Software Android

Location:

Troy, MI

Posted:

June 25, 2019

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Resume:

Ravinder Katla

************@*****.*** +1-810-***-****

Professional Summary

Over 5+ years of professional IT experience, Includes 3 years of experience in Android application design, development, & deployment of Consumer and Automotive Applications.

Experienced in Developing Android SDK(GMSDK) in automotive industry.

Experienced in testing within the automotive industry.

Experience in developing application in Android Marshmallow and above

Proficient with Core Java, Android and knowledge on Python programming.

Strong understanding and implementation knowledge of Android Native libraries and services.

Hands on Experience with build Android mobile apps and android Auto.

Expertise in developing applications for android operating system using Android Studio, Eclipse IDE, Java, Android SDK.

Hands on experience on AsyncTask, Handlers, Threads, Background Service, Custom Toast and Notifications, Fragments, GCM.

Experience working with different operating systems like Windows and Linux (Ubuntu).

Experience in software engineering and scrum/agile development methodologies and test/behavior driven development.

In depth experience to use Push Notifications like Google cloud messaging along with notifications and Google services.

Hands on experience in API Development and Testing.

Experience to use CAN, Ethernet data communications.

Hands on experience in building native Android applications using Android SDK and APIs.

Worked closely with other Software developers, QA and production Support groups to develop top quality applications for business needs.

Experience in building apps which consume REST and SOAP web services using JSON XML parsing and Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).

Experience with client-side consumption of Restful services using JSON and XML parsing.

Hands on experience in test the source code using Unit testing and Application Unit Testing, Android Unit Testing, Integration Testing.

Strong knowledge of Android basic components i.e. Activity, Intents, Fragment, Service, Broadcast Receiver and Content Provider.

Hands on experience in Android UI components such as ListView, GridView, Customized Views, Menus etc. in Application development.

Experience in parsing the web response data in both XML and JSON format.

Experience with Test Driven Development (TDD) software development process.

Strong at problem solving and understanding new technical concepts quickly and produce meaningful results.

Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git, Gerrit.

Experience on continuous integration tools such as Jenkins.

Self-motivated and excellent abilities to learn new languages and other concepts quickly, excellent interpersonal skills and abilities to communicate with team members.

Working with defects resolving in applications and APIs, CAN bus analyze root cause analysis with supplier.

Extensively working on GM model year 20 & 21 apps validation, verification and unit testing of each module

Executing testing across features both in vehicle and bench testing

Working in continuous integration tools like Jenkins and software collaboration tool like GERRIT and distributed version control system (GIT) and Source code Search engine OpenGrok, Working in SonarQube bug fixes.

Working with software development team collaboration tool like rational team concert (RTC) It provides a collaborative environment that software development teams use to manage all aspects of the work—such as plans, tasks, revision control, build management, and reports.

Debugging and testing the applications using logcat analysis

Working with Neo-Vi and Vehicle Spy applications software

Performing debugging on the various modules/functions to ensure that the output is as expected.

Working on the test case execution on a various domain like Vehicle Spy, and CANalyzer, Neo VI.

Testing Automotive Infotainment features such as CD, USB, AM/FM, AUX, Apps, Navigation, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and Voice Recognition (VR).

Working in Bench Level System Testing and In-Vehicle validation testing.

Working knowledge in understanding Root Cause issues found during the validation.

Infotainment, Multimedia, Navigation testing using tools such as Vector CANoe and TeraTerm.

Performed the validation on CAN message communication between ECU's.

Test-case creation, review, execution, Manual and automated test case fixing and Verification & Validation and documentation for Automotive Software & Hardware.

Test and Validate Vehicle Infotainment system features such as Navigation, Bluetooth, Telephone, Speech, Media, Audio, Car Play and Android Auto.

Report and log issues into a bug tracking system, including track files and necessary steps to recreate.

Performed Sanity, System, Regression, Adhoc and User Interface testing for new builds.

Coordinate with SW partners in Canada along with domestic and international suppliers to bring testing and development projects to the full life cycle.

Technical Skills Set

OPERATING SYSTEMS: Android OS, Windows, Ubuntu.

Android OS: Android 2.x to Android 6.x (Jellybean, Kit Kat, Lollipop, Marshmallow).

Testing Frameworks: Application Unit Testing, Android Unit Testing, Robotium, UIautomator.

Tools: Android SDK 2.X/3.X/4.X, Android studio, Eclipse IDE 4.4, Maven 3.2.1, Source Tree, GIT.

Languages: JAVA, Python(beginner), C++

Databases: SQLite, Shared Preferences

Web services: SOAP, RESTful, SOAPUI.

Parsing Techniques: JSON Parsing and XML Parsing

Methodologies: Agile methodology, Iterative development, Waterfall model

IDEs: IntelliJ, Eclipse, NetBeans

BUG TRACKING TOOLS: IBM Rational ClearQuest, JIRA, BUGZILLA.

Professional Experience

Client: General Motors, Warren, MI Oct 2016-Till date

Role: Infotainment Application Developer

Description: GM is the automotive manufactured American multinational corporation. Currently am involved in develop the infotainment system apps and validation.

Responsibilities:

Responsible for the entire lifecycle of the assigned domain including requirements system design, deployment, development and maintenance of the infotainment software in vehicle components

Design, Develop and Deploy auto code generator for vehicle API used by infotainment applications.

As part of maintenance work fix the performance and memory issues reported by Static Analysis SonarQube tool for Vehicle Data component.

Develop android instrumentation test suite for Vehicle Data component to meet the Google standards and requirements for Android.

Write python scripts which are hardware specific to execute Vehicle API android instrumentation test cases on infotainment hardware using ADB (Android Debug Bridge) and socket communication.

Design vector ARXML parsing logic to retrieve signal information. This information will be further used in many vehicle components.

Maintenance of infotainment software specification document for different GM vehicle architectures (Global A and Global B) – This document needs to be frequently updated per vehicle CAN database upgrade.

Deliver Voice Recognition, navigation and vehicle data related functionality by coding best in infotainment software using Java, C, C++& python

Develop the projects in full life cycle like design, planning, develop and deployment.

Working with defects resolving in application coding to improve the software performance.

Interactive with the supplier to understand the root cause of infotainment software and fix using by coding.

Debug and coding the application or features as per the user requirement.

Always software program continuous function through maintenance and testing.

Work with GM business leads and Engineering specialists to identify capture & retire system requirements

Using collaborative tool environment to manage all aspects of work such as plans, tasks, revision, control build management and reports.

Work with system engineers, fellow programmers and developers to come up with an innovative design. Understand the system hardware limitations, software limitations and system performance metrics.

Validation for infotainment application, infotainment features, in the vehicle, bench level testing

Neo VI

CANalyzer

Vehicle Spy

Testcase creation, review, execution, manual, documentation and automated testcase.

Perform the validation on CAN (control area network) message communication between ECUS (Electronic control unit).

Perform sanity, system, regression, integration, unit testing for new builds.

Debugging and testing applications using logcat analysis.

Document every aspect of an application and further maintenance and upgrade.

Document the infotainment software and hardware application.

Continuously follow the software development methodology to design the software

Pair program with different people in many situations and understand the design and architecture of the application.

Ensure clear complete design level documentation.

Ability to work with the bridge across multiple disciplines, including Engineering, Information technology, Technical support to make appropriate system level design trades

Coordinate with software partners in Canada along with domestic and international suppliers.

Automotive software understanding and validate the software against the latest hardware.

Understanding user requirement and analyze, then create the software meet the user needs

Requirements gathering and work with programmers to design the software for user.

Work with GM system engineers to understand the new software requirements, provide a design and detailed project plan to implement the system requirements using SDLC process.

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