Pankaj Soni

About Pankaj Soni

Key profile highlights:• Sr. Test Manager with full system development lifecycle experience, including designing, developing and implementing test plans, test cases and test processes.•Hands-on technology professional accustomed to working in complex, project-based environments. Multifaceted experience in QA firmware testing, software development and user-acceptance testing.• Backed by strong credentials including a Embedded system design degree, Six Sigma Green Belt certificate; advanced command of various testing suites, agile methodologies and monitoring tools; and cross-platform skills in Windows, Linux and Unix.• Driving quality across the organization.• Skilled in three languages – English, Hindi, German– at different levels • Worked and lived in three different countries – India, US, Germany• Skills Summaryo System Testing & Methodologieso Functional Requirementso Python Scripting & Documentationo Active contributor in Jovian, Git Hub & Kaggle for pythono Powerful python based GUI development to interact with various hardware• Lead Responsibilities:o Managing end to end product Life Cycle Management (Initiation, Planning, test cases Design/test script Development, Verification/Validation and Delivery)o Proficient team management skills supported by strong technical expertise in embedded system domain. Managed a team of ~35+ System test Engineerso Preparing effort estimates, proposals, risk, and opportunity assessment delivery & milestone planningo Maintaining and monitoring the test scope, Quality, and Schedule elements of the test deliverableso Monitoring test progress and timeliness of deliverables and reporting on progress and Risk Management in multi-disciplinary projecto Complete ownership of Intelligent interfaces and various Digital and Codec family product testing and reportingo Providing technical training and mentoring team memberso Creating, maintaining & modifying the automation test infrastructureo Troubleshooting and analyzing hardware problemso Defining the task and providing estimationo Timely organizing review of Test plan, Test scripts and bug scrubo Writing specialized scripts to reproduce sporadic errors and make sure that there are no bug escapes.o Design of Test Automation framework right from Automatic SW build, flashing target board and start functional test and finally report to all members about the quality status of firmware.o Analysis and documentation of automated and manual test results.o Responsible for Development of Monkey test Environment for stress testing using robot.

Experience

1. Senior Principal Engineer

   HARMAN International

   Feb 2024 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

Education

• Lakshmi Narain College of Technology, Kalchuri Nagar, Raisen Road, Post Klua, Bhopal-462021

  BE, Electronics and Communication

• Manipal Academy of Higher Education

  MS, Embedded System Design

  2009 — 2011

• Government Excellence Higher Secondary School, Anuppur (MP)

  SSC, PCM

• Government Excellence Higher Secondary School, Anuppur (MP)

  HSC, PCM

• Indian Institute of Science (IISc)

  PG Level Advanced Certification Programme in AI and MLOps, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Operations