Engineer Driver

●Mamata Hebbar

SUMMARY

●Experienced Project Manager Testing in embedded systems software integration & testing of firmware, device drivers automation testing & middleware testing of embedded system consumer electronic media and entertainment products like set –top boxes. Till end of Feb2019 worked as a Technical Specialist from L&T tech Services for SYNAMEDIA-CISCO VIDEO TECHNOLOGIES INDIA PVT LTD formerly known as NDS–PAY TV services India PVT LTD. in the Driver Integration Team in the capacity of HAL verification engineer & tech lead with team management experience of 10years for ethernet,wifi and Tuner based set-top boxes.

●Countries to which traveled for ONSITE work as part of customer delivery, maintenance, knowledge transfer and leading testing activities include Singapore, Israel, South Korea, Spain.

●Earlier working as a senior software engineer for CELSTREAM TECHNOLOGIES, BANGALORE, India in device driver integration test of set-top boxes.

● Worked as software Test Engineer for PHILIPS ELECTRONICS INDIA through a consultant named Ciber.Inc. India previously known as Knowledge Systems. Pvt Ltd.

●Productive, self-starter with strong work ethics & a drive to consistently achieve goals.

●Effective & influential communicator & team player with strong analytical, problem solving & organizational abilities.

CORE COMPETENCIES

●Experience in Agile as well as waterfall models for software development life cycles & handling test & team management, resource management, work allocation, estimation, planning, tracking, risk management, stake holder engagement for multiple releases, test strategy, chipset evaluation with middleware/application for set-top boxes; based on market requirements. Reports, escape defect analysis, metrics & tracking.

●Defining & validating IOCTLS (APIs) for Linux based device drivers & firmware validation for set-top boxes using proprietary tool called FOSH.

●Automation,Grey box & Black box testing for set top box drivers for features directly related to Tuner, Audio formats, Video formats, EPG, VOD, Recording, Playback, Graphics, smart card, verifier, Copy protection, Graphics & UI, WIFI & other peripherals on the set-top ox receiver device.

●Possess good knowledge on silicon vendor drivers, worked on the Linux based platforms for driver integration & validation of Broadcom, ST, MSTAR and Trident Apollo Shiner chipsets for set-top boxes with NDS-CISCO/SYNAMEDIA middleware.

●Good product knowledge of CISCO/SYNAMEDIA CDI (HAL layer for set-top boxes) specification, middleware integration, box bring up & end-to-end testing of set-top boxes.

●Good experience of handling multiple releases & managing a set-top box test team of 7.

●Fair knowledge of DVB, MPEG, H.264& digital audio- video fundamentals needed for DTH set-top boxes.

●Good understanding of Set-top box and Digital TV & Audio-Video domain

●Experience of working on latest technology features like OTT, IP MULTICAST, TRANSCODING, PIP,HDMI2.0 (For UHD 4k) & HTML5 benchmarking testing on various platforms using QT & BLINK browser on set-top boxes of various chipvendors & OEMs.

●Hands on experience using different debugging tools & performance testing tools like, GDB, Time Doctor & O-profiler.

●Strong testing experience in various RTOS.

●Hands-on experience in scripting for test automation using test generator, red Rat, IEX & open source python based automation testing tool for set-top boxes (STBT).

●Hands-on experience in using FOSH tool on various platforms used for testing the IOCTLS of silicon & set top box (OEM) vendor drivers based on CISCO specified HAL for set-top boxes.

●Hands-on experience in creating chipset profiles based on the CDI specification for various projects & silicon vendors.

●Experience in client interaction and issue resolution.

●Strong analytical skill and problem-solving ability coupled with excellent written, verbal and inter-personnel communication skills.

●ISTQB certified tester. Certified Scrum product owner.

●Accolades: Successful on time Integration testing & delivery of many new chipsets & features like NSK2, Transcoding, Home networking, PIP and 4 K etc. for various projects.

OVERALL ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES

●Provide leadership, direction, expertise, and hands-on assistance to the set-top box testing team.

●Handled multiple ongoing projects and releases to ensure release of high quality set-top box drivers based on the NDS middleware product for CABLE & SATELLITE DTH Set-top boxes.

●Initiating/Participating in meetings/discussions related to solution scoping and iteration planning for set-top box driver releases for multiple projects & chipsets.

●Owning scheduling and directing the efforts of the team members, tracking the progress of the Ongoing projects and communicating issues and results clearly to stake holders on a regular basis.

●Working with management and set-top box delivery project teams to identify requirements and priorities for the set-top box driver validation team

●Managing the daily activities of individual contributors and supervisors, accountable for results, responsible for establishing goals and objectives for the work group; typically manage groups with similar technical or functional responsibilities.

●Interfacing with senior product management to report on project and program milestones and to present summary of on-going customer escalations.

●Providing knowledge transfer to team members, train staff personnel, provide on the job guidance and mentoring for set-top box testing.

●Employee development, performance planning and review, counseling, evaluation, and hiring

●Plan test scope and manage test creation, execution and coordination of activities with various teams depending on the driver validation team for set-top box project/client delivery.

●Identify risks and mitigation plans proactively and communicate to all project stakeholders.

●Lead and mentor a team of QA Engineers and enable and support them to create and execute comprehensive test plans on multiple projects being deployed with NDS/CISCO product.

●Maintain relationship with OEM/Vendors to build and improve the product keeping in line with driver development.

●Prioritization & resource management.

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE

Programming Languages: C, C++, PYTHON and SHELL.

Bug/Test/Project Management tools: Bugzilla, Jira, CM Synergy, and Rational Clear quest

Testing Tools/Frameworks: PYTEST, NDS proprietary test tool for testing hardware

driver interface, HP Mercury TestDirector Test generator.

Version control systems: Clearcase, Win CVS, GIT

Programming Editors/

Code Browser tools /IDE: Source Insight, PYCHARM, and Beyond Compare

CI/CD SYSTEM: JENKINS

Debugger: GDB

EDUCATION

●Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical & Electronics from Vishveshwaraiah Technological University of Karnataka, India

CERTIFICATIONS

●ISTQB & CSPO

DETAILED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

NDS Services Pay – TV Technology Pvt Ltd /CISCO Video Tech/L&T Tech Services Jul07- Feb19

Title : Proactive Integrations, Milestone Release driver validation, SHIM validation (component testing), box bring up, FOSH testing, CDI engineering, silicon vendor support, performance testing, V&V of linux based set-top boxes.

Environment : Broadcom chips (7401, 7335, 7019, 7346, 7241, 7445, 7252), ST chips (7111, 7105, 7141, PALMA, NEWPORT), MSTAR and Trident Apollo Shiner chipsets

Team Size : 15

Role : QC Lead & component QC

Responsibilities:

●Set-top box Hardware Abstraction Layer PRODUCT verification, configuration & validation; role is defined as CDI engineer in the organization .There are 40+ clients and projects based on this middleware product in APAC, EUROPE & SOUTH AMERICAN region based broadcasters. CDI (common driver interface) is the proprietary product specification based on which the entire middleware & GUI application for set-top boxes is designed and deployed to multiple customers.

●TestTeam management, multiple driver release management.

●Leading through the QC activities for issue analysis, validation & performance testing of various set-top boxes like HD, UHD, and Zapper, PVR and hybrid or home networking based gateway & client set top boxes.

●Executing middleware scenario Test cases for driver level testing on set-top boxes.

●Feeding back test tool improvements to test suite development team by collecting escape defects through analysis & metrics.

●Helping the silicon vendors to find RCA of issues of set-top box device drivers by providing requested driver logs and doing functional & regression testing using the middleware application or FOSH test suite.

●Green lighting and recommending driver releases to the whole of delivery team (40 projects/Clients).

●Driver patches validation and recommendation to use the latest Set-top box middleware product specification and features.

●Regression Testing

●Bug Reporting and Tracking

●Coordinating with the “fixing” team & silicon vendors to analyze customer reported bugs.

●Performance evaluation & automation.

●Benchmarking tests for a feature on various chipsets.

CELSTREAM TECHNOLOGIES, India Aug 06 – Jul 07

Title : TATA SKY SET TOP BOX

Environment : Conexant chipset (UCOS/Angelina) & ST20 Chipset

Team Size : 10

Role : QC

Responsibilities:

●Executing Test cases (HDI Test Tools) for driver level testing.

●Regression Testing

●Bug Reporting and Tracking

●Coordinating with the “fixing” team to analyze customer reported bugs.

Ciber-Inc INDIA Sep2004 - To Jun2006

Client: Philips Electronics Bangalore Sep2004 - To Jun2006

Projects : KDG, DCR3001 (Set top box), DVDR 3400, DVDR 3350(NAFTA)

& DVDR 3360(PAL&APAC), DVDR3430, Jukebox, Wireless Audio/Video

receiver (for Europe), Leco DVD recorder For America & for EUROPE

Leco DVD Recorder for America & for EUROPE Shrusti DVDR HDD

combi 720

Team Size : Varying from 2 to5

Role : Verification and Validation Engineer

Client: Sun Microsystems, Bangalore,INDIA Aug 2004- Sep 2004

Title : Automation of installation and uninstallation of Sun-appserver 7.0

●Team Size : 5

Role : Trainee

Responsibilities:

●Executing Test cases.

● Regression Testing

MENZEL LABORTECHNIK Mumbai Jan 2004 -Apr 2004

Title : On-line inspection of copper rivets using a black and white

CCD camera of a company called DVT and its software called

FRAMEWORK and also using software Global Lab Image2

Team Size : 1

Role : Application Engineer.

Responsibilities:

●Scripting using application.

●Testing the code

●Demonstrating to the customer

CONTACT & EDUCATIONAL DETAILS

●Phone: +1-732-***-****(mobile)

Email: ******.******@*****.***

DOB: 27-04-1980

HIGHEST QUALIFICATION: B-Tech in Electrical & Electronics with 64% Agg

University: Visweshwariah Technological University

Year of Passing: 2003

College: Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara College of Engineering & Technology DHARWAD

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