QA Software Engineer at Teradyne
Greater Boston Area
QA Software Engineer at Teradyne
Greater Boston Area
(Public Company; TER; Semiconductors industry)
March 2004 — Present (5 years 10 months)
•Develop automation tools in VB.Net, VB6, PERL, & batch files.
•Provide support and guidance for group members in low cost regions through code review, and knowledge transfer via telephone and local in-house mentoring.
•Develop automated GUI tests based on software requirements and performed test maintenance in Silk Test, Visual Test, and PERL.
•Provided troubleshooting support of the automation infrastructure to the engineering organization
•Assist branch managers with autotest failure explanation and resolution
•Experience with Rational ClearCase version control, UCM, ClearQuest bug tracking, Norton Ghost, software installation and PC maintenance
•Administrate and setup software regression test database online/offline automated regression test environment
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; HPQ; Computer Software industry)
February 2002 — October 2002 (9 months)
Performed software quality assurance for 3D graphic drivers delivered on workstations. Tasks included automating test procedures using PERL and Rational Visual Test, execution of test plans, administrating a web interfaced problem tracking database, reporting defects and troubleshooting system and network problems on NT servers as well as workstations running on Windows NT, Windows 2000, and Windows XP.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; CPQ; Computer Hardware industry)
June 1998 — February 2002 (3 years 9 months)
Performed software quality assurance for 3D graphic drivers delivered on workstations. Tasks included automating test procedures using PERL and Rational Visual Test, execution of test plans, administrating a web interfaced problem tracking database, reporting defects and troubleshooting system and network problems on NT servers as well as workstations running on Windows NT, Windows 2000, and Windows XP.
• Automated Performance Comparison procedures, using PERL, which lowered the overall Quality Assurance testing cycle saving two to four hours per cycle.
• Created a defect analysis report which showed senior management where defects occurred in graphic drivers from outsourced vendors and how they were resolved. This enabled marketing management to make better informed decisions regarding responsiveness of outsourced vendors.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; DEC; Computer Hardware industry)
February 1996 — June 1998 (2 years 5 months)
Performed software quality assurance for 3D graphic drivers delivered on workstations. Tasks included automating test procedures using PERL and Rational Visual Test, execution of test plans, administrating a web interfaced problem tracking database, reporting defects and troubleshooting system and network problems on NT servers as well as workstations running on Windows NT, Windows 2000, and Windows XP.
• Programmed a “Smoke Test”, using Rational Visual Test, which tested basic criteria to eliminate 3D graphic drivers with excessive problems before committing time and manpower to more extensive testing.
• Collaborated on a project to simplify the data retrieval, organizing and displaying of information from an internal database. Wrote part of a Perl program that parsed then displayed the information in HTML format.
Bachelor of Science , Computer Science , 1990 — 1994
Member of the "Montachusett Chorale" and its small group "The Fugue"