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Quality Assurance
Signal
Hardware Engineering
Patents
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Hearing Aid Power Tap Accessory
Cable
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of Application
Lionand Aganan
ELECTRONICS and COMMUNICATIONS ENGINEER
Philippines
Summary
Currently a Professor teaching Basic Electronics for second year Mechanical Engineering students at Polytechnic University of the Philippines; Has 14+ years work experience as a software test engineer in an Agile development environment for Windows application; Sets up and maintains VMware Virtual machine servers; Uses different automation tools including Visual Studios' Coded UI, Mouse and Keyboard recorder, Smartbear Testcomplete, and AutoIT3; Writes release notes, acceptance tests plans, traceability matrices, and other documents using Excel, Word and Outlook; Has extensive experience in using enterprise ALM like the Microsoft Team Foundation Server, and the Borland Starteam SCM and SDLC enterprise solution; Has extensive experience in firmware testing, test software development, and test automation for optical drive firmware; Experienced in developing test programs on automated, production-line semiconductor test equipment, including hardware design of interface boards for ATE production testing; A licensed Electronics and Communication Engineer in the Philippines. Experience
ECE Department PUP College Of Engineering
University Lecturer
April 2021 - Present (3 years 4 months)
Manila, Philippines
handles:
Basic Electronics Theory and Lab
Industrial Electronics
Sivantos Group
Software Test Engineer
2010 - February 2020 (10 years)
Singapore
Responsibilities/Experience
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- Review software test specifications to ensure its executability, efficiency, effectiveness in proving correctness of the implemented software requirement it is meant to test for.
- Work closely with relevant engineers to ensure software is implemented not only for functionality, but for testability as well.
- Use industry knowledge and experience to effectively assist with troubleshooting as needed
- Execute assigned test requests and identify software issues
- Document software issues accurately, based on agreed format and procedure, as well as test results as per applied standards
- Test and verify bug fixes
- Develop test plans, test scenarios, test cases, as per software requirements, for manual or automated testing.
- Has direct experience with or exposure to testing in an Agile delivery model
- Have significant experience with Chrome iMacro and popular test management and automation tools such as MS TFS
Achievements:
- Built microprocessor-based hardware, which uses Arduino, to provide full automation test of product's support Software, firmware-based software functionalities, and factory production software.
- Researched and provided hardware tool, together with a pc-based, scriptable software interface for testing new, rechargeable hearing aid products. This, and the point stated above prompted management to start an innovation group within the software department with members across all sites. SIEMENS Medical Instruments Pvt. Ltd
Software Configuration Engineer
2005 - 2010 (5 years)
Singapore
Responsibilities/Experience
- Communicates with main Configuration Management Team in Erlangen, Germany regarding build issues, infrastructure requirements and limitations, overall maintenance topics within the responsibility of Software Configuration Management in Singapore.
- Provides assistance to Scrum teams to resolve local developer build issues.
- Experience automating software builds using scripting languages such as PowerShell, Python, Javascript or Ruby .
- Define, Setup/Configure, Deploy and Maintain source code and repository for assigned software projects
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- Manages and executes the branching and merging process for the source code repositories for assigned software projects.
- Establishes and executes configuration management solutions .
- Acquired experience creating tools for Automated Software Build reports. Achievements:
- As the sole CM person, I managed ALM build performance for local builds, and provided introduction, training, and support for TFS Software Lifecycle Management Tool in SIngapore office.
Training:
- ISS Singapore, Configuraton Management
- Siemens Audiologische Technik Gmbh, Erlangen, Germany PHILIPS Optical Storage Pvt. Ltd
Firmware Test Engineer
April 2000 - June 2005 (5 years 3 months)
Singapore
Responsibilities/Experience
- Test development of firmware and driver test cases from test plans, specifications, and requirements, strategies and methodologies for firmware/ driver level testing.
- Test execution using both manual and automated techniques under DOS and Windows.
- Reviews, tracks, documents, and summarizes test results.
- Interacts with validation engineers to correctly resolve product issues and test blocking issues found during the testing process.
Achievements:
- Converted DOS-based firmware IDE test programs to Windows-based automated test environment for the first-generation Microsoft X-Box drives using LabWindows-CVI.
- Built specialized Windows driver for the X-Box drive to enable PC-based automated testing engaging third-party software tool vendor.
- Created optical drive firmware test plans which included new test methods to accommodate Microsoft X-Box tray button which integrated drive state indicator and control.
- Planned and pitched the industry-first usage of gamers as part of QA tester pool to evaluate drive's firmware robustness in fulfilling Microsoft's multiple disc region authentication requirements for X-Box game media Page 3 of 5
- Reduced manual operator intervention when executing test scripts which execute re-writeable drive-error recovery due to mechanical shocks by interfacing external equipment control programming within the test scripts. This improvement won the Philips-wide Quality Improvement Competition - Asia region, which qualified the division to present for the world-wide competition in the USA.
- Helped reduce Test PC count by building a new, windows-based QA Reliability Test program that is able to test multiple drives concurrently. MAXIM Integrated Products Philippines
2 years
Test Development Engineer
1999 - 2000 (1 year)
Philippines
Responsibilities/Experience:
- Work with manufacturing and product development engineers for yield improvements and test time reduction
- Provide engineering support to the test areas for devices assigned to USA test engineer counterpart
- Work with product engineers, RF experts and other test engineers to develop the test strategies to meet quality standards
- Works closely with the Production department and Test Engineers in order to continuously improve test processes
- Definition and development of new tools to adapt test programs to run on newer, low-cost test equipment for cost reduction
- Provide regular status, risks and escalate testing issues and results that impact service delivery/launch along with potential alternatives and workarounds
Achievements:
- Successfully optimized product testing by eliminated two temperature passes
- hot and cold on two power management semiconductor chips which reduced testing costs. Specialized on low-leakage op-amp ic, battery management ic(MAX1632), bi-directional RS232 transceiver(MAX232).
- Completed test program transfer from an expensive HP AOT Tester to the new, and faster PC-based TME ATE's
Training:
- Completed Company in-house Test Development Engineer training in Sunnyvale, California USA
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System Engineer
1998 - 1999 (1 year)
Philippines
Responsibilities/Experience
- Conducts first-level test floor system failure support and evaluation to ensure continuous operation, including SOT device ATE with visual package label inspector.
- Cooperate with product engineers to determine test operation failure cause to provide planners with real-time information for strategic directions to minimize downtime and maximize test output.
- Perform all duties in compliance with operational safety, security and quality guidelines
- Identify and characterize system pitfalls and potential test system failure then work to resolve such anomalies by collaborating with test engineers on improvements for test stands and test hardware
- Perform other related duties, as assigned, for the purpose of ensuring an efficient and effective work environment
Achievements:
- A pioneer of Maxim Philippines in Cavite in 1998. Provided assistance in laying out LAN cables for ATE System network during the set up of MAXIM's first company-owned, off-shore semiconductor test facility. Education
Polytechnic University of the Philippines
Bachelor of Science - BS, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
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