( Sync Test Automation studio ),NMEA,UBUNTU, RTC for Defects, Test Builder, Test Run Engine, DE (Diagnostic Engineering) -Tool, NEO-VI 3G Explorer, Epiphan, Confidential Simulator, File-Zilla, Putty/Tera-Term,Selenium - WebDriver, SOAPUI, JIRA, SQL, DB2,IBM Mainframe, HP- ALM, Internal Automation Frameworks CTF and Project Plan, Wire Shark, Ethereal, Putty & HP Test runner, CTF & GIT as SCM tool, EWS, HP DSS, HPPDM & WJA

Languages & Operating Systems: JAVA, C#, Javascript Windows, Unix/Linux

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Peachtree City

Test Lead Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Engage with SW and SE Team early in the development cycle (Shift Left) by reviewing SW Development Plan and aligning Test Case Development, Reviews and preparedness for Testing.
• Define the Test Scope and Test Plan for every release based on new features, change points and previous test cycle statistics. Review & Align with PTL on Test Plan, before publishing to all stakeholders.
• Define the resource loading for each software release streams, in coordination with PTL and offshore Test Coordinators/Planners.
• Based on the priority and schedule of SW releases provided by PTLs, Planner to create and publish resource plan for each release.
• Experience in features like Connectivity, Multimedia, Navigation, Voice Recognition, Tuner, Phone Connectivity, Android Auto, Apple Carplay and Bluetooth Application feature with Various Projects like FORD, TOYOTA, CHRYSTLER and GM.
• Coordinate with Horizontal Team Leads (i.e. Ride and Drive, Factory Support, Pre-Certification, Plant Support) for specific resource needs.
• Work with SW and SE teams to analyze requirements, design and develop System Tests with on time and high quality deliverables to multiple customers
• Study/Analyze System Requirements and determine testability, methods and types of test (Functional, Stress, Category, Vehicle etc.) to be developed.
• Design and Develop Test Cases covering all testable requirements, in time for the SW Test Cycle.
• Responsible to raise Q&A in case of lack of specs, requirement understanding gaps etc and follow through with SE Team in consultation with DVT SE Liaison to get them clarified.
• Understand the change requests, support in CR Estimation and update test cases with respect to Requirement changes.
• Lead and Participate in Test Case Reviews with SW and SE Teams within the Sprint/Release Test
• Cycles and ensure all review findings are fixed and closed.
• Verify all implemented requirements have test coverage before each test cycle.
• Evaluate software releases to ensure it meets the acceptance criteria, by performing Sanity/Priority Testing / Vehicle Ride and Drive Testing.
• Perform System Testing to verify functionality of implemented features/requirements.
• Responsible for Test Execution Results and Reports to be uploaded on the Configuration Management System (SVN)
• Participates and/or conducts problem investigations related to system testing.
• Track and report problems and verify solutions through the use of bug tracking applications.
• Participate in in-vehicle field evaluations of all features and functions

Confidential, Bentonville

Portfolio Lead/PM

Responsibilities:

• Handled a team of 25 members in REPLENISHMENT Portfolio and responsible for overall OMS deliverables which has 10 Scrum teams.
• Worked on Agile and Kanban model, understanding business requirements, preparing Test plan, Test strategy and ensuring the sign off from QA for deployment.
• Handled a team working on End-to-End Test Automation project using SLExtend framework using WebDriver - JAVA, JavaScript, TestNG, Maven, Jenkins, VM.
• Worked on API and Web Services testing using RestAssured-Java and SOAPUI.
• Provided business subject matter expertise and serving as a single point of contact and liaison between offshore testing team, Development team and Business teams.
• Communicated on the new business and system requirements details from the customers to offshore Managers.
• Got hands on test execution expertise on new features and share with the offshore test team.

Confidential

Onsite Test Lead

Responsibilities:

• Working on Agile model, Analyzing and reviewing the new requirements to create and finalize the Test plan after communicating with the Technical Leads and Customers.
• Working on fixing Test defects using “Internal Automation Framework” in C#.
• Providing business subject matter expertise and serving as a single point of contact and liaison between offshore testing team, Development team and Business teams.
• Communicating on the new business and system requirements details from the customers to offshore Managers and sending weekly reports to the customers and organizing meetings with offshore and customers.
• Coordinating with offshore team on the new requirements and the details on the qualification plan to be performed and Clarifying the offshore clarifications and concerns rose on the issues observed in testing.
• Getting hands on test execution expertise on new features and share with the offshore test team.
• Responsible for Defect tracking and review of test failures.
• Leading a team of 6 offshore resources and establishing work plans and resource allocation for the testing effort for every testing phase of the project.