Sokmara Than
Lowell, MA *****
*******@*******.***
To obtain a position in a product design test environment at a company which offers a positive and productive work environment, where my experience and skills can be fully utilized and will offer challenging opportunities for growth.
Work Experience
QA Junior Device Tester/Lead Repair Technician
York Telecom/ Caregility
Wilmington, MA 01887
March 2017- November 2024
Take an ownership role in various activities, including but not limited to the following:
-Work within an Agile Scrum Team as appropriate and assist with backlog grooming from a test perspective, user story grooming, user story estimating, and define definition of done/acceptance criteria for user stories/tasks
-Perform embedded software and firmware upgrade testing using manual and automated methods
-Versed in different testing techniques: positive, negative, error handling, among other methods
- Draft Test Plans and Test Procedures for validating back-end
- Create New/Maintain/Update Test Procedures as required based on new functionality or critical bugs found
- Provide feedback on the organization the library of scripts to ensure effective leveraging of these during regression; be able to do pointed regression for minor releases
- Ensure metrics can be reported from these tests and are incorporated in Test Reports
- Create defects of the applications and assign to developers to work them for resolution
- Work with leadership to ensure we are effectively testing the applications and covering any gaps in areas that we should tested
- Document Process SOPs for creating and maintaining scripts
- Reach out to the Caregility Clinical team to learn about Clinician Workflows and other methods that the applications should be tested
- Work with a team of testers to share lessons learned, testing best practices and teach other team member testing techniques to improve testing across the applications.
-Work with Support Services for repairs
-Work with Support Services and Logistics to manage B-stock inventory
QA Lab Technician
3M Touch System, Inc - Methuen, MA
September 2013 to May 2014
Perform firmware qualification design verification testing in order to establish functional compliance. Perform reliability, usability, operation under stress, and environmental test limits. Perform ESD testing by using EMC-Partiner ESD 3000 gun. Perform Calibrations Senor before going into thermaltronic using "Universal Touch Machine" Using Minitab to analysis the data.
Chemical Technician
QD Vision Inc - Lexington, MA
February 2013 to July 2013
Setting up/ debugging/ maintaining production equipment and operational area Working closely with engineers to establish optimized processes Created/ following standard operating procedures Test and measurement of product and process to ensure product meets quality specifications Maintaining proper documentation and electronic records Providing assistance to train and guide other production team member Utilizing equipment according to documented instruction and training Performing Optical calibration on test equipment before started perform testing production.
Senior Test Technician
TE SubCom (Tyco Electronics Subsea Communications LLC)- Newington, NH
June 2006 to January 2013
Splicing optical fiber as require by jobs performance is needed. Functionally test OC-192 optical telecommunications products Maintain and troubleshoot optical communications test sets and test instrumentation Perform preventative maintenance and maintain test set documentation Perform new test set introduction and prove-in testing System debug test troubleshoot down to the component level Support day to day operations with minimal engineering supervision. Conduct experiments and record data and make recommendations to engineering. Manage process documentation, instrumentation, tools, and equipment. Maintain all required Process Engineering quality records, Training of associates & peers. Participate in corrective and preventive action activities (includes quality improvement) Support company and facility Environmental Safety and Health (ES&H) policies and programs.
Test Technician II
GE Infrastructure Security
June 2005 to 2006
Test trouble shoot perform in process setup and configuration of subassembly and final assemblies. Run diagnostic and perform final test. System debug test troubleshoot down to the board level Proficient setting-up and electronic test equipment, oscilloscopes, DMM's, signal generators. Performed software upgrades on units, Itemiser3, Vapor Tracer2, and Entry Scan3.
Systems- Lead Test Technician
Draeger Medical Systems, Inc - Danvers, MA
2004 to September 2005
Responsible for testing product in according with applicable documentations. Proficient setting-up and electronic test equipment, oscilloscopes, DMM's, signal generators power supply. Initialize test, safety test, ambient, and customization language. System debug test troubleshoot product and component level. Familiar with a variety of the field's concepts, practices, and procedures.
QA/Functional Test Technician
Pre-Owned Electronic, Inc - Bedford, MA
2002 to 2004
Execute UNIX and ProComm test scripts. Responsible for troubleshot system, Run burn-in test to all functional by using software call (xpburning test) Functional test and serialize each parts. Format hard drive and reload with new software. Coordinated for compliance to customers and internal ISO 9001-2000 requirements. System debug test troubleshoot down to the board level.
Senior Level System Technician
PhotonEx Corporation - Maynard, MA
2000 to 2002
Telnet to modify Diagnostic. Code, EEPROM, VXLOAD Individual subnet corporation. Download EEPROM to all board information like Mac Address, Revision, Date Code, etc. Participated in the Planning, Coordination, and support of the New Product Introduction and software integration. Generated System debug test troubleshoot down to the board level and power supply tests. Interface with other development teams to resolve system-wide technical issues and to assist with the generation of Review Records. Optical Module fiber traffic simulation using Optical Sonic View Test Instrumentation. Optical Module fiber Prep, Stripping, Cleaning, Cleaving, and Vytran splicer to perform Thermal stripper ultrasonic cleaner.
Test Technician III
Lucent Technologies Inc - Boxboro, MA
1997 to 2000
Trained new employees on Netcom tests of chassis and modules, software and operating system upgrades. Configured and tested Broadband Networking units using traffic analyzers including Fireberd 6000AWith T1/E1 Frame relay, and Smartbit Optical tester. Performed software upgrades on units, written script, troubleshoot board failures, documented results in Qualtrak database system. Burn-in boards under heat and cold in FRU (Field Replaceable Unit) chamber. System debug test troubleshoot down to the board level, to define the root cause of the problem.
Additional Information
COMPUTER SKILLS
Microsoft Windows xp (Unix Operating System), Microsoft Office (Word and Excel) Oracle DBMS, Qualtrak Inventory Database System. TEST EQUIPMENT: Heat Meter, Logic Analyzer, Visual/C/C++ basic, Schematic, Labview Blue-Print, oscilloscopes, DMM's (Digital Multimeter), (signal generators), Spectrum Analyzer. Optical Splicing: Fujiura(Strips), USC-02(Ultrasonic Cleaner), AFL Power Cleaver, Vytran (Coating), ARC Master FSM100M/P (Splicing)
Reference:
Michael O’Connell (Yorktel)
VP- INTEGRATION
Phone# 315-***-****
Scott Johnson
Logistic Manager (Yorktel)
33 Upton Drive
Wilmington, MA 01887
Phone# 781-***-****
Joseph Kane (Tyco Telecom)
Optical Engineer
Newington, NH
Phone# 603-***-****
Marc Lapointe (Tyco Telecom)
Optical Engineer
Newington, NH
Phone# 603-***-****