SZYMON WISNIEWSKI
Los Angeles, CA 864-***-**** ******.**********@*******.*** LinkedIn Profile
Senior Test Engineer
An engineering consultant and senior software test engineer with innovative UI/UX design and testing experience. With extensive and diverse consulting experience in automotive industry with project management support in multi-department, highly collaborative, in mission-critical innovative environments with Volvo, VW, Hyundai, and Ford. Focused on details and efficient time-sensitive developments and deliverables to ensure the proper performance of Infotainment, Telematics, web portals, mobile apps, and other systems. Experienced in test and systems validation including test plan development, test execution, QA standards, requirement review, agile methodologies, release sign-off, performance and field testing. Action oriented leader of diverse engineering and technical teams, communicating in a concise manner, achieving project milestones as well as on-time deliverables on within budget.
CORE PROFICIENCIES
Software QA
Requirements Review
Test Case Development
Automotive Industry
IoT Testing and Integration
Project Management
eMobility
Agile Methodologies
Best Practices
Test Planning and Execution
Web and Mobile App Testing
Team Leadership
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Senior Engineering Consultant Entegee, Los Angeles, CA October 2019 - Present
Volvo Trucks North America, Greater Los Angeles, CA (October 2019 - Present)
Senior Field Test Engineer (Consultant)
Coordinating and executing field performance testing for new battery electric class 8 trucks during launch of field-testing operation in California.
Shared expertise in electric charging and AC/DC charging capabilities, high voltage systems, batteries operational performance, data collection with automated reporting.
Testing route planning, and agile and holistic approach to problem solving, with innovative leadership.
Led engineering teams to ensure uninterrupted data logging collection while having minimal impact to ongoing testing operation, coordinated all activities, including marketing and advertising for electric trucks in California.
Senior Engineering Consultant P3 group, Southfield, MI June 2015 - September 2019
VW Group, Porsche, Belmont, CA (December 2018 - September 2019)
Senior Test Engineer (Contractor)
Executing field performance testing of pre-production of the first electric Porsche - Taycan.
Field testing of EV fast charging station capabilities, subsystems, and reliability under a variety of conditions.
Developed a broad array of test procedures and catalogs, verifying and validating the performance of in-vehicle infotainment and telematics features.
Investigated and resolves code errors and software defects in collaboration with the software engineers.
Collects information from test drive performance, communicate data to the design team to influence product development and enhancements while driving the process with each functions’ owners.
Reviews logs of vehicle network protocols that included CAN, LIN, and FlexRay.
Leads the validation and performance of regression tests for software builds for Over the Air updates for each release cycle.
Leverages expertise in JIRA and Bugzilla to manage as many as 30 issues each week.
Hyundai Motor America, Fountain Valley, CA (August 2017 - December 2018)
Systems Validation Engineer (Consultant)
Led vision, strategy, and execution for all facets of QA testing of mobile applications and web portals for this subsidiary of Hyundai Motor Company.
Directed a 5-person team building test suites encompassing test automation and smoke testing.
Authored test manuals and documentation and led training of new testers to build competencies in testing strategies and tools.
Captured substantial gains in efficiency and productivity by launching a test automation tool for mobile applications and web portals and led modifications and updates to the test automation tool and scripts for regression testing.
Scope of work included the testing of web portals used by consumers, car dealerships, and call center support personnel, reporting an average of 10 issues per test cycle.
Led the testing and validation of customer-reported issues, communicating feedback to managers and key stakeholders while collaborating with developers and vendors to prioritize issues for resolution.
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (June 2015 - August 2017)
Test Engineer (Contractor)
Hired to test and validate mobile applications, wearables, and IoT applications for this Fortune 500 automaker, reporting an average of 20 issues per week and revising specifications to incorporate new features and design changes.
Served as the architect of test suites and test scripts to guide the verification and validation of mobile application and web portal testing.
Collaborated with function owners to validate the functionality of in-car Infotainment systems; conducted vehicle test drives to verify the performance of Infotainment and Telematics systems.
Led the end-to-end testing of EV fast charger applications.
Reviewed logs for CAN, web portals, mobile applications, and back end systems.
On a weekly basis, conferenced with developers and suppliers to address ongoing issues and challenges discovered by testing.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Clemson University, 2015
Course work focused on automotive electronics and power electronics, sustainability, and solar energy
IEEE Power and Energy Society active student member
Robotics team - integrated ultrasonic sensors to autonomous robotic lift control system
Researched and integrated IoT solutions for FEMA zero net-energy disaster relief home initiative
TECHNICAL PROFICIENCIES
Microsoft 365, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, SharePoint, Azure, OneNote, Power Automate
Automotive industry, CAN tools, CANoe, Vector tools, CANalyzer, Engineering Tools, OBDII
Vehicle Spy, Terra Term, TOS, Diagnostic Engineering Tools (DET)
Confluence, JIRA, JAMA, Bugzilla, Google Suite, GitHub, KPM, PROTUS
IntelliJ IDEA, C, JAVA, Appium, iOS Apps, Android Apps, Web Portals, Postman
NI Multisim, Spice simulations, SolidWorks, AutoCAD, MATLAB, Simulink
CERTIFICATIONS
ISTQB Advanced Agile Software Tester
VW Group Advanced Driver Safety
VW Group Advanced Prototype Vehicle Test Driver