Lead QA Engineer

• Mar 2022 - Present

Senior QA Engineer

• Feb 2021 - Feb 2022

QA Engineer

• Nov 2019 - Jan 2021

Tech Lead

• Oct 2015 - Jun 2019

Responsibilities –• Technically led the QA team of size 3 and followed agile Scrum principles and rituals.• Took ownership of end to end testing of 3 new projects (NPI) and 3 maintenance projects (NPE) and delivered successfully on time.• Analyzed the software requirements to provide feedback and at least 3 enhancement ideas per project.• Owned Test plan creation, Test case design and documentation in Contour, JIRA Xray.• Undertook identification of automation opportunities in testing embedded products using available software tools and conducted performance and reliability tests effortlessly.• Identified automatable test cases in web-applications and created test scripts and test automation framework using java, selenium web driver, TestNG, ReportNG, Maven, • Implemented Continuous Integration of Automation framework using Jenkins, Git and GitHub.• Took ownership of the protocol compliance tests for 2 new products and successfully delivered with least assistance.• Visited business partners at UK for requirement and planning discussions. As an outcome of the visit, was able to setup a specific test environment which saved 20% of the project cost. • Demonstrated collaboration skills by diligently liaising with local and distributed global teams for seamless project execution. Prioritized and handled multiple projects at the same time.• Supported development teams to debug defects, perform root cause analysis and identify implementation risks and failure modes.• Trained and mentored technical support staff, marketing team, new recruits and business visitors about the products, features and technology in use. Show less

Senior Software Test Engineer

• Nov 2011 - Sep 2015

Responsibilities –• Took ownership of end to end testing of 2 new projects (NPI) and 1 maintenance projects (NPE) and delivered successfully on time.• Identified, estimated and scheduled different applicable tests such as sanity/smoke, functional, non-functional, User Interface (UI), usability, integration, regression, load, performance and system testing.• Developed Test strategy to perform load testing, stress testing and capacity testing.• Designed and developed Test plan and Test cases online in contour.• Thoroughly executed the planned tests from contour and reported the defects in JIRA promptly.• Built the required test benches for each project including PC setup, LAN setup, network of products under test and necessary software installations. • Conducted follow-ups of the identified defects during testing and verified the resolved defects in a timely manner.• Participated and provided test progress metrics and voice of tester in the weekly project tracking meetings.• Ensured 100% test coverage to enable a defect free and quality assured product release to customers.• Designed a special test lab to conduct system testing of 300 controllers and software applications with minimal space thereby achieved reduction in the product costs significantly. Show less

Software Test Engineer

• Jun 2008 - Oct 2011

Responsibilities –• Thoroughly executed the assigned test cases to uncover the defects.• Provided timely test reports to stakeholders by duly recording and logging them in the defect tracking tool.• Participated in project tracking meetings to update the stakeholders about test execution progress and product quality.• Provided inputs in the Change Control Board (CCB) meetings to ensure right priorities are defined for the defects and change requests.• Provided test progress metrics in the project phase gate reviews to aid in decision making.• A completely new Test Lab was designed and constructed from scratch to test the Lighting Controls products and software applications. Show less