Summary
Work History
Education
Skills
DoseWatch
Project : PIA: Performance Intelligence Analytics
Timeline
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Nithin Chandra Panchadar

Bangalore

Summary

Detail-oriented and results-driven Quality Assurance Engineer with 5 years of experience in designing and implementing comprehensive testing strategies to ensure high-quality software products. Proven expertise in manual and automated testing, defect tracking, and performance tuning. Adept at working in fast-paced environments and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver reliable solutions.

Work History

Quality Assurance Engineer

GE Healthcare
Bangalore, India
4 2019 - Current

· Test Planning and Documentation:

  • Expertise in creating detailed Test Plans, Test Strategy documents, and Traceability Matrices, ensuring comprehensive test coverage aligned with project requirements.

· Test Management Tools:

  • Proficient in using Quality Center & HP ALM for Test Plan design, Test Case development, execution, and reporting.
  • Experience with JIRA for bug tracking, ensuring issues are documented, tracked, and resolved efficiently.

· Automation Testing:

  • Skilled in designing test scenarios and scripting automated test cases to build robust test frameworks, enhancing efficiency and reliability of testing processes.

· Web Services/API Testing:

  • Proficiency in creating and validating Web services API requests, ensuring seamless integration and functionality across platforms.

· Quality Assurance Methodologies:

  • Hands-on experience with Agile methodologies, ensuring timely delivery against aggressive deadlines while maintaining high-quality standards.

· Testing Techniques:

  • Maximized team productivity through continuous improvement initiatives and implementation of best practices in QA methodologies.
  • Participated in agile development practices such as sprint planning meetings and daily stand-ups, contributing valuable input from a QA perspective throughout the project life cycle.
  • Executed various testing activities including GUI testing, functional testing, browser compatibility testing, integration testing, regression testing, and End-to-End testing, ensuring software quality across diverse environments.

· Technical Skills:

  • Ability to install and troubleshoot software applications, handle customer issues independently, and deploy applications effectively.

· Analytical and Communication Skills:

  • Strong analytical skills combined with effective communication abilities, enabling transparent collaboration within teams and stakeholders.

· Independence and Team Collaboration:

  • Proven ability to work independently on assigned tasks while contributing effectively as part of a cohesive team, fostering a collaborative and productive work environment.
  • Met tight deadlines to satisfy client demands and project timelines.
  • Ensured timely delivery of high-quality products through effective coordination with cross-functional teams.

Education

No Degree - General Management

Indian Institute of Management
Kolkata, India
09.2023

B.E in Biotechnology -

VTU Sir M Visvesvaraya Institute of Technology
07-2018

Skills

  • Testing Tools: Selenium,PyCharm,Robot Framework
  • Programming Languages: Python
  • Testing Types: Functional, Regression, Performance, Usability, API, End-to-End
  • Methodologies: Agile, Scrum, Waterfall
  • Soft Skills: Problem-solving, Analytical thinking, Communication, Attention to detail
  • QA reporting
  • Test Plan Development
  • Data Validation
  • User Acceptance Testing

DoseWatch

DoseWatch is a dose management solution designed to automatically collects and analyses patient radiation exposure data from medical x-ray and nuclear medicine imaging as well as contrast injection data from different modalities like CT, Interventional, Mammography and Radio Fluoroscopy.

  • Software Installation and Troubleshooting: Skilled in installing and troubleshooting software across various versions and successfully deploying applications independently to address customer issues.
  • Single handedly resolved customer during a global outage.
  • Test Management Tools: Proficient in using Quality Center & HP ALM for creating, implementing, and maintaining Test Plans, Test Cases, and Test Execution. Experienced in JIRA for bug tracking and resolution.
  • Documentation and Strategy: Expertise in developing comprehensive Test Plan documents, test strategies, and Traceability Matrices to ensure thorough test coverage and alignment with project requirements.
  • API Testing: Experienced in creating and verifying Web Services API requests, ensuring the robustness and reliability of interfaces.
  • Automation and Test Design: Skilled in designing test scenarios and scripting test cases for automation, facilitating the efficient execution of test frameworks.
  • Diverse Testing Activities: Proficient in performing a range of testing activities, including GUI testing, functional testing, browser compatibility testing, integration testing, regression testing, and end-to-end testing.

Project : PIA: Performance Intelligence Analytics

  • Technologies:Tableau, MYSQL, Dbeaver, ML Model Training and Predicition
  • Led Release Management: Oversaw the release process, ensuring zero defect leakage through meticulous design and execution of comprehensive test cases for all requirements.
  • Framework Development: Developed a new automation framework using Robot Framework for the PIA products, Radiology Operations Module and Smart Scheduling. This innovation reduced automation run time by 40% compared to the previous framework.
  • Test Documentation: Expert in creating detailed Test Plans, developing test strategies, and preparing Traceability Matrices to ensure thorough test coverage.
  • API Testing: Proficient in creating and verifying Web Services API requests to ensure the functionality and reliability of integrations.
  • Automation Scripting: Skilled in designing test scenarios and scripting test cases for automation, enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of test frameworks.
  • Data Visualization: Experienced in creating and publishing Tableau Workbooks and Dashboards, and analyzing insights to drive data-informed decisions.
  • Quality Management Systems (QMS): Reviewed QMS documentation to support project releases, ensuring compliance and quality standards.
  • Testing Expertise: Conducted a variety of testing activities, including GUI, functional, browser compatibility, integration, regression, and end-to-end testing.
  • Data Validation: Performed extensive data validation for Tableau dashboards using SQL queries to ensure accuracy and reliability of reports.
  • Training and Onboarding: Successfully facilitated the onboarding process for new team members, including knowledge transfer and training.

Timeline

Quality Assurance Engineer

GE Healthcare
4 2019 - Current

No Degree - General Management

Indian Institute of Management

B.E in Biotechnology -

VTU Sir M Visvesvaraya Institute of Technology
Nithin Chandra Panchadar