Engineer Software

DEEPTHI L. KOTA

**** ***** ***. **

Issaquah, WA 98029

Phone: 425-***-****

Email: ***********@*****.***

Objective Seeking a full-time or contract position in the field of Software Testing

and Test tools development.

Skills

Programming Languages: Visual Basic.NET, C, C#, HTML/Javascript, SQL

Operating Systems: Windows NT/2000/XP, DOS.

Experience

• April 2008 – April 2009: Software Test Engineer IV, eHome TV Team,

Microsoft Corp., Redmond.

• April 2005 – February 2007: Software Test Engineer II, eHome TV Team,

Microsoft Corp., Redmond.

Worked in the Media Center QA group, testing configuration and usability

of different video capture tuner cards.

Performed functionality, configuration, usability and application capability

testing and generated bug reports.

Performed BVTs on a daily and regular basis on new device support and

associated functionality that the group was developing.

Executed pre-written manual test scripts. Also ran automated test tools and

performed analysis of results.

Tested Copy Protected channels as part of DRM testing.

Performed Compatibility testing of Media Center platform on multiple

Windows OS versions: WindowsXP, Windows Vista and Windows7

Capture card / feeds: OCUR, NTSC, PAL/SECAM, ATSC, DVBT,

QAM, and ISDBT

Media Codecs: Windows Media, Dolby Digital+, MPEG2, AAC.

• January 2005 – March 2005: Software Test Engineer, Mobile Devices

Programming Group, Microsoft Corp., Redmond.

Responsible for testing the setup, configuration and connectivity of

WinCE OS Shell on PocketPCs and Smartphones.

Developed and executed test cases based on given test plans and matrices.

Tested ActiveSync, Bluetooth, Infrared, GPRS connectivity and call

handling features.

Performed functionality, configuration, usability, volume, regression tests

and generated Bug Reports.

• July – December 2003: Software Test Engineer, Software Integration and

Test Group, Intermec Technologies Corp., Everett.

Executed and verified Test plans for various Windows CE based handheld

barcode input devices like Laser, CCD and Imaging based barcode

scanners. Performed functionality, configuration and usability tests and

generated Bug Reports.

Tested a web-based Graphical User Interface that is used to configure

barcode devices and set them up to lookup and store data on centralized

data collection servers. The Data Collection Server 301 (DCS 301) lets

data collection devices (UDP Plus, TCP/IP) that are running the Intermec

Data Collection Browser client send information to and receive data from

hosts that are connected to the Internet, IP hosts, and a serial host.

Performed functionality, volume, stress, configuration and usability tests

and generated Bug Reports.

• January – July 2002: Software Intern, National Small Industries

Corporation Ltd., Hyderabad, India.

M.Sc. Final Project: Implemented a set of programs to encrypt and decrypt

data and key generation, using the 16-round Data Encryption Standard

(DES) algorithm. Provided a command-line interface that takes a filename

and key as input and creates a transcoded file as output. Developed in

Visual C++.

Education

Information Technology and Development April 2003 – March 2004

Lake Washington Technical College

Kirkland, WA.

M.Sc. in Computer Science August 2000 – July 2002

Osmania University, Hyderabad, India.

B.Sc. in Computer Science June 1997 – May 2000

Osmania University, Hyderabad, India.

Relevant Coursework

Programming with C#, HTML and Javascript, Visual Basic .NET Fundamentals,

Introduction to Software Testing, Software Testing and Management, Operating Systems,

Computer Networking Fundamentals, Software Engineering, Client-Server Computing.

References

Available on request.

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