Dishank Patel

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SUMMARY

I’m an IT professional with 4 years of Product Development experience. I have had the pleasure to work on a team in a Development role as well as a Validation role which has given me valuable experience in different steps of the development life cycle. I have led small teams as a Validation Lead and my most recent role as a Lead DRE for General Motors has given me skills such as complex-problem solving, people management, and communication expertise while working with cross-functional high performance agile teams.

EXPERIENCE

Lead Design Release Engineer – 3.5Cadillac CSM Escalade

LG Electronics / General Motors (Warren, MI), [1/2018 – Present]

Collaborated with cross-functional engineering teams to design, validate, and release components to General Motors.

Guided product design and development from the initial prototype phases through its production.

Organized vehicle builds by performing DIT’s, stress tests, and performing buyoff rides with managing directors through various milestones.

Reviewed Engineering Work Orders (EWO) for Warranties, Cost Reductions, Capacity Increases, and Quality Improvement with customer purchasing and manufacturing teams.

Kept a detailed database of every CSM module with various attributes and parts for efficient tracking.

Performed Design Analysis using engineering tools (CAN, Simulation, ADB debugging, and system bench testing).

Supported ECU diagnostics and troubleshooting including reproducing issues, determining occurrence rates, and detect impacted components

Ensured that all software defects are properly tracked and resolved to meet customer compliance and to ensure a smooth software release process.

Quality Assurance Engineer II (Autonomous Vehicles [GM SuperCruise])

LG Electronics (Troy, MI), [12/2016 – 12/2017]

Managed the daily operations for validation engineers to ensure completeness and on time delivery of projects.

Presented test reports for a multitude of projects (Model Year 19-21, TCP, VCP Global A, Global B) for management and the customer.

Reviewed GM Specifications to ensure adequate coverage of customer requirements and verified every requirement is correctly mapped to test procedures in the test suite.

Automated 15% of the total test cases to allow more time for exposure test cases and field test scenarios.

Tracked team issues to make sure issues are properly resolved and closed allowing for an accurate.

Implemented bi-weekly learning and prevention workshops between the customer and supplier validation teams to compare test scope, discuss field issues, and prevent post-production issues.

Quality Assurance Engineer I – OnStar Validation

LG Electronics (Troy, MI), [12/2015 – 12/2016]

Created testing procedures using customer provided specifications, field issues, and complex function interaction scenarios.

Identified product changes based on Engineering Change Proposals from the customer and updated test case suites accordingly.

Executed system testing for the GNSS testing suite which included OnStar Advisor Emergency Calls, Compass, Navigation, Chicago/Detroit driving routes, Dead Reckoning, and radio tests.

Found and reported software/hardware defects from validation cycles and monitored them through verification of fixes and regression tests.

Software Engineer (internship):

Energy Financial Services (EFS) – [09/2014 – 12/2014]

Updated/fixed unit tests and integration tests for 5 applications.

Wrote a best practices guide for the team developers to use.

Fleet Services – Web Security - [05/2014 – 08/2014]

Made code changes to address security vulnerabilities.

Automated jobs which perform tasks such as security scans and building & running applications on a schedule.

MyAccounts App – Software Development – [01/2014 – 04/2014]

Designed navigation links for the Customer Service Module.

Developed a Generic Inquiry form using HTML and JavaScript (jQuery).

EDUCATION

Bachelors of Science: Computer Science

Wayne State University (Detroit, MI), 2010 – 2015

SKILLS &

CERTIFICATIONS

ISTQB: International Software Testing Qualifications Board (2016) certified

Databases: SQL (Microsoft Access)

Programming Languages: Java, Python, and C++

Test Tools: Vehicle Spy (CAN), Novatel (GNSS), Trimble, Qualcomm Extensible Diagnostics Monitor (QXDM)

Languages: English, Hindi, Gujarati

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