Feb 2021 – Mar 2025 · 4 yrs 1 mo · Hyderabad, Telangana, India

• Leading a team of 5 engineers dedicated to enhancing the quality of forthcoming AMD processors (APUs) and AMD Graphics Driver features.
• Achieving 100% test coverage of roadmap products on schedule, including weekly updates on AFE and AFO quality statuses.
• Developing Test Strategy, Coverage Map, Master Test Plan, and Test Metrics, and overseeing test execution on a sprint basis.
• Maintaining close follow-ups on unresolved defects with Development/Product Management teams.
• Involved in mentoring junior team members and providing technical expertise whenever required.
• Heading the efforts for WHQL certifications across all APU SoC platforms within Client Graphics.
• Refining existing Test Content to ensure it reflects the most accurate and recent information through regular collaboration with various Functional Area Owners (Display, Multimedia, Firmware, Power, Performance, etc.).
• Experience in gathering test requirements to create detailed test plans and defining quality metrics to measure product quality.
• Collaborating with software developers to identify and prioritize features for testing and developing test strategies.
• Participating in Mitigation Plans, including the development of point releases and coordinating with Development/Product Managers to incorporate all necessary fixes for defects reported by customers and end-users on newly released products.

Aug 2018 – Feb 2021 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Hyderabad

• As a SW QA Engineer, I was assuring the quality of graphics drivers and new products released by AMD
• Identifying bugs and reporting in the defect tracking tool JIRA
• Troubleshooting and analysing driver test case results.
• Graphics API (OpenGL/DirectX/Mantle) testing for AMD graphics driver.
• Running performance and benchmarking on graphics cards for AMD Radeon graphics driver.
• Running performance test on latest games titles.
• AMD Crossfire/Hybrid Crossfire/Dual Graphics configuration testing.
• Involved in Sanity testing, Functional and Regression testing.
• Communicating the anomalies to the concerned POC’s
• Validated Base Graphics, 3D, MM and Video functionalities
• Perform test to check the stability of driver on both DGPU’s and APU’s
• Testing and validating all the newly implemented and sustaining features of MM Graphics & Audio Drivers on end-to-end basis
• New Product Implementation & AMD Graphics Drivers Testing which involves validating newly implemented features
• Running Benchmark tools such as PCMark/Unigine etc to measure performance for further optimization
• Validate AMD HD Audio Device drivers to render lossless and glitch- free audio on both Mobile and Desktop platforms
• Setup Windows Server machines to perform Microsoft Certification using WHQL, WHLK, WHCK tools
• Running OCL, OGL, WebGL & Vulkan samples alongside GFX Benchmarks to measure Performance
• Debugged bug reports and located root causes of problems by reviewing configuration files and logs.
• Good hands-on experience in Post Silicon Validation of Graphics and chipset drivers
• Worked in automated lab environment with multiple systems to perform reliability and GDIV tests for various programs
• Worked on AMD Radeon settings, Game Performance, 3D, Multimedia Testing, VM/HyperV, Display Testing etc.
• Have worked and enabled features like Smart Shift, SmartECO, SmartMux, AAACodec, Privacy View etc. for Graphics Validation on Client systems.

Mar 2018 – Jul 2018 · 4 mos · Pune Area, India

• Leading a team of 6 members who are responsible for functional testing on Xbox One, Xone Scorpio and Playstation 4 platforms.
• Following agile testing methodologies for the proper working of the project.
• Comfortable and testing experience with Windows OS. And basic testing on Mobile (Android and iOS) platform
• In-depth knowledge of SDLC and STLC, Agile-Scrum Methodologies.
• Efficient in creating test cases and test plans according to requirement of task and through different phases of the project plus from the perspective of End-user
• Excellent knowledge of Stage Gate process of Game Testing
• Coordinating with similar studios (Ubisoft as well as third party) globally - Bucharest, Montreal, Singapore, Toronto, Lyon etc
• Involved in training and mentoring of the new trainees according to Ubisoft Pune's Standards

Mar 2015 – Mar 2018 · 3 yrs · Pune Area, India

• Experience in analyzing functional requirements and translate them to test cases.
• Performed Smoke Testing, Sanity Testing, Functional Testing and Regression Testing.
• Proficient in developing, maintaining and executing test cases.
• Reviewed test cases for peers and given valuable comments about test case coverage and functionality.
• Successfully delivered Critical Test Cases within schedules
• Extensively worked in preparation of Work Allocation Sheet, resource allocation and tracking of work
• Prepared checklist and complex test cases sheet using EXCEL & TESTRAIL.

Aug 2008 – Jun 2012 · 3 yrs 10 mos