Engineer Project

RENUKA ALURKAR, MBA-IT, CSQE

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*************@*****.***; 804-***-****

SUMMARY

* *****’ experience as a software/systems test engineer in diverse fields

Hands-on experience with manual testing and automation test tools - QTP and Winrunner

Familiar with test automation tools- Squish and Selenium WebDriver

Rich domain experience in medical device development under FDA QSR and ISO 13485

ASQ Certified Software Quality Engineer (CSQE), Six Sigma Green Belt

Authorized to work without sponsorship for any employer

SKILL SET

Automation Testing Tools: QTP, Selenium, Cucumber, Winrunner

Defect management: Clear Quest, Quality Center (QC), Bitbucket, Jira

Programming: C++, C#, SQL, Unix, VBScript, Java, XML

Version Control: CVS, Kiln, Subversion, Clearcase, Git

Databases: SQL server, MS Access

Project Management: MS Project, Visio, Sharepoint

OS: Windows, VMWare

VOLUNTEERING

American Red Cross, Houston, TX Apr’13-May’13

Volunteer/Coordinator

Coordinated safety programs for school children

Collected information on potential shelter sites and arranged site visits to assess shelter state

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

CSQE Re-certification, 2013

Selenium WebDriver Course July, 2016, Udemy (Massive Open Online Course)

WORK EXPERIENCE

Amonix Inc., Seal Beach, CA Jan’11-Feb ‘12

Software Quality & Reliability Engineer

Project: Testing of solar tracking controller firmware for use in 7700-66 system with new board design using one microcontroller, replacing two MSPs and two DSPs.

Single handedly managed all the testing activities of the solar tracker embedded systems

Assisted in gathering requirements of the solar tracker from the legacy code

Developed software/firmware test plan and test cases for solar tracker boards

Executed testing of solar trackers using encoders, sun sensors and anemometer

Conducted bench level and field testing of the tracking boards

Assisted in programming firmware boards

Used a VB Modbus app to test (RS-485) communication between tracker and master controllers

Used Modbus Poll application to simulate Modbus protocol and test communication between the master and the slave devices

Analyzed SCADA data acquired through real-time PI system to resolve solar tracker problems

Enhanced master controller software GUI through C# programming

Used Bitbucket for defect reporting and defect management

Boston Scientific, Fremont, CA Dec’09 – Oct’10

Software Design Assurance Engineer

Project: Design assurance of iLAB ultrasound imaging software

Derived use cases and test cases by researching market and product specifications

Developed a Design Verification Master Plan outlining test strategy, software requirements and defect handling guidelines

Performed functional and GUI testing of iLAB software builds

Discovered bugs, quantified defect severity/occurrence through pareto plots, risk priority numbers

Used Clear Quest for defect management and reviewed risks at change control board meetings

Worked with technical writer and marketing team to develop directions for use (DFU)

IT Resonance, Richmond, VA Jan’09 – Nov ‘09

Software QA Engineer

Project: Web application for tracking payroll and leave history of employees

Studied functional requirements, created tests for features - vacation accrual/balance, payroll changes

Created and ran SQL queries to verify accuracy between web application and database

Identified bugs/severity, analyzed other analysts code, provided feedback during code reviews

Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Pune, India (Client of PCS) Jan’06-Oct’08

Project Integration Lead

Project: Computed Tomography (CT) Automation – Operating software for CT scanning system

Project management duties, presented project status to management at milestone meetings

Subject matter expert on CT product and mentored new team members

Developed project plans, provided resource/effort estimates; performed work allocation, scheduling and tracking using MS Project for 4 team members; maintained project metrics

Performed failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA)

Maintained traceability matrix (RTM) and checklists as part of quality documentation activities

Generated test scripts in QTP and performed GUI, functional and regression testing

Performed integration testing of software modules

Conducted user acceptance testing (UAT) and delivered product release notes during project hand-off

Project: MRI Integration Phase - Integration of acquisition and communication components of MRI image scanning software system

Designed test cases and used Quality Center for test case management and defect tracking

Created test automation framework; converted existing manual test script into automated code in QTP

Monitored test logs, performed 1st level debug and reported defects to developers for resolution

Verified effectiveness of fixes by regressing the bug in newly deployed code

Performed source code management using VSS

EDUCATION

M.B.A - Information Technology, 2006, Symbiosis International Education Center, Pune, India

B. Tech – Electrical/Electronics Engineering, 2003, J. Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad

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