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NIRANJANA VARMA S

Senior Quality Assurance Engineer
Kozhikode

Summary

Senior Quality Assurance Engineer with 6 years of experience in media and communication, automotive, Semiconductors & Microcontrollers industries. Certified ASPICE Provisional Assessor and Scrum Master. Skilled in ASPICE, ISMS, ISO, IQA, Agile Methodologies, QMS, CMMI, Metrics Analysis, CAPA, Supplier Quality, Audits, Process deployment/training/improvements, Risk Management, RCA(5Y), Defect management process, WBS, Process Compliance Audits. Proficient in SDLC, project management tools (Jira, Big picture, Zephyr scale), SAST tools (Kiuwan), open-source violation tools (FossID), MS Office tools (Power BI, Power Automate). Seeking advancement in a reputable organization valuing dedicated professionals and aiming to leverage my skills for team success. Eager to explore capabilities and fulfill potential in a dynamic work environment.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience
8
8
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Languages

Work History

Engineer Product Quality Expert

Bosch Global Software Technology
Bengaluru
01.2023 - Current
  • Performed ASPICE level 2 and 3 gap analysis for different OEM Projects.
  • ASPICE Provisional Assessor.
  • Handling focus project programs in Bosch in automotive and non automotive.
  • Specialized in Verification and Validation (V&V) projects.
  • Moderated Quality Gate (QGs) to deliver qualified software product to the customer based on the maturity of the project.
  • Implemented power BI report for tracking KPIs and QG status.
  • Process coaching and training. Supported on process deployment and defining the process.
  • Handled sprint activities in the team.
  • Facilitated, Monitored, and tracked QIP (Problem Management Process) which eventually contributed to reduce the defect count.
  • Performed spot check reviews monthly to maintain the quality of work products to achieve ASPICE L3.
  • Conducted Process compliant check (PCC) on monthly basis to align the BGSW projects bases on ASPICE.
  • Supported Root Cause Analysis(5Y) on customer escalations /concerns /feedback and conducted 8D for customer leaked defects after series releases.
  • Working as an ASPICE initiative and CX implementation for improvements.
  • Conducted CX Compliances checks in BGSW Focus projects.
  • Conducting work product reviews, spot checks for releases.
  • Conducted Risk assessment and identification.
  • Supporting for CAPA
  • Supplier Quality Checks and Audit Support.
  • Experienced in Functional Safety concept and review of FuSA requirement on process and product aspects.
  • Supporting as process coach for German and Japan projects.
  • Conducting process trainings, process definition and deployment in projects.
  • Conducting content driven and product Quality Checks.

Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

Tata Elxsi
Trivandrum
07.2019 - 12.2022
  • Handled various projects in media and communication and few projects in Automotive domain with scope of design, development, operational and validation of software.
  • Experience in working with multiple projects to meet Functional Safety & other customer specific requirements.
  • Expertise in process definition, deployment and monitoring to ensure process compliance for both T&M and Fixed Bid projects.
  • Facilitation & training the project team on the process, process tailoring, tracking, reviews, and configuration management.
  • Experience in conducting process compliance audit (CM, IQA & Release Audits) and reporting nonconformities.
  • Creating and maintaining Software Quality Assurance Plan.
  • Planning, coordinating, and reporting software quality activities.
  • Reviews of project management artifacts including Proposals, Project plan, HLD Plan, LLD Plan, CM plan, Risk Tracker, Skill, and competency Matrix, PRS Document, etc.
  • Perform review & verification of engineering artifacts such as requirements, design, code, test plan, test case, test report.
  • Defining quality goals and metrics.
  • Metric analysis, tracking and reporting to management.
  • Expertise in creating Project dashboards, Audit reports, burn downs, JIRA dashboards, Project health indicators (PHI) & Metrics dashboards for presenting to senior management.
  • Supported project teams in ensuring a smooth release process at the time of customer deliveries.
  • Handled multiple production releases with experience in executing OEM specific release checklists & providing delivery certifications.
  • Participation in customer meetings to understand the customer's voice.
  • Monthly and weekly sync up with delivery team to discuss the SQA audit non-conformances & understanding different Quality and delivery expectations.
  • Evaluating & reporting project health considering parameters like customer centricity, product quality, schedule and process compliance.
  • Played a major role in Process improvement vertical team for re-visiting the existing process by creating automated workflows based on the technology and domain in PM tools thereby bringing improvements within process, templates, checklists, & guidelines.
  • Attended Trainings to get an overall knowledge in ISMS and Functional Safety.
  • Coordination of the meetings such as kick-off, RCA, knowledge management, project closure meeting, sprint planning/grooming/review, risk management etc.
  • Good knowledge on Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) methodologies like Waterfall, Agile, V-Model.
  • Supported Root Cause Analysis on customer escalations /concerns /feedback.
  • Induction trainings on software design, agile methodologies & testing methodologies.
  • Handled tool evaluation, deployment & trainings for Quality Management System, CM tools (GIT, SharePoint), Test Management (Zephyr Scale), Project Management (JIRA, Azure, Big Picture), Static analysis and Security tool (Kiuwan, Klocwork, Sonarqube), Open source violations tool(FossID).
  • Initiated Customer Satisfaction Surveys, follow up with customers for the responses, address the concerns raised with appropriate actions plans and evaluate the effectiveness of the actions.

Education

Bachelor of Technology - Electronics and communication

Vidya Academy of Science And Technology
Thrissur
01.2015 - 01.2019

Plus Two -

Presentation Higher Secondary School
Kozhikode
01.2013 - 01.2015

SSLC -

Chinmaya Vidyalaya Higher Secondary School
Kozhikode
01.2011 - 01.2013

Skills

Standards and Assessment Models

Automotive SPICE

CMMI

ISO:9001, 26262, 27001

IQA, ISMS, CM Audits

Release Audits and QGs

Process Compliance Checks and gap analysis

ODC Exit and Entry Audit

Release Audits

Metrics Definition, Analysis(KPIs) and Dashboards

Process definition, tailoring,deployment & Facilitation

QMS and Quality Management

Project Management tools(Jira, Bigpicture,ALM)

Risk assessments

Scrum Ceremonies

MS Office Tools

SDLC

CAPA

Root Cause Analysis(5Y)

Supplier Quality Management

APQP

Functional Safety Audits and Requirement Review

Responsibilities Handled

  • Active participation & coordination of in Organization Knowledge compendium initiatives.
  • Member of ASPICE Expresso initiative from Bosch Quality Department.
  • Supporting for Continuous integration improvement in projects.
  • Active participation in the Q Week conducted by Bosch.
  • Member of Bosch Quality before everything initiative.
  • Member of Tata Elxsi Tool Vertical Team.
  • Member of Tata Elxsi Quality coordination committee.
  • Voluntary involvement in metrics & tools verticals (Evaluation, deployment & improvement activities).
  • Voluntary Involvement in Customer satisfaction survey annual analysis for Tata Elxsi org level.
  • Voluntary involvement in IET Conference conducted in Vidya Academy of Science and Technology in 2017.
  • Technical Event coordinator in Technical Festival conducted in Vidya Academy of Science and Technology.

Certifications And Awards

  • Git Essentials Certification (Certified by LinkedIn)
  • Certified ASPICE Provisional Assessor (By Intact)
  • Certified scrum master certification by Knowledge Hut
  • Certification on Ethical Hacking from EC Council
  • Certification on Cyber forensic from EC Council
  • Recognized as Microsoft associate for Security Fundamentals
  • ISO 45001(Occupational health and Safety) Certification (Certified by LinkedIn)
  • Certification course on Nuclear Terrorism
  • Bravo award for the exceptional work in metrics workflow automation and launching the workflow for Q1 data collection (Certified by Tata Elxsi)
  • Bravo award for preparing the Android Domain specific process management portals and documents.
  • Bravo award for the contribution for Quality Awards (By Bosch)
  • Bravo for automating the dashboard in Power Bi for metrics, Quality Activities

Timeline

Engineer Product Quality Expert

Bosch Global Software Technology
01.2023 - Current

Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

Tata Elxsi
07.2019 - 12.2022

Bachelor of Technology - Electronics and communication

Vidya Academy of Science And Technology
01.2015 - 01.2019

Plus Two -

Presentation Higher Secondary School
01.2013 - 01.2015

SSLC -

Chinmaya Vidyalaya Higher Secondary School
01.2011 - 01.2013

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