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Richa Mhetre

Pune

Summary

  • 8 years of system testing experience, with full system development lifecycle experience, including designing, developing, and executing test plans, test cases, and test processes.
  • Quick learner, strong technical and analytical skills, effective problem solver, fast adaptation to different work environments, and a good team player with the ability to work independently under work pressure and stringent timelines.
  • Experienced with testing of infotainment system as head unit, rear seat entertainment (RSE), and eCockpit system.
  • Worked at client location (Germany) for 2 months for in Vehicle testing

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

Advanced Validation Engineer

Forvia
Pune
02.2022 - Current

1. Project Name: K9 System Validation

System validation of the head unit for the tuner, Bluetooth, telephone, and power management features.

Roles and Responsibilities:

  • Re-executing some key test cases, documenting, and adding new test cases to existing test plans.
  • Report the defects to developers quickly to ensure quality software is being developed.
  • Functional Testing, Smoke Testing, Sanity Testing, Regression Testing, and Software Testing.
  • Collaborated closely with team members to achieve project objectives and meet deadlines.

2. Project Name: VW System Validation.

System validation for the head unit for radio, Bluetooth, USB, Android Auto, CarPlay, Wi-Fi, etc.

Roles and Responsibilities:

  • Identifying the tasks, allocating them to team members, and taking follow-ups.
  • Test Requirement Analysis: Analyzing product specifications provided by the client for a particular module.
  • Planning, designing, creating test plans, creating test cases, and use cases, peer review, use cases, and test cases.
  • Test Plan creation and Manual Execution
  • Defect raising in EWM tool
  • Attending customer meetings for requirement walkthroughs.

3. Project Name: TOSCA Validation.

Testing the audio paths of media, notifications, ringtones, navigation, telephony, etc., on the Qualcomm DSP framework. Testing of the in-built tuning tool for the tuning of audio modules for functional sounds.

Roles and Responsibilities:

  • Requirement Analysis and Review.
  • Test case writing.
  • Work plan creation for team members, and review of test cases.
  • KT session for newly joined members.
  • Test plan creation, manual execution, and delivery of reports to the customer.
  • Attending customer meetings for the discussion of regression and critical defects.
  • Handling a team of three members.

Senior Validation Engineer

KPIT Technologies PVT LTD
Pune
01.2017 - 02.2022
  • 1. Project Name: VinFast eCockpit Validation

System testing of the eCockpit system. eCockpit Media player, FOTA, Radio, IPC, Bluetooth, and USB features.

Roles and Responsibilities -

  • Test Requirement Analysis: Analyzing product specifications and meetings with customers for query clarifications.
  • Test case writing, test execution, test analysis, and report analysis of executed tests
  • Executing test cases manually, and defect tracking.

2. Project Name: Panasonic RSE System Testing

System testing of the Rear Seat Entertainment unit for audio handling, video handling, Bluetooth, USB, browser, and diagnostics features.

Roles and Responsibilities -

  • Test case writing, test execution, test analysis, and report analysis of executed tests, defect verification, and preparing status reports daily.
  • Defect tracking and reporting using a bug tracking tool (JIRA).
  • Leading defect verification activities, which included planning, verification, and reproduction of sporadic issues.
  • Attending customer meetings for the discussion of regression and critical defects.
  • Automation using test cases for daily execution using the KITE tool.
  • Knowledge management activities, like demos and sessions, for the team.

3. Project Name: OPEN VEHICLE INFOTAINMENT PLATFORM (DELPHI)

System validation of the Head Unit for USB, Bluetooth, Messaging, Phone, Radio, Media, Antitheft, Car Play, Climate, and Rear Camera features.

Roles and Responsibilities:

  • Requirement Analysis and Review.
  • Test design and writing, test execution, test analysis, and report analysis of executed tests, defect verification, and preparing status reports daily.
  • Perform smoke testing, sanity testing, and regression testing.
  • Defect tracking and reporting using a bug tracking tool. (Redmine and Change Synergy, CS)

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics And Telecommunications

KIT's College of Engineering Kolhapur
Kolhapur
05-2016

Higher Secondary - Science

Late V.R. Divate Junior College of Science Vita
Vita
03-2012

Secondary School -

Mahatma Gandhi Vidyamadir Vita
Vita
03-2010

Skills

  • Test requirement analysis
  • Test case creation and test case review
  • Test plan creation, test execution, and report creation
  • Defect creation and defect tracking
  • Work backlog identification and allocation to team members
  • Defect Verification
  • Knowledge sharing
  • Vehicle Testing
  • Black Box Testing, Sanity Testing, Smoke Testing, Regression Testing

Tools

1. Test Management Tool - JIRA, Redmine (Bug tracking tool), Zephyr (Test Case Management tool), KAP tool(KPIT internal tool for test management), TestRail (Test Case Management tool), ETM (Test Case Management tool)

2.  Other Tools - Vector Canoe Simulator, Freemind, DTS Monaco, DIVA, NTS,

Atmel Studio 7, Trace 32 , Tortoise SVN, PCAN, TUT, QACT, QPST, QXDM, Audacity, Renesas

3.  Requirement Management Tools - JIRA, ERM

4. Automation Tool - KITE (KPIT's Internal tool for automation)

Accomplishments

ACHIEVEMENTS AND AWARDS

1. Received the "Special Award" for contribution in VW Regio project with good ownership and contribution

2. Received the "Customer Champion Award" for contribution in the vehicle testing activity in Germany

Timeline

Advanced Validation Engineer

Forvia
02.2022 - Current

Senior Validation Engineer

KPIT Technologies PVT LTD
01.2017 - 02.2022

Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics And Telecommunications

KIT's College of Engineering Kolhapur

Higher Secondary - Science

Late V.R. Divate Junior College of Science Vita

Secondary School -

Mahatma Gandhi Vidyamadir Vita
Richa Mhetre