SRINIVAS R.

Engineering Group Manager (IT&V)

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  • Overall Experience: 19 Years  
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SRINIVAS R. 

Engineering Group Manager (IT&V)

Commitment
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Competency
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Time zones ready to work

  • New Delhi [UTC +5]
  • Pacific Daylight [UTC -7]
  • Mountain Daylight [UTC -6]
  • Central Daylight [UTC -5]
  • Eastern Daylight [UTC -4]
  • Greenwich Mean [UTC ±0]
  • Australian EDT [UTC +11]
  • Australian CDT [UTC +10:30]

Willing to travel to client location: No  

About Me 

A competent professional having around 15 years of experience in the field of Software Testing Currently associated with APTIV Components India Pvt Ltd, Bangalore as Engi
A competent professional having around 15 years of experience in the field of Software Testing Currently associated with APTIV Components India Pvt Ltd, Bangalore as Engineering Group Manager, handling the Infotainment IT&V (Independent Testing & Verification) group Experience in Car infotainment features like Speech, Navigation, Multimedia, Phone & Bluetooth services & also Mobile/browser based apps on car headunit Experience in performing different kinds of Black Box testing like Sanity, Smoke, GUI, Functional, System Integration, Regression testing & User Acceptance Testing Proven expertise in designing Test plans, Test cases, performing reviews, preparing documents & implementing test strategies across different projects Coordinating the work of both manual & automation agile test teams and monitoring their progress & performance Proficient in tracking bugs using bug tracking tools like JIRA, HP ALM & Bugzilla as part of defect management for multiple teams & stake holders across different global locations End to end test management (Requirements analysis, Test strategy & planning, Test case/scenario development, Test execution & test coordination, Test reporting & signoff) Setting up of new labs with required hardware for testing like test benches & test racks (HIL) Good experience in handling multiple projects simulataneously and interacting with different stake holders Well acquainted with the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) & sound knowledge on V-model, Agile and Scrum
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Portfolios

Infotainment system IT&V for China OEMs:- Great Wall Motors(GWM), Shanghai General Motors (SGM) & Shangai Volkswagen (SVW)

Role:

IT&V involves testing a product for its proper/ improper functionalities against customer requirements. These projects are mainly focused on testing, validating and realizing the SW quality through manual & automated testing of the headunit firmware using test benches for different variants. The reg
IT&V involves testing a product for its proper/ improper functionalities against customer requirements. These projects are mainly focused on testing, validating and realizing the SW quality through manual & automated testing of the headunit firmware using test benches for different variants. The regular activities include requirements analysis, functional test procedure(FTP) creation, FTP execution, failure analysis, test report generation and reporting the defects found during testing into IBM RTC tool. Functional testing & CAN/Diagnostics are the main focus for testing.
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Tools:

Central System Integration Testing of Car Infotainment applications (Telematics)

Role:

• Managed agile testing team of 8 members & tools development team of 3 members including external staff

• Headed the Central system integration testing of various Mercedes-Benz car applications like navigation, media, tuner, telephone, browser, phone book, MB

• Managed agile testing team of 8 members & tools development team of 3 members including external staff

• Headed the Central system integration testing of various Mercedes-Benz car applications like navigation, media, tuner, telephone, browser, phone book, MB Apps & SDS

• Spearheaded the initiation of UI Automation for apps testing, thereby reducing manual testing effort, time & improving the efficiency & speed of testing

• Review of test plan, test reports, deliverables & reporting project status with defects count to management

• Hiring, training and mentoring new test engineers

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Skills: IntegrationsFunctional TestingRegression testingGUI testing

Tools: SharepointAtlassian ConfluenceAtlassian JiraHp Quality CenterDefect Management

Central System Integration Testing of Car new generation Telematics 5.5 & 6 (NTG) & Tools development

Role:

Central System Integration is mainly focused on testing, validating and realizing the SW quality through automated non-functional testing of Headunit firmware using Test Rigs/Racks. Various components like head unit, display, hermes, instrument cluster, sound ECU, fond unit, rear seat entertainment
Central System Integration is mainly focused on testing, validating and realizing the SW quality through automated non-functional testing of Headunit firmware using Test Rigs/Racks. Various components like head unit, display, hermes, instrument cluster, sound ECU, fond unit, rear seat entertainment displays, CCE controller, multimedia boxes, bluepirat, phones for BT, CP & AA are connected to the test rack. Checks are done for system resets, freezes & black screens by inducing min to max stress under various conditions of voltage level & to actively influence, manipulate CAN, MOST and Ethernet buses to simulate vehicle conditions. To check for influence of other on-board applications like navigation, media, fm radio, online internet services, player, browser on the stability and performance of the system. The tests are run overnight and analyzed using logs, videos & graphs. The defects along with the BP logs & HU logs are entered into HP ALM (DanTe).
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Testing of Mercedes-Benz Applications & Digital Drive Style, Apps on head unit (Car Dashboard)

Role:

• Staffed testing team of 16 members from scratch including external staff & technically managed the team

• Test effort estimation, test plan creation, test case designing, peer reviews, test execution, defect reporting & test report generation

• Testing, Monitoring & review

• Staffed testing team of 16 members from scratch including external staff & technically managed the team

• Test effort estimation, test plan creation, test case designing, peer reviews, test execution, defect reporting & test report generation

• Testing, Monitoring & reviewingthe deliverables from the team and providingQA signoffs for prod releases

• Risk management and monitoring

• Lead, mentored & guided automation and manual testing teams

• Providing weekly/monthly status, defects & performance reports to USA (Sunnyvale) team

• End to end hardware/software and test bench procurement/setup for the apps testing lab

• Contributed as Quality Management Representative (QBA) for car electronics & infotainment department at Benz

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Skills: Mobile Device Management

Tools: Atlassian JiraAtlassian ConfluenceHP ALMHp Quality CenterMobile testingweb testingTestrail

Mercedes-Benz Applications (MB Apps) & Digital Drive Style Apps on head unit (Car Dashboard) with iPhone & android devices.

Role:

Mercedes-Benz Applications are part of the high end multimedia system of MB Cars (COMAND Online) & also available on the rear seat entertainment. COMAND Online system is a infotainment system which delivers list of latest apps which includes social networking apps, search apps, news apps directly to
Mercedes-Benz Applications are part of the high end multimedia system of MB Cars (COMAND Online) & also available on the rear seat entertainment. COMAND Online system is a infotainment system which delivers list of latest apps which includes social networking apps, search apps, news apps directly to the COMAND screen. User/customer can access the apps while driving (with driver distraction enabled) and also when parked. Since Mercedes-Benz in-vehicle apps are designed (for 19 languages) to function exclusively with the COMAND® navigation system, customers can enjoy the benefits of a larger display screen & stay connected. Digital drivestyle is an iOS based app designed to interact with COMAND systems using Drive kit plus interface & iPhone connected which gives users access to the key content of the users phone. Through social, user can stay connected with facebook, twitter and google+. User can also access to smartphone contacts & share location. Through media, user can search and listen music from the smartphone. Through Places, user can receive real time traffic information, use navigation functions & POIs search.
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Employment

ENGINEERING MANAGER - TESTING

2019/02 -

Skills: Black Box Testing

Your Role and Responsibilities:

Independent testing and verification (IT&V) of Infotainment applications for China and North America OEMs

• Spearheading UX & Infotainment independent testing & verification group of 20 members

• Team goals setting, performance monitoring & appraisals

Independent testing and verification (IT&V) of Infotainment applications for China and North America OEMs

• Spearheading UX & Infotainment independent testing & verification group of 20 members

• Team goals setting, performance monitoring & appraisals

• Managing planning stage to define/design the test plan for each project; scheduling allocation of testing resources & providing testing coordination as needed

• Reviewing project test & implementation schedules; monitoring, documenting, and reporting the current status of defects for each testing cycle and overall project to the management

• Supervising the execution of testing plans for projects to ensure compliance with quality standards & end-user requirements

• Defining best practices & improvement ideas to drive efficiency & continuous improvement

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Program Manager - Testing

2012/05 - 2019/01

Skills: Web Application TestingManual TestingRegression testingFunctional Testing

Your Role and Responsibilities:

#1: Central System Integration Testing of Car Infotainment  

       applications (Telematics) & Tools development                                                  

           

#1: Central System Integration Testing of Car Infotainment  

       applications (Telematics) & Tools development                                                  

                                     As PROGRAM MANAGER (Apr’17 – Jan’19)

• Managed agile testing team of 8 members & tools development team of 3 members including external staff

• Headed the Central system integration testing of various Mercedes-Benz car applications like navigation, media, tuner, telephone, browser, phone book, MB Apps & SDS

• Spearheaded the initiation of UI Automation for apps testing, thereby reducing manual testing effort, time & improving the efficiency & speed of testing

• Review of test plan, test reports, deliverables & reporting project status with defects count to management

• Hiring, training and mentoring new test engineers

• Staffed testing team of 16 members from scratch including external staff & technically managed the team

• Test effort estimation, test plan creation, test case designing, peer reviews, test execution, defect reporting & test report generation

• Responsible for testing of MB Apps & Smart phone apps

• Monitored & reviewed the deliverables from the team and provided QA signoffs for prod releases

• Risk management and monitoring

• Lead, mentored & guided automation and manual testing teams

• Providing weekly/monthly status, defects & performance reports to USA (Sunnyvale) team

• End to end hardware/software and test bench procurement/setup for the apps testing lab

• Contributed as Quality Management Representative (QBA) for car electronics & infotainment department at Benz

#2: Mercedes-Benz Applications (MB Apps) & Digital Drive   

       Style Apps on head unit (Car Dashboard) with iPhone & android devices

     As SR. TECHNICAL LEAD (May’12 – Apr’17)

• Staffed testing team of 16 members from scratch including external staff & technically managed the team

• Test effort estimation, test plan creation, test case designing, peer reviews, test execution, defect reporting & test report generation

• Responsible for testing of MB Apps & Smart phone apps

• Monitored & reviewed the deliverables from the team and provided QA signoffs for prod releases

• Risk management and monitoring

• Lead, mentored & guided automation and manual testing teams

• Providing weekly/monthly status, defects & performance reports to USA (Sunnyvale) team

• End to end hardware/software and test bench procurement/setup for the apps testing lab

• Contributed as Quality Management Representative (QBA) for car electronics & infotainment department at Benz

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SENIOR TEST LEAD

2006/12 - 2012/03

Skills: Mobile Testing

Your Role and Responsibilities:

• Lead a team of 5 test engineers & end to end responsible for STLC of the projects assigned

• Interacted with the customers for requirements gathering, requirement analysis, story board review & functional specifications

• Responsible for

• Lead a team of 5 test engineers & end to end responsible for STLC of the projects assigned

• Interacted with the customers for requirements gathering, requirement analysis, story board review & functional specifications

• Responsible for test plan creation, test case design, test environment setup, test data setup, test case execution

• Performed UI, functionality & integration testing between CRM systems (Siebel, netsuite, oracle e-business suite) & the mobile apps on various devices like iphone, ipad, blackberry, windows mobile & tablets

• Defect reporting, tracking & management using bugzilla, jira & quality center

• Overall responsible for certification of the applications on various smart phone devices

• Actively involved in the deployment of mobile device solutions to the customers

• Worked closely with customers during pilot/testing phases to ensure smooth deployment of the product/project

• Involved in production support to customers during UAT and field testing.

• Co-ordinated between client’s team & offshore team

• Conducted mobile apps demos & trainings to the customers

• Coordinated with product management, release management & engineering teams to improve the product & resolve the issues

• Involved in project post mortem analysis

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TEST CONSULTANT

2005/10 - 2006/12

Skills: Database Testing

Your Role and Responsibilities:

• Testing the CRS & Database installation manually on Real Application Clusters, with the various shiphomes for WIN64 (X64 & IA64) platforms & reporting the bugs

• Installation & testing of Oracle Secure Backup Product, with various shiphomes with single server

• Testing the CRS & Database installation manually on Real Application Clusters, with the various shiphomes for WIN64 (X64 & IA64) platforms & reporting the bugs

• Installation & testing of Oracle Secure Backup Product, with various shiphomes with single server & various clusters serving as clients & reporting the bugs

• Involved in successful releases of ORACLE 10.1.0.5, ORACLE 10.2.0.2, ORACLE 9.2.0.8 for Real Application Clusters (RAC)

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ENGINEER TRAINEE

2004/12 - 2005/09

Skills: Web Application UI tesing

Your Role and Responsibilities:

• Web application testing for end to end requirements management.

• Web application testing for end to end requirements management.


Education

2000 - 2004


- 2000


Skills

Agile Software Development Amazon Relational Database Service Android Angular.Js API Development

Tools

Quality Center Quality Center MS Word Oracle Database SQL and PL/SQL

Hobbies

1. Testing banking applications

2. Image editing

3. Music

Achievements

Received best performer, customer delight and best team awards.

Certification

1. Certified QMS Internal Auditor for ISO 9001:2015 from BSI (British Standards Institution) Training Academy (Mar 6-7, 2017)

2Certified Internal Auditor on QMS for Automotive Application as per ISO/TS 16949:2000 standard

(Jun 5-7, 2013)

Preferred Languages

English - Fluent Hindi - Conversational