Software Test Engineer (STE)

JEFF SCHAFER

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Professional Summary

Experienced Software Test Engineer (STE) having tested a variety of SW on many different types of HW

Written Bugs, Test Cases & have knowledge in Test Plans/Modeling, used Android phones & briefly iOS phones

Academic knowledge in some languages & scripting languages, & a wide variety of experience/knowledge

Started out at STLabs/Data Dimensions, & 10+ contract assignments at Microsoft since 2001

Skills

Platforms Applications Languages

· Win 3.11–Win10, Embedded · Product Studio, Virtual PC, WTT · C#, PowerShell, JavaScript, HTML, jQuery

Professional Experience

Contract (Amazon)

QA SW Tester Seattle, WA 10/2018 – 9/2019

Ran manual tests on Echo devices, wrote bugs, regression testing, set up devices, installed new builds, etc.

Wrote a Test Plan & Test Cases, ran initial tests & coordinated with the DA Team (India) for full test pass.

Collected logs & did initial investigation of failures, worked with devs on repros & getting additional info.

Wrote PowerShell scripts to run ADB Commands, BAT files for unlocking devices, etc. & used JIRA.

Contract (Microsoft)

Software Test Engineer (STE/SDET) Redmond, WA 8/2017 – 7/2018

Installed & tested apps like Netflix, Groove, Hulu, Movies & TV, Spotify, etc

Ran manual/automated tests & wrote some basic scripts

Ran the entire NSKU Test Pass on Windows 10 OSs, MTP (Monthly Test Pass), & Servicing testing

Wrote bugs in VSO, set up & maintained Test Equipment, wrote & updated Test Cases

NYTEC (Microsoft)

Software Test Engineer (STE 3) Redmond, WA 6/2013 – 12/2015

Ran Automation scripts for Stress, Connection Reliability, & Driver Stability testing of BT & WiFi drivers

Collected logs & dump files (if any), analyzed, & sent a Daily Summary report. Briefly used Wireshark for sniffing

Set up Surface tablets for each of these 3 types of test each time a new build to test came out (40+ machines).

Wrote some scripts (PowerShell & .BAT files) to run multiple tests & to collect data from the machines

TrygTech (Microsoft) Redmond, WA 4/10 – 4/11, 5/11 – 5/12, & 5/12 – 5/13

Software Test Engineer (STE 3) – [WEB (Windows Embedded) – Build & Configuration Testing for SYNC]

Ran Manual Test Cases (in WTT) on new builds & on various model configurations

Ran Manual performance tests weekly. Did one-off testing and some BuddyBuild testing

Investigated failures & wrote bugs in TFS. [SYNC is an In-Dash Touchscreen used in Ford vehicles.]

PREVIOUS POSITIONS:

Volt (Microsoft) – (STE 2): 4/01 – 9/05 ~ (STE 3): 1/06 – 6/09

Data Dimensions (ST Labs) – (STE 1 / STE 2): 9/96 – 10/00

Education

Bellevue College ~ Test Planning, Modeling and Reporting

Software Education of America: Certification in ~ A+, Network+ and MCP

Lake Washington Technical College ~ Computer Classes

Edmonds Community College ~ Web Development

Bellevue Community College: AA Degree Information Technology ~ Programming/Visual Basic

Central Washington University ~ BS in Business Administration ~ Management and Organization

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