SUMMARY:

• An engineer with a university degree in Electrical Engineering and extensive experience in test automation and quality assurance.
• An overview of technical skills and engineering qualifications include:
• A bachelor of Applied Science in Electrical Engineering from Confidential .
• Extensive knowledge and practical experience in SDET and Test Automation development with Selenium; strong skills in setting up an automation framework from ground up.
• Solid background and practical experience in all validation and verification activities, including feature functionality testing and software performance evaluation.
• Strong QA leadership and training skills to mentor and coach junior engineers, and coordinate QA activities in all phases of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).

LANGUAGES & TECHNICAL WRTITNG SKILLS:

Excellent proficiency in speaking, writing, and documenting in English and Italian.

EXPERIENCE:

Consultant - Senior QA

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Reviewed software requirements and specifications, and created a complete set of test cases according to design requirements.
• Conducted software quality analysis and executing test cases, including functional and integration testing.
• Conducted system analysis and performance evaluation of mobile apps running on iOS and Android devices.
• Developed test cases, optimized and improved test coverage, and verified business and functional requirements; identified, reported and tracked software bugs and performance issues.
• Provided documentations and helped junior QA analysts with various QA activities.
• Worked with a variety of software tools and technologies, including, Android Studio, Jira, Mac OS, SQL, iOS, and HP ALM.

Senior Quality Assurance & Automation Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Managed and led the development of a complete set of automation test scripts for functional verification and regression testing of web based software applications.
• Developed test cases, test scripts, SQL queries; conducted REST web API testing.
• Conducted system analysis and overall software performance evaluation; executed test cases, including functional and integration testing, troubleshooting, and debugging.
• Worked with a variety of software tools and technologies, including, Microsoft Visual Studio, .NET, C#, C, TFS, Jira, Mac OS, SQL, Android, Appium, and Selenium automation.

Senior Software Test Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Built and deployed web servers and workstations under varying network conditions as per test requirements; set up, installed and configured client/server workstations; analyzed and tested web-based medical imaging software applications designed and developed by Confidential .
• Developed test cases, and conducted QA analysis and requirements verification; executed functional, integration, regression, and user acceptance testing; opened bug reports and tracked unresolved problems.
• Worked with the senior management team in assessing product quality.
• Worked with a variety of software tools and technologies, including, ClearQuest, HP Quality Center, MS SharePoint, HTTP, VMware Virtualization, Oracle servers, SQL, and Agile development methodologies.

Software Quality Assurance Engineer

Confidential, Beverly Hills, California

Responsibilities:

• Developed an automation tool for conducting software analysis, white box testing, and requirements verification of web based software applications developed in C# in a .NET environment.
• Created a solid test plan and an innovative test strategy for overall software evaluation and identifying functional and performance defects.
• Reviewed all related software requirements and specifications, and created a set of test cases according to design requirements.
• Created unit tests and developed an automation tool for conducting code analysis and regression testing.
• Worked with a variety of tools and technologies, including, MS Visual Studio Development Tool, XML, C#, SQL, Web Services, .NET, SOAP, HTTP, and Agile Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).

Senior Software Verification &Validation Engineer

Confidential, San Diego, California

Responsibilities:

• Conducted software verification and validation of medical devices, designed and developed by Confidential, which gave hospitals the ability to collect and interpret a wealth of infusion and monitoring data.
• Managed and developed test plans and test cases to conduct software testing, requirements verification, and system analysis; coordinated and conducted software and product acceptance testing.
• Identified, reported and tracked software bugs, and created a communication bridge between quality and development teams to expedite and enhance the software debugging and optimization process.
• Worked with various software tools and technologies, including TestDirector, ClearQuest, and SCRUM methodology.

Production Automation Engineer, Manufacturing Solutions

Confidential, San Diego, California

Responsibilities:

• Developed production test cases and test plans to conduct technical analysis and requirements verification of Confidential CDMA handsets according to design requirements.
• Trained and coordinated factory technicians on using various product and software automation tools to test and conduct product verification; identified functional and performance defects, opened bug reports, and tracked unresolved problems.
• Enhanced the factory test automation tool throughout the entire software development process and production cycle to better evaluate the product functionality and performance.
• Provided on site engineering support at various Confidential production factories (Korea, Brazil, USA).

Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer

Confidential, Santa Rosa, California

Responsibilities:

• Developed software test applications to test and identify defects of microwave and RF signal generators designed by Confidential Technologies.
• Created efficient automated test scripts in Standard Commands for Programmable Instruments (SCPI) language in a UNIX environment to verify requirements and characteristics of wide band CDMA signals.
• Examined in detail the total output power, transmission frequency, and other RF characteristics of wide band CDMA signals, and identified software bugs, opened bug reports, and tracked unresolved problems.

Senior Software Engineer

Confidential, Palo Alto, California

Responsibilities:

• Developed efficient memory manager modules in C for embedded systems.
• Developed reusable scripts in C language on Windows NT and UNIX operating systems to pinpoint the source of coding errors and to create a test regression suite that was reusable from release to release.
• Tested software API and tracked software bugs, and conducted systems and software analysis; evaluated and optimized various software applications designed by Confidential for mobile phones and embedded systems.

Systems Analyst & Integration Engineer

Confidential, Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas

Responsibilities:

• Conducted systems analysis and performance evaluation of a telephone network designed by Confidential .
• Developed efficient test plans and detailed test procedures for software analysis and tracking network bugs, and created UNIX shell scripts for data acquisition and storing system log files.
• Conducted network analysis and monitoring the TCP/IP traffic through the network.
• Created efficient test plans and test procedures for a telecom system designed by Confidential ; performed systems analysis and conducted tests to verify system functionality according to design requirements.

Research Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Conducted research in the area of wireless communications systems including CDMA and Spread Spectrum.
• Developed a practical software application tool in C language and MATLAB in UNIX and VxWorks environment to simulate the signal processing operations of wireless networks.
• Evaluated and analyzed performance of both analog and digital wireless communications systems; documented test results and technical analysis.