Sachin Kulkarni

Senior QA Engineer – Gaming Device (Confidential).

• Functional verification for new features
• Optimizing test plan for release cycle.
• Performance benchmarking for proprietary OS for customer products.
• Power analysis for end-user use cases for customer devices for various generations of customer products.
• Collaborated with CE teams to triage customer-reported bugs, and continuously enhance test plans with root cause corrective action (RCCA) analysis.
• Automation of performance tests using DevTest, Robot Framework, and Python JSON framework.
• Collaborate with the Automation team for New feature verification/Enhancements with dedicated automation customization team.
• Optimize test plans for reducing the test cycle and meeting customer requirements for performance and power test plans.
• Performance and power analysis for various modes of the device, and reporting issues related to those modes.
• IoT testing for Various TV's and peripherals used with Customer device

Senior QA Engineer – Automotive (Linux/QNX).

• Performance benchmarking for Linux, QNX-based automotive platforms using third-party and Nvidia proprietary benchmarks.
• Validation for various OS combinations, such as Linux + QNX, and Linux + Linux, for different customers.
• Collaborate with the Automation team for new test automation, and effectively report on regression with periodic tracking.

Senior QA Engineer – AoT (Android on Tegra).

• Performance benchmarking for Internal Platforms, Nvidia Shield tablets and Shield gaming devices using third-party and Nvidia proprietary benchmarks from bring up to EOL
• Performance analysis and comparison with competitive devices.
• Performance validation for peripherals and under different stress scenarios.
• Power validation for system use cases using NI-DAQ for various states of devices.

• Verification of STB functionality at the customer site in a real-time environment.
• SSU (System Software Upgrade) module requirement gathering, design, development, and enhancements.
• Working on different platforms based on NXP, Broadcom, and ST microchips for SD and HD platforms.

• Performed testing to determine functionality or optimization.
• Set-top box functionality verification over real customer-side setup for system software update.

• Completed day-to-day duties accurately and efficiently.
• Unit Testing and Bug Fixing
• Porting and unit testing third party applications