SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Software Quality Assurance (SQA) Engineer with experience in testing various software, hardware, and firmware. Tested several graphical user interface software applications on Microsoft Windows (XP, Vista, Windows 7, Server 2003 & Server 2008), including custom web applications. Experienced with testing devices having embedded operating systems (both Linux and proprietary), and standards compliance testing for telecommunications & data communications equipment.
Develop and execute test plans for various software and hardware products. Maintain database of product defects. Work with development engineers and customers to resolve product issues. Lead weekly project status / bug review meetings.
Familiar with Ethernet / wireless Ethernet, TCP/IP, SIP, VoIP, PBX / key systems, Ubuntu Linux, VMware ESXi, Microsoft Windows server and desktop operating systems, telecommunications and data communications standards, MIL-STD-1553B, ARINC-429.
EMPLOYMENT
Sr. Member of the Technical Staff
(Confidential) March 2013 - Present
• Perform software testing of Flight Management System (FMS) software for rotary-wing aircraft.
• Create test cases, edit existing test cases, and review requirements in IBM Rational DOORS software.
• Develop automated test scripts using C language, subversion, and Microsoft Visual Studio.
• Familiar with MIL-STD-1553B and ARINC-429 data communications, HF radio testing, and DDC dataSIMS simulation software.
• Work with software developers and requirements engineers to resolve test and documentation issues.
Sr. Software Quality Assurance Engineer
Sensor Switch, Inc. October 2009 – March 2013 (3 years 5 months)
• First and only employee of Software Quality Assurance department, providing software testing services for a team of 5 web development engineers and 6 hardware/firmware development engineers.
• Work closely with software development team to find, document, and resolve software defects and software/system performance issues. Log all software/firmware defects in JIRA bug tracking database.
• Perform functional testing of Windows IIS-based lighting control sensor management web application. Discovered several software defects by combining stress, load, and boundary testing with exploratory testing techniques.
• Configure lighting occupancy sensor test networks to work in conjunction with custom web application.
• Configure Cisco wireless LAN controller and access point to create network for Wi-Fi enabled lighting control sensors.
• Re-purposed Dell PowerEdge rack server as a VMware ESXi test server. Loaded various Windows operating systems (Windows Server 2003, 2008, Windows 7/Vista/XP) as virtual machines, and tested web application installation and operation.
• Test usability, functionality, and load-test custom touch-screen lighting control device. Offer suggestions for UI improvement.
• Installed and configured SpiraTest test case management software. Configured SpiraTest integration with JIRA bug tracking database. Created a library of test cases for testing custom web application.
Test Engineer, Design Quality Assurance
NEC Infrontia, Inc. / NEC America June 2003 – October 2009 (6 years 5 months) Shelton, CT
• Provided testing services for 3 hardware/firmware engineers, 9 embedded software engineers, and 1 GUI software engineer.
• Tested embedded Linux-based NEC DSX phone system and all features, from concept to completion. Significantly reduced the quantity and severity of software and hardware defects in released products.
• Created and implemented test plan documents.
• Decreased software test turnaround time by utilizing simple automation techniques and parallel testing.
• Verified operation of integrated voicemail (IntraMail) on DSX system via functional tests and stress/load tests.
• Assisted Engineering department by creating pre-production test documentation.
• Tested T1 E&M/DID, analog loop-start, and ISDN PRI trunk interfaces.
• Verified operation of NEC software applications on Windows 2000/XP/Vista platforms.
• Utilized software defect tracking database and held weekly bug status meetings.
• Assisted Tech Support, Engineering, and Sales and Marketing departments with customer field issues.
• Active member of the NECDSX.com Dealer Forums – answered dealer and installer questions, and provided guidance with system configurations.
• Completed TMC University online SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) 101 training course.
• Tested Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) implementation on NEC DSX and NEC Aspire VoIP key systems, using Cisco 7940G, Snom 190, Grandstream Budgetone-100, Linux Twinkle, and X-Lite SIP user agent telephones.
• Configured and tested IPSec VPNs using Netgear FVS-318 VPN Routers and Netgear ProSafe VPN Client software.
• Built Linux Fedora and Ubuntu PCs and utilized open-source software to test robustness of SIP software implementation. (e.g. RFC 4475 SIP Torture Test Messages)
• Tested email notification functionality for integrated voicemail (IntraMail) on NEC UX5000 telephone system.
• Tested entire NEC DS1000/2000 Series telephone system product line.
Principal Engineer, System Test
Kenetec, Inc. March 2000 – November 2002 (2 years 9 months) Naugatuck, CT
• Developed and implemented test plans for ATM/IP voice/data integrated communications system, and associated SNMP software controller. (cPCI-based hardware, with VxWorks embedded real-time operating system)
• Tested FXS T1 CAS loop- and ground-start protocols, and E&M wink- and immediate-start protocols.
• Performed bulk call generator testing on voice over ATM AAL1 and AAL2 circuits via analog POTS and T1 interfaces.
• Tested SNMP element management system software on UNIX (Solaris) and Windows 2000 platforms.
• Tested command-line interface (CLI) for functional integrity, usability, and operational characteristics under stressful loads.
• Traveled to customer sites to perform ...
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