SAMEER ACHAR
Mobile: +91 8605266628
Email:ach.sam85@gmail.com
Objective
To obtain a Senior Quality Assurance Engineer position and to widen my horizon of knowledge. Where I
can utilize my professional experience, creativity, teamwork & leadership to dynamically work towards the
growth of the organization and gains satisfaction thereof.
Summary of skills
1. Five plus years of Strong experience in the field of Software Quality Assurance and Testing.
2. Proficient in Advanced QA techniques & Manual Testing in the area of both Desktop, Web based
applications and fair knowledge in PLM domain.
3. Good working knowledge and effective use of Software Quality Assurance and Testing for all the
Phases of the System Development Life Cycle [SDLC] and Quality Assurance Processes like Test
Planning, Test cases creation and Defect Tracking.
4. Good work experience in QA tasks effort estimation, Requirement analysis, Test cases creation,
execution and Functional, GUI, Adhoc, End to End, Verification & Validation, Regression, Smoke,
Sanity, Automation, and Performance Testing.
5. Effective communicator both in verbal and writing.
6. Strong analytical and problem solving skills, excellent communication, presentation skills, good
team player and capable of delivering the tasks within the given timelines.
Technical Skills
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Automation Tool
: Test Complete (Basics), Capture and Playback.
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Advanced QA techniques
: Systems and Requirements Classification Model,
Rebuild Suite, Bitmap Comparison Tester.
Decision Tables, Equivalence Partitioning, Boundary Value analysis,
Failure Mode and Effect Analysis etc.
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Test Management Tool
: Error Database, Jira, Digite, Github, YouTrack.
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Build & Version control Tool
: Quick Build, SVN.
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Operating System
: Windows XP/Vista/7, MAC OS.
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Programming Language
: Basics of C, VB scripting (Basics), VBA excel.
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Application Software
: ThinkDesign, TD PLM(Basics),Solidworks, AutoCAD,
Orthodontic windows and web applications, Ansys (Basics),
CAPS Mill (Basics).
Professional Experience:
Total Work Experience: 5 years, 11 months
Geometric Limited, Pune
Duration: Nov 2010-Till Date
Designation: Senior QA Engineer
Project Details:
Project Title
Client
Duration
Team Size
Role
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Orthodontic Applications Development
U.S (California)
Nov 2010 to till date
22
Senior QA Engineer
Description
This is an application in the Orthodontics domain developed for orthodontists. This application is
used as a teeth beautification tool by the Doctors. It helps in correcting teeth irregularities with the
use of brackets/aligners. It determines the locations on teeth where the appliances like brackets,
wires and attachments can be placed. This process helps in getting rid of the traditional ‘hit and trial’
approach used by the doctors to beautify teeth. Further it generates the machining code for
brackets/attachments.
Responsibilities
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Involved in project lifecycle, from reviewing requirements through release and post-release
support for desktop & website applications development.
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QA tasks effort estimation.
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Involved in requirements analysis, requirements study and understanding the functionalities.
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Test cases creation, execution according to the requirements.
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Involved in UI, functional, regression, adhoc, end to end, verification & validation testing for
various modules in web, desktop & web-desktop interaction.
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Bugs and feature requests reporting, verifying the fixes & updating the system test case
document.
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Co-ordination/Interaction with developers in debugging the major/critical/blocker issues.
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Weekly interaction with client and demonstration of new enhancements.
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Sending reports to team leader on assigned tasks on daily basis.
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Technical guidance to team members & Product demonstration to new members.
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Release documents updating & maintenance such as traceability matrix, system test cases, test
reports, verification specification reports for food and drug administration (FDA) approval.
Think3 Designs India Private Ltd, Bangalore
Duration: April 2008-Oct 2010
Designation: Quality Assurance Engineer
Responsibilities
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Ensuring the quality of the ThinkDesign software product by interacting with Developers,
Documentation, Application Engineers and Customer Care Team members.
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Early testing (prototype validation).
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Enhancement summary document (ESD) creation and Test cases creation (i.e. User Interface,
Functionality, Negative) for all the assigned enhancements.
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Project testing which involves testing the new functionalities/enhancements and documentation
release notes review for all the assigned projects and beta presentation.
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Test cases execution, free testing, regression testing.
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Error tracking, reporting to error database and error rating.
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Retesting of fixed bugs and updating the status in defect tracking tool.
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Automation of projects i.e. creating scripts (capture and playback tool), uploading scripts to test
suite.
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Final acceptance test execution before release of product in different platforms.
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Real time project or Production testing.
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Beta feedback analysis.
BEML Limited, Mysore
Duration: Aug 2007-April 2008
Designation: Graduate Apprentice Trainee
Worked in Final Testing Department for Defense vehicle project [TATRA]
Responsibilities
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Provided necessary supervision for doing the Assembly of Platform to TATRA vehicle in Final
Testing department.
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Supervising the team in clearing all types of SNAGS, which are highlighted from QA internal
inspectors and central quality assurance inspectors from defense (CQA)
Education
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Bachelor of Engineering in Industrial and Production from UBDT College of
engineering, Davangere, Kuvempu University in 2007 securing 62.00%.
Personal Details
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Date of Birth
: 02nd August, 1985.
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Gender
: Male.
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Languages Known
: English, Kannada, Hindi, Telugu and Marathi.
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Nationality
: Indian.
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Marital Status
: Married.