Software QA Analyst/Engineer

Robert A. Tucker Email: **********@*****.***

*** ******* ******* ** *****: (Cell)276-***-****

Chilhowie,Va 24319

Educational Summary:

•B. S. in Computer Science with a Minor in Mathematics.

Technical Summary:

•Ten years professional experience performing all aspects of software engineering.

•Experience in requirement specification development, source code development and the development of

verification documents for a real-time embedded command and control system.

•Experience in Element and System level testing of real-time weapon control and combat systems.

•Data analysis experience.

•Working experience with the following languages: C++, C, Ada95, CMS-2, and Visual Basic.

•Experience with requirements development and analysis using a DOORs database.

•Experience with design analysis using Rational Rose.

•Development of data analysis tools and project management tools.

Experience:

Northrop Grumman Corporation, September 2004 – October 2010

Manager: Jim McGourin, 813-***-****, email: *****.********.***@*******.***

As a Systems Engineer and representative of the US Navy on the Zumwalt Destroyer program, I was assigned to work at a development site in St. Petersburg, FL while working remotely with other sites around the country. My role in this position was to assist the developers in various tasks while ensuring that the customer’s requirements were being met. As a part of the Navy’s technical team of engineers, my duties during the following phases are described below:

Requirements Development Phase:

• Iterative development of a software vision document which defines, at a high level, the customer’s system requirements.

• Developed requirement artifacts using UML on a Rational Rose platform (use case diagrams, activity diagrams, sequence diagrams, etc.).

• Developed Element, Component, and SCI level requirements using the DOORs database platform.

Preliminary Design Phase:

• Used UML to create preliminary design documents that define the internal architecture and interfaces used by the individual SCIs.

• Developed preliminary element, component, and SCI level test documents using the DOORs database platform.

• Participated in the design discussions and final review of architecture design documents for the SCIs and component.

Detailed Design Phase:

• Development of final SCI design documents which define the implementation details needed to begin software coding.

• Further development of Test Cases using the DOORs database platform.

Code & Unit Test Phase:

• Development of code using C++ on a unix platform.

• Development of Unit Test Plans to test the software code units.

Software Integration and Test:

• Final development and refinement of verification documents.

• Verification of requirements during formal testing events.

Out of phase work and phase completion work:

• End to End Reviews: Analysis of large scale functionality changes. Worked with engineers from other areas of the system to verify that all requirements were met and interfaces were properly designed.

• Phase Completion Reviews & Milestone Reviews: Worked with team management to present the teams analysis and concerns to Tier 1 management.

• Software Trouble Report Analysis and Updates: Used simulated testing environments to recreate issues and then developed a corrective package to present to the change control board for approval. Corrections included code changes, supporting document changes (if needed), interface updates (if needed), and regression test plans.

Computer Sciences Corporation, June 2000 - August 2004

Manger: Mike Hudson, 540-***-****, *******@***.***

As a Member of the Technical Staff, Programmer/Analyst, responsibilities included the following:

• Isolation, design, and implementation of Aegis Weapon System computer program updates onboard U.S. Navy Cruisers and Destroyers. These programs are written in C++, Ada 95, and CMS-2. Implementation of all changes are in accordance with the program specification requirements and directed by Government personnel.

• Engineering and development of new functionality within the existing system.

• Generation of Formal Analysis Reports, which include a thorough analysis of the problem, its operational impact, any valid workaround, a recommended solution, as well as the code modifications that must be implemented in order to resolve the problem.

• Generation of Formal Test Plans to ensure that the proposed code modifications resolve the problem.

• Conducting Element Tests of the proposed modifications at remote test facilities utilizing the test criteria delineated from the Program Specifications.

• Conducting code inspections of other programmers’ change packages prior to their implementation into the program to ensure technical and procedural accuracy.

• Development of data analysis tools written in C.

• Providing technical support during system test events both at-sea and at remote test sites. Also, participated as a member of the data analysis team, isolating the cause of problems found during system tests.

Education:

• Bachelors of Science in Computer Science, May 2000, Radford University, Radford, VA

-Minor in Mathematics

-Member of the UPE Honor Society

Computer Skills:

-Proficiency: UML, DOORs, C++, Ada 95, CMS-2, C, Rational ClearCase, Windows,

Unix, Excel, Access, HP-UX, HP-RT, Rational Rose

-Familiarity: Java, Perl, Visual Basic, and SQL

References:

Available upon request.

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