Engineer Power Plant

Simon (Xi) Yuan

*** *** *** *****, ****, NC ***** 919-***-**** ***********@*****.***

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS:

A detail oriented professional engineer with 10+ years of experiences in developing test plans from software design specifications, designing and executing manual test cases and automated scripts

A team leader with substantial project management experiences and strong analytical and problem solving skills

A highly motivated individual with proven records of bringing projects from concept to completion on a tight schedule

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE:

Agile, Visual Basic, JavaScript, Python, SQL, Java, Batch script, Unix shell script, Perl, Tcl, C, C++, Fortran

Selenium/HP ALM/UTF

Jenkins/TeamCity

Postman/SOAPUI

Github/IntelliJ/Maven/PyCharm

Oracle, DB2

Websphere, WebLogic.

Windows, Linux, Solaris, HPUX, AIX

Microsoft office suite.

Isight v4/v5/v6, Fiper/SEE v5, Dassault Systemes 3D experience

Abaqus, ANSYS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Quality Assurance Senior Analyst Deutsche Bank Global Technologies, Cary, NC (2014-present)

Created automated regression tests using java (intellij, maven) in an agile environment

Created automated regression tests using python (pycharm)

Created automated regression UI tests using TestComplete

Created automated Web Service tests using Selenium

Created an automated test framework from scratch using VBS/VBA/Excel to test Excel Addin functions

Implemented API test cases using Python /Javascript/Postman

Using SQLscripts to test oracle database

Quality Assurance Manager Dassault Systemes Simulia, Providence, RI (2008-2014)

Participated in all phases of software test cycle, including function testing phase I, II, performance/scalability testing, internal and customer Beta testing, regression testing, pre-release testing including red-wire testing in an agile environment

Participated in development meetings for software requirement, design specification reviews

Served as a mentor for other team members

Designed manual test cases and automated scripts

Executed both manual test cases and automated scripts across multiple platforms and analyzed test results

Identified, analyzed and reported defects into defect tracking system

Verified fixes for reported defects

Maintained regression test suites by adding new functionality tests

Documented and reported results to help management assess readiness for product release

Quality Assurance Engineer Engineous Software, Cary, NC (2003-2008)

Developed and executed test cases for many functions in Fiper/Isight products

Documented defects and verified fixes

Installed/Configured/Maintained ACS/station/application environment to support both the testing team and service/support team activities

Reproduced customer reported issues to differentiate product defects from user errors

Customer Support Analyst/Trainer Engineous Software, Cary, NC (2000-2003)

Handled customers’ phone calls and e-mail inquiries about Isight v4

Helped customers build Isight v4 applications to solve engineering problems

Taught both in-house and customer site Isight v4 training courses

Revised Isight v4 training guides

Research Assistant Center for Nuclear Power Plant Structures, Equipment and Piping, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (1995-2000)

Customized ANSYS and ABAQUS by implementing a new cyclic plasticity material property model

Performed nonlinear dynamic finite element analysis on piping components subjected to seismic and other cyclic loading

Predicted fatigue life of piping components under high-level seismic loading

Conducted shake-table dynamic tests to identify failure mode of piping components under high level seismic loading

Investigated ASME Code seismic safety margin for piping components

Made recommendation for design optimization and maintenance guidelines

Research Engineer Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China (1993-1995)

Developed a material property model for composite material

Conducted Split-Hopkins-Tension Bar impact material tests

Performed dynamic finite element analysis using DYNA on an armor-piercing projectile

Investigated cause of fracture and made product improvement recommendation for this projectile

Research Engineer Chinese State Bureau of Seismology, Beijing, China (1991-1992)

Investigated deformation of stratum using finite element analysis method

Made recommendation for base design of high-rise building

Research Assistant Chinese Academy of Engineering Physics, Sichuan, China (1990-1991)

Implemented a new material property model for composite into a finite-difference computation code

Simulated fracture of composite material subjected to high-speed impact loading or intensive laser using the finite-difference computation code

Performed electric gun material impact tests and metallographic analysis

EDUCATION:

Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, North Carolina State University (2006)

MS. in Engineering Mechanics, Peking University (1991)

BS. in Engineering Mechanics, Peking University (1988)

CITIZENSHIP STATUS:

US Citizen

REFERENCE:

Jeff Bond, 919-***-****

Randy Elliott, 919-***-****

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