Umair Ahsan

Background

About Umair Ahsan

10+ years of professional experience which includes coding in C/C++, scripting in Shell/Python/Batch, Software/Firmware/Web Testing, test planning, test development & automation, automation test framework development and improvements. • Equally competent at working on projects in an individual capacity as well as being part of a team. • Extensive experience working in QA role in an agile/scrum based development environment. Software/Embedded Testing • Lead role in test planning, development, automation and execution of new products • Experienced in functional, whitebox, module, sanity, regression, load/performance, release and feature testing of multiple products • Expertise in creating use cases and test cases using requirements & feature lists from development teams and/or customer SOWs • Earned commendations from internal engineering and customer teams for delivering desired testing targets Test Automation • Designed and implemented automated test frameworks for executing automated tests on an end to end integrated host/ baremetal target systems (python, shell, batch, practice, C/C++) • Creating and maintaining Jenkins automated test jobs • Created and maintained scripts for automating various phases of product build process • Developing and maintaining any additional test HW/SW required for Test automation purposes such as 3gpp specs(4G LTE) based message encoders/decoders or ARM based test hardware etc Software Development • Creating or developing various modules(encoders/decoders/message packers/LTE security implementation) of the Network end of the 4G/LTE Protocol Stack based on the 3gpp specifications, for Testing the UE • Developing test baremetal programs for testing embedded devices • Be a part of Code Reviews for various projects Customer Interaction • Provided support in driving QA side of customer projects and handling customer communications • Experienced in collaborating with customer to improve test development and coverage • Experienced in creating detailed progress reports and QA artifacts (test plans/strategies, test specifications etc) Additional Skills • Experienced in providing support for conforming with industry standards • Expertise in testing Linux BSP's developed using OpenEmbedded/Yocto • Expert in LTE/IoT application/firmware testing (manual and automation) • Perform R&D to find ways of effectively testing a system • Possess excellent technical and analytical skills complemented with strong leadership and communication skills • Have full work rights in Australia (Visa sub-class 189 holder-Australian Permanent Resident)