Naveen Ramachandra
Test Architect
Bengaluru,KA
Summary
Vision-driven Test Architect with 17+ years of experience in test strategy, automation architecture, and system-level verification & validation within regulated domains such as medical devices and automotive. Proven ability to lead cross-functional global teams, define risk-based test strategies, and implement scalable automation frameworks. Experienced in aligning test strategies with business and compliance goals (IEC 62304, FDA, ISO 13485). Core strengths include automation leadership, regulatory preparedness, process optimization, and team mentorship.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Test Architect II / System Test Designer
Philips Health Care India
05.2019 - Current
- Leading end-to-end test strategy, system integration, and automation efforts for multiple NPI and LCM projects within the Mobile Surgery unit of Image Guided Therapy (IGT) systems.
- Instrumental in defining test architecture, aligning with validation and compliance teams, and contributing to product quality and timely release.
- Handling the testing team and allocating the activities for the project according to the project severity (Product Owner / System Test Designer/Software Test Architect)
- Validation of Automation Framework (Pyoneer)
- Designed and implemented Pyoneer – a generic, image-based Python automation framework, increasing test speed 5x.
- Defined verification strategies aligned with product lifecycle phases and regulatory requirements (IEC 62304, FDA).
- Delivered complete V&V documentation and release evidence across multidisciplinary teams.
- Mentored team members to transition from manual to automation testing.
- Represented the test team during FDA and internal audits with successful outcomes.
- Created strategic test tools, including Auto Document Generators and Traceability Matrix tools.
- Collaborated with system architects and validation leads on risk-based planning and PI inclusion.
- Developing new tools according to the need (Automated Document Review Tool, Requirement Traceability Generator, Automated Document Generations – Protocol & Record)
- Interacting with the System Testing team, Suppliers, and the management for proper alignment of the testing project
- Evaluated the function, performance, and design compliance of every product against design standards and customer needs.
- Researched materials to determine appropriate selection for projects.
- Maintained quality control standards and procedures for accurate and precise measurements, illustrations, and documentation.
- Part of the Core Team meeting, CCBs and DMBs
Sr. Technical Lead
Mercedes Benz Research and Development India Pvt. Ltd.
06.2016 - 05.2019
- Developing scripts in Python as per the requirements spec
- Interaction with the development team on the blocker issues
- Analyzing the results and reporting to the customer on the performance of the system.
- Logging defects
- Update the customer regarding software stability daily
- Involved in project demo and team celebration, weekly team meetings to discuss the project progression, Client updates, and new ideas to bring improvement.
- Developing a GUI Framework for Image-based validation using WxPython
- Teamed on development of technology roadmap spanning 2 years.
- Technically Managed team of 8 personnel focused on implementing resolutions and updates.
Specialist
Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions India Ltd
10.2011 - 06.2016
- Developing scripts in Python as per the requirements spec
- Identifying new tests and test cases
- Performing reset analysis and identifying new use cases to reproduce similar issues
- Identifying new tasks and delegating those to the appropriate teammate
- Interaction with a3rd-party Company for better testing on the GM target and to reduce defect leakage.
- Developing Testing In-Car Automation.
Senior Software Engineer
Philips Electronics India Ltd
02.2010 - 10.2011
- Writing the scripts in C for the Test cases
- Writing API's and Wrappers
- Involved in improving the tool functionality
- Defect management
- Escalating issue to Development team and functional testing team
Software Engineer
FuGenX Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
07.2008 - 02.2010
- Scripts were written in Perl and Python to interact with different applications using socket programming
- Involved in developing and testing the test framework tool for web scraping using Python
- Defect Management
Software Trainee
FuGenX Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
09.2007 - 07.2008
- Trained on Perl and Python
- Worked on in-house tool development for interacting between 2 applications (Socket Programming)
Education
B.E - Electronics & Communication
BIT
Bangalore, Karnataka06.2008
Skills
- Pyoneer
- FAST
- Test Robot
- Canoe
- BDD (Behave)
- VBScript
- C#
- C/C
- Eclipse
- Visual Studio Code
- Pycharm
Experience Profile
Having 17 years of experience Test Architect II / System Test Designer | End-to-End System Verification Expert | Medical Imaging Domain | Automotive Domain
Core Competencies
- Test Strategy & V&V Lifecycle Leadership
- Automation Framework Architecture (Pyoneer, TestRobot, FAST)
- AI-Driven & Image-Based Test Automation
- Regulatory Compliance (IEC 62304, ISO 13485, FDA)
- Enterprise Test Process Harmonization
- Risk-Based Testing
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership & Mentoring
- Stakeholder & Audit Management
- Agile, SAFe, V-Model Execution
- Technically Managing both Manual and Automation Testing
- Have played the role of System Test Designer for Zenition Products in Philips
- Also playing the role of Product Owner for Testing
- Have a vast experience not just in software, also on Hardware Automation
- Process Owner for our MoS Software department
- Involved in all phases of test life cycle starting from Unit Testing, Integration testing, Regression Testing, Verification and Validation
Languages
Kannada
English
Hindi
German(A1)
Accomplishments
- Developed and deployed (Validated) Pyoneer – a generic, image-based / WPF-based / HIL-based automation framework boosting test case development speed by 5x.
- Led successful FDA audits with zero findings.
- Converted manual testers to automation engineers through in-house training and mentoring.
- Improved the software quality by aligning with PDLM, by creating new checklists and gates.
Personal Information
- Passport Number: H6598341
- Father's Name: (Late) K G Ramachandra
- Mother's Name: K S Geetha
- Date of Birth: 06/03/85
- Gender: Male
- Nationality: Indian
- Marital Status: Married
Disclaimer
I hereby declare that the above information’s furnished are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Timeline
Test Architect II / System Test Designer
Philips Health Care India
05.2019 - Current
Sr. Technical Lead
Mercedes Benz Research and Development India Pvt. Ltd.
06.2016 - 05.2019
Specialist
Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions India Ltd
10.2011 - 06.2016
Senior Software Engineer
Philips Electronics India Ltd
02.2010 - 10.2011
Software Engineer
FuGenX Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
07.2008 - 02.2010
Software Trainee
FuGenX Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
09.2007 - 07.2008
B.E - Electronics & Communication
BIT
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