Gowri Balraj
Brackenll,Berkshire
Summary
Personal Profile Work Experience Enthusiastic, Confident, Assertive Software Test Engineer with 7 years' in Testing & Diagnostics. Demonstrable experience in all phases of Software development lifecycle, setting up test engineering processes from scratch, embracing simulations, championing quality assurance and building frameworks to automate workflows. Expertise in Software Manual Testing, Automation Testing, In Vehicle Diagnostics & Agile Teams. "Agile Product Owner for 'Assisted & Automated driving' squads, with over 8 years hands on experience in automotive testing & diagnostics. I am well versed in both traditional & modern Agile software development practices, an advocate for Test Driven Development with demonstrable experience in all phases of SDLC & Model-based systems engineering principles. Expert in Software manual testing, automation testing, in-vehicle diagnostics & quality assurance"
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Product Owner
VC Technosys - JLR
Gaydon, WAR
02.2023 - Current
- Implementing test strategies, processes, test plans and test schedule for continuous delivery of vehicles
- Ownership of verification and validation of vehicles before build
- Continuously monitoring and controlling of test activities to achieve project goals and deliverables
- Assessing and reporting timely test status to key stakeholders, report any risks and impediments to management to mitigate and handle situation
- Ensuring proper communication within test team and with project stakeholders
- Leading test process improvement initiatives
- Support and manage supplier testing and assessing results and managing test plans and execution
- Manage ad hoc requests in agile environment
- Steered team with quarterly short-term roadmaps by translating domain vision to actionable & measurable goals
- Presented achievements against goals in Quarterly Domain showcase
- Ensured requirements are understood clearly by squad
- Chaired process improvement workshops to identify, capture, analyse & implement optimisation initiatives
- Guided team to achieve optimal level of self-organisation, one of core values of Agile
Diagnostic Developer
Bosch - McLaren
Warwick, West Midlands
09.2020 - 12.2020
- Authoring diagnostic content for all ECU's using Grade-X Open Test Exchange (OTX) to improve overall systems quality for McLaren
- Deliver high-quality software components with minimal defects; identify & resolve software related problems
- Build intermediate to highly complex, high-quality software components by analysing, coding, troubleshooting and testing
- Working for migration from DTB to Grade-x and workflow optimization in Grade-X
- Publishing of diagnostic routines as executable software updates
- Liaising with Product Development (PD) engineering area concerns for development of customer specific Diagnostics tool and service routines for current and new model programs.
Senior Software Testing & Diagnostics Engineer
Bosch - JLR
Warwick, WAR
04.2019 - 04.2020
- Accelerated transformation from manual interventions to testing by executing automated frameworks, coaching team to embrace automation, achieving 60% increase in resource optimisation
- Created overall QA strategy for projects (Land Rover Defender 2020, Range Rover 2022)
- Collaborated with product teams to gain understanding of user needs, agree priorities and plan release cycles
- Liaised with users, clients & retailers to understand functional needs of product, consistently validate needs in every phase of development to deliver & maintain successful product
- Eradicated necessity for physical assets by simulating whole vehicle, leveraging thousands of use cases and created knowledge base repository which improved accuracy of testing to 98%
- Commended by cross functional Bosch colleagues in USA for analytical approach to identifying ways to continuously improve simulator, making whole process robust
- Implemented Agile practices of Continuous Integration/ Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) in predominantly waterfall based work environment
- Identified synergies in objectives, employing MVP based approach, managing tasks & issues through JIRA.
- Maintained updated knowledge of industry advancements to implement emerging solutions.
Senior Software Testing & Diagnostics Engineer
Jaguar Land Rover
Warwick, WAR
07.2016 - 03.2019
- Adapted to in-vehicle testing & diagnostics, despite not having automotive background, Learned and performed well to earn the respect of much experienced colleagues
- Championed new transformational ways of conducting beta testing, which were hitherto unheard of in Jaguar Land Rover, avoiding c£280k through early identification of issues
- Sustained 95% on completion rate for testing by effectively managing schedules
- Formulated Root Cause Analysis for issues encountered, identified interim & permanent fixes, shared learnings to prevent recurrence
- Organized & planned (>20) complex concurrent workflows by segmenting them to incremental sequential tasks and ensured timely delivery
- Established close collaboration with development team to help early identification of issues & improve ways of working.
Software Testing Engineer
Tata Elxsi
Bangalore
10.2013 - 09.2014
- Led client interactions to gather requirements, identify objectives and create test plan
- Managed testing of embedded software for video and audio conferencing devices using network elements like SIP, H.323, RTCP, SRTP
- Tested mobile and scanner applications in both Android & Windows
- Coordinated knowledge transfer initiative which helped identify skills gaps within team and enabled cross functional learning.
Software Developer
Tata Elxsi
Bangalore
06.2012 - 10.2013
- Experienced in Handover planning & phased roll out of software applications
- Provided post handover support and maintenance
- Supported management of client for VOIP product, which was in development phase
- Responsible for fixing bugs based on criticality
- Explored tools, techniques & thought process involved in end to end user centric testing of applications Developed, and initiated career changing decision to learn & excel at Software Testing
- Skills
- Agile Scrum, Atlassian Tools - JIRA, Confluence, Lucid
- Stakeholder Management, Requirements Management
- Software Development Lifecycle, Waterfall Model, V-Model
- Bosch VSI, UX, UI
- Software Testing - Unit Testing, User Interface Testing, Functional Testing, Regression Testing
- Automotive Diagnostics
Education
B.Tech - Information Technology
Anna University
2012
Skills
- Agile Scrum, Kanban
- Atlassian Tools - JIRA, Confluence, Lucid
- Stakeholder Management, Requirements Management
- Software Development Lifecycle, Waterfall Model, V-Model
- Bosch VSI, UX, UI
- Software Testing - Unit Testing, User Interface Testing, Functional Testing, Regression Testing
- Automotive Diagnostics
- Backlog management
- Product lifecycle management
- Experienced Product Manager skilled in team and stakeholder coordination and leadership Builds rapport and constructive relationships to achieve project objectives Engages cross-functional teams to achieve product function and performance improvements within deadlines
- Prioritised product backlog to achieve goals and targets
- Agile test coordination with experience leading and implementing change to meet customer demands Interprets product opportunities to build capabilities, function and performance, achieving key objectives Engages stakeholders and exceeds expectations through focused, strategic programme management
- Coordinated and allocated resources for different research projects based on budgets, timelines and staffing requirements
- Cross-functional team leadership
Timeline
Product Owner
VC Technosys - JLR
02.2023 - Current
Diagnostic Developer
Bosch - McLaren
09.2020 - 12.2020
Senior Software Testing & Diagnostics Engineer
Bosch - JLR
04.2019 - 04.2020
Senior Software Testing & Diagnostics Engineer
Jaguar Land Rover
07.2016 - 03.2019
Software Testing Engineer
Tata Elxsi
10.2013 - 09.2014
Software Developer
Tata Elxsi
06.2012 - 10.2013
B.Tech - Information Technology
Anna University
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