Santhosha Hosakoti

Work History

LILIUM GMBH

09.2024 - 12.2024

Contributing verification strategy for the safety-critical systems with generating plans, standards, guidelines and methods by following DO-178C (DAL A&C) and DO-331.
Owning verification processes for Energy Management System (BMS) including both system and software requirement validation, requirement-based test case authoring, and test procedure development.
Developing test environments for MIL and HIL testing using model-based design in MATLAB Simulink and and executing manual/automated HIL tests with Speedgoat test bench.
Coordinated regression testing for complex modules ensuring optimal system functionality.
Conducted unit testing using VectorCast for low level requirements.
Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration of software components.
Ensured regulatory compliance by adhering to industry standards throughout the verification process.
Reduced product defects by rigorously conducting thorough code reviews and root cause analyses.
Developed comprehensive reports detailing test results, providing valuable insights into product quality levels.

THALES INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED

07.2022 - 08.2024

Led a 4-member V&V team as Technical Lead and Scrum Master, delivering 2 major software releases on schedule.
Verification activities to ensure flight controls are consistent with Aircraft display system.
Developed Requirement Based Test Procedures and performed requirements based verification including structural coverage analysis, HSIT and unit testing.
Configured target hardware and test environments, resolved test failures efficiently, and improved test automation framework using TCL and Python leading to a 20% reduction in debug time.
Participated in SOI 3 audit as part of certification.

COLLINS AEROSPACE

11.2019 - 04.2022

Worked on verification and validation activities for commercial aircraft programs, including Airbus A320 and Boeing 777.
Conducted verification as per DO-178C level A and C standards for Global Landing Unit and Weather Radar products.
Played a key role in the maturing of software PDI requirements for the HFN system by discussing various A665 -2 and A665-3 media set protocol scenarios with System engineers in USA.
Developed and maintained Python-based test automation covering 90%+ of high-level requirements.
Implemented structural coverage analysis using VectorCAST, identifying 15% more unreachable code paths.
Unit testing using IBM RTRT and Debugging using Lauterbach Trace 32.
Managed configuration of test artifacts and requirements using IBM DOORS, JAMA, and SVN.
Led the automation of DOORS module prerequisite conditions using DXL and VBA scripts, streamlining test readiness and reducing manual effort by 75%.
Took ownership in the creation and documentation of SVCP and SVR for SOI-3 audits, ensuring audit readiness and compliance with certification standards.

WABTEC CORPORATION

05.2018 - 11.2019

Design test strategy, preparing test plans, Development automated procedures, execute on the hardware.
Subsystem Hardware Test set up for Hardware in test loop (Locomotive Domain).
Subsystem validation and quality assurance activities.
HITL and HMI Validation for System Design Changes for different subsystems.
Involved in manual and automation testing of different applications and was involved in various testing phases like Sanity, Functional, Integration, Exploratory, System, Regression.
Analyzed the field issues logs to recreate reset scenarios for Change request.
Project: Trip Optimizer -train automation

HCL TECHNOLOGIES

08.2014 - 05.2018

Reviewed designs, code, and requirements to provide feedback on traceability, and completeness.
Development of test cases, automated test procedures and execution on HSIT test bench.
Involved in setting up VectorCast env for unit and integration testing for all modules of MCDU Software.
Generation of Low level testing scripts using Visual DSP++ Tool & executing the same.
Test framework development in C, python and lauterbach debugger.
Communicate to stake holders and escalation of issue by providing status reports.