Steve Sidie Gako

**** *. ******* **. #**, Chattanooga, TN, 37421

abq0af@r.postjobfree.com

Career Objective

Seeking an experienced level position in Software, Electrical, Test or Quality

Engineering that will enable me to use my experience and strong educational

background to grow personally and professionally with and within the company

while contributing to its success.

Technical skills

engineering SW/HW Testing/Validation; Requirements

Modification/Development; Test cases improvement;

Communication Systems; Digital signal

transmission/processing; Control, HF engineering; Mobile

radio communication; Computer programming

Computer Skills Operating System

Windows NT, Unix (Linux, UBUNTU, openSUSE)

Some Programming Languages/IDE

C/C++, Java, Python, Keil ?Vision3, AVR Studio, Eclipse

Other

Test Case Manager, Vehicle Diagnostic tools, Putty,

Syslog Watcher, Outlook, MS Office, Latex, TeDi, CANoe,

CANalyzer, CAN, DOORS, CSAINT, Panacea, TestBuilder,

KWP2000, UDS, OBD, Microcontroller (ATMega16; ARM7

Philips LPC2294), V-Model, Matlab, Simulink

Language skills French (native) / German (fluent) / English (fluent)

OTHERS Good organizational and communication (written and

verbal) skills, amazing team player, strong interpersonal

skills, attention to details, ability to adapt in any

situation and to work with everyone; strong willingness

to learn.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Test and Validation Engineer, Infotainment/Telematics, 01/2012-01/20

Volkswagen, Chattanooga, TN 13

Confer with function owners to develop functional requirements

and specs

Work with test case owners to develop/improve test cases

Plan test schedules/strategies in accordance with project scope

or delivery dates

Perform functional and end-to-end tests and analyze overall

behavior of infotainment modules (Telematics, Bluetooth,

Navigation and more)

Collect, store, retrieve, and manipulate in-vehicle log traces

for analysis to help identify and isolate issues to support

development teams

Utilize creative thinking and team work to organize, coordinate,

and perform

test activities to verify both software and hardware

Manage, organize and allocate and manage parts, equipment and

other resources for test campaigns and for suppliers and provide

support as needed

Confer every week with management and other team members and

provide them a status report of all test environment

Ensure problems found during testing are clearly documented, then

follow up within the VW internal issues report & tracking system

Compile engineering test reports and then communicate, negotiate

and

escalate the results

Tools: Test Case Manager, PuTTY, Syslog Watcher, VW Diagnostic

tools(ODiS,VAS,iDex), MS office, Outlook, CANalyzer, CAN loggers,

CANcase, KPM

Software Test Engineer, Infotainment, Panasonic Automotive, 04/2011-12/201

Peachtree City, GA, USA 1

Plan test schedules/strategies in accordance with project scope

or delivery dates and customer requirements and specifications

Conduct automated and manual functional tests on the bench and

in the vehicle following test plans; collect, store, retrieve,

and manipulate data

Calibrate and operate test benches to perform tests with the

crank waveform generator and the Telematics simulator

Analyze collected data to raise, identify and isolate problems

and test issues

Confer with systems engineers to develop and modify requirements

Review, modify and improve existing test cases/plan to improve

tests effectiveness

Create and maintain a database to document issues, report then

follow up using IBM RTC (Rational Team Concert)

Confer with software developers regarding test issues and

possible solutions

Resolve testing problems by modifying or revising test methods

and objectives

Tools: IBM RTC, DOORS, Panacea, TestBuilder, Telematics (TLM)

simulator, CSAINT, CGI, TSI, HMI, SAINT Box, CAN Analyzing Tool,

Crank waveform generator

System Test Engineer Intern

AIRBUS, Hamburg, Germany 07/2010-11/201

Calibrate and operate computer systems to comply with test and 0

customer requirements and specifications

Perform functional and integration tests of temperature and

pressure sensors following test plans

Store, retrieve, and manipulate test data for report and later

analysis

Confer with engineering personnel regarding details and

implications of test procedures and results and reported

failures and follow Up

Tools: DOORS, CANoe, CANaerospace, MS Office

Team Leader, SIXT Car rental GmbH, Ramstein, Germany 09/2005-07/200

Train and supervise new employees in job duties and company 9

policies; provide them with guidance in handling problems; often

confer with them to discuss about their performance and issues

and possible solutions

Provide customer support; utilize organizational skills to

arrange and coordinate special needs; resolve complaints

Quality Control Engineer Intern, Daimler Chrysler AG, Woerth, 10/2007-09/200

Germany 8

Conduct routine and non-routine analyses and tests of in-process

and raw materials and finished products before assembly to

evaluate quality and performance

Identify, analyze and document defects within a created and

maintained database

Review the effectiveness of measures initiated to improve

quality

Participated in product design reviews to provide input on

functional requirements, product designs or potential problems.

Reviewed software documentation to ensure technical accuracy,

completeness or to mitigate risks.

Tools: TeDi, Latex, MS Office

Summer Internships, Daimler Chrysler AG, Woerth, Germany 07/2003-09/200

Assembly of trucks cockpit and doors; Integration testing; 7

Report failures and follow up

Electrical/Test Engineer Intern, SONEL, Cameroon 07/2000-11/200

Build, calibrate, maintain, troubleshoot and repair electrical 0

instruments or testing equipment according to engineering data

and knowledge of electrical principles, using hand tools and

measuring instruments

Perform tests on electrical machines; set up and operate test

equipment to evaluate performance of assemblies and systems

under simulated operating conditions and record results.

Tools: Electronic measuring probes, computer, MS Word, Excel

EDUCATION BACKGROUND

Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, Major in 12/2008

telecommunications engineering

Technical University of Kaiserslautern, Germany

OTHER EDUCATIONAL WORK

Technical University of Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany

Project/Group Work Embedded software development of a 04/2010-07/201

microcontroller 0

Software programming of the microcontroller (AT Mega16) embedded

in a toy car using C in AVR Studio; test using different

scenarios; correct and improve program to achieve independent

functionality of the car using IR and Collision Avoidance

sensors

Project Work: team member of the IUPR Group 09/2009-03/201

Digitalization of books and objects art of a library by taking 0

3D pictures of them and process them using a Python software on

Ubuntu

Master Thesis: Implementation and Development of a 3D turbo 03/2008-11/200

decoder 8

Modify existing software to correct errors and upgrade

interfaces and improve performance

Consult with engineering staff to evaluate interface between

hardware and software

Develop specifications and performance requirements

Program software and develop testing programs that address areas

such as database impacts, software scenarios, regression

testing, unit testing, error retests, or usability.

Perform software development from design to the testing of the

whole communication system using C++; Store, retrieve, and

manipulate data for analysis and improvement of system

performances and document the results and founding

Tools: C++ programming, Eclipse; Latex, MS Office

Student Project: Examination of the real time behavior of the 04/2007-11/200

CAN Bus 7

Consult with engineering staff to evaluate interface between

hardware and software and develop specifications and performance

requirements

Program software and develop testing programs; perform testing

of the communication model using Matlab/SIMULINK on simulation

bench

Store, retrieve, and manipulate data for analysis and document

tests results and founding

Calibrate, maintain and troubleshoot testing equipment data for

testing purposes

Tools: Matlab/Simulink; C programming; microcontroller 16/32-bit

ARM7 Philips LPC2294; Keil ?Vision3; CAN Bus

Internship/Group Work: implementation of a GPS communication 05/2005-07/200

system 5

Analysis of the functionality of a GPS system; software

programming of the positioning algorithm using C++; tests and

report.

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