IBM Rational Team Concert Experts in Germany

• Define the QA strategy and plan for the above mentioned OEMs project.

• Identify applicable processes, methods, and standards to be followed (eg, GS_95014, KGAS, ISO/IEC 15504, ISO 26262, ISO 21434, etc.).

• Plan reviews, audits, and assessments as per the strategy.

• Check whether the project follows defined processes (System, software, mechanical, hardware, testing, change, configuration, problem, risk etc.) as per strategy.

• Provide QA support to software process: software requirement analysis, software architectural design, software detailed design and unit construction, software unit verification, software component verification and integration verification, software verification processes.

• Monitor compliance with organization-wide and project-specific standards.

• Verify that deviations are documented and escalated.

• Review work products (requirements, design docs, test cases, code, reports (MISRA, C0, C1, coding standards), etc.).

• Check compliance with standards, templates, and checklists.

• Ensure that bi-directional traceability exists (e.g., requirements ↔ design ↔ tests).

• Give objective evidence (not influenced by delivery pressure) during assessments.

• Identify non-conformances (process not followed, missing approvals, wrong standard).

• Report deviations and track them until closure.

• Verify that corrective actions are implemented (5why, Ishikawa, 8D, FMEA, FTA, DFM, DRP, PCC, LLBP, PDCA).

• Provide QA status reports to management and project stakeholders.

• Highlight risks related to process non-compliance.

• Deliver objective evidence for assessments/audits (e.g., ASPICE, ISO/IEC 15504, ISO 26262, ISO 21434, ISO_PAS_8800).

• Collect and analyze QA findings.

• Suggest process improvements.

• Support lessons learned activities.

• Achieved ASPICE Level 1 and Level 2 for multiple Audi and Mercedes-Benz projects assessments.

Project: Intelligent Light Communication Software — Audi

• Analysis and clarification of system requirements with the customer and translation into software architecture and design decisions
• Architecture and implementation of CAN FD and SPI communication on NXP S32K312
• Design and development of flash bootloader, flash driver, and boot manager for secure OTA-capable updates
• Configuration of the AUTOSAR BSW architecture (Dcm, Dem, NvM, BswM, Os, Mcu, Port, Com stack, Rtc) for portability and maintainability
• Design of the crypto stack (Csm, CryIf, Crypto) for secure flash and diagnostic data; integration of the NXP HSE core and wrapper layer
• Integration of customer-specific modules (Sfd, Ivd, Npm) into the Vector AUTOSAR stack
• Definition of the memory architecture: Memmap, CMake, and linker script configuration
• Leading board bring-up for the Audi light demo platform; implementation of diagnostic routines and identifiers

• Customer interface and relationship management
• Requirements management and work coordination
• Technical and functional support focusing on automotive Ethernet

• Interim Teamlead to setup a project with STM32 and NORA Bluetooth module.
• Customer is planning new hardware to replace existing hardware with Bluetooth communication instead cable connection.
• Project was already started but the requirements were not defined.
• System based on STM32 and Nora B106 CPU.
• Analyzing the existing available code base.
• Checking for possible solutions to get the project working.
• Defining the requirements.
• Applying some rules to improve the team communication.
• Working with the NRF tools to get the custom board based on NORA B106 (NRF5340) working.
• Implementation of a simple device communication by Bluetooth.
• Preparation of documentation.
• Leading communication meetings.
• Conducted discussions with customer.
• Tools used: JIRA, OneNote, Git, Confluence, Nordic NRF, Nora B106.

• Collaboration with MB (Sindelfingen), NVIDIA (Santa Clara), MBRDI (Bangalore)
• Structure and signal modelling in Rhapsody
• Architectural decision records and requirement reviews
• Technologies: Confluence, Rhapsody, JIRA, DNG, Jama, Slack, GitLab, AWS CDW, Bazel, Docker, QNX

• Setting up and growing the business unit
• Stakeholder management
• Conducting and facilitating workshops to gather requirements
• Requirements analysis and solution design
• Backlog management
• Project planning and management
• Resource planning

• Managing projects of around 500 PDs
• Allocating and planning resources for the project tasks
• Technical Architect for Trade Enrichment System (TESYS)
• Application performance optimization & process optimization
• Acting as a bridge between business analysts team, software development team, IT support team, testing & release team
• Infrastructure migration and optimization
• Handling L3 support of TESYS application
• Analyzing and producing RCAs for P1 & P2 issues for TESYS application
• Preparing technical specifications, performing code review, performing TD review, conducting technical review meetings, maintaining project documents in RTC, conducting knowledge sharing sessions within offshore team
• Interaction with users & BA for requirements
• Work orders tracking
• Escalation management
• Environment / Platform: Java/J2EE, Spring, Eclipse, Tomcat, WAS, Oracle 10g/11g, DB2, COBOL, SVN, CVS, RTC, ICS, WebMethods, Jenkins, Sonar, MQ Series

• Process and project management to optimize products and development processes for energy systems
• Technical risk management
• Requirements engineering and system architecture
• System FMEA of power generator units and energy storage modules aiming for generic structures
• Claims management according to Section 313 of the German Civil Code
• Regulatory environment: military and NATO standards, AQAP, VG norms

• Leading the Systems Engineering department with over 30 employees in 3 teams
• Providing operational support in defining and implementing SE processes
• Analyzing existing approaches and identifying improvement potentials
• Planning resources and determining additional staffing needs
• Preparing process and role descriptions
• Coordinating collaboration with other departments
• Planning and coordinating employee training (MBSE, RE, DOORS)
• Systematically developing goals and templates to implement efficient requirement-based systems engineering for new development projects
• Building and maintaining model structures in DOORS
• Creating RM plan and user documentation
• Implementing specific approaches with DXL
• Environment and tools: DOORS, Excel, Power BI

• Implemented modernization measures to optimize processes in the insurance domain
• Replaced old interfaces with newer APIs
• Merged several smaller solutions into one main solution to improve builds and increase efficiency in the development process
• Replaced the persistence solution in the backend from Telerik to NHibernate
• Created unit tests to secure the code

• Transformation project to S/4HANA
• Test management and coordination of functional tests for SAP
• Preparation and support of tests (SIT 1+2, MOCK 1+2, UAT) as part of the SAP S/4HANA rollout (SD, MM, FI/CO, MD)
• Creation of test strategies, test plans, and test cases to ensure system quality
• Monitoring and compliance with service level agreements (SLAs) as well as ensuring the timely delivery of agreed performance indicators
• Coordination of the approach with test managers from other regions (US, JP)
• Planning of European test activities in the SAP implementation project in cooperation with test managers from the supplier
• Coordination of interdisciplinary business and technical test teams in Europe
• Business collaboration with global implementation partners
• Use of Tricentis qTest and ValGenesis as test management tools (for validation-relevant processes)
• Training functional consultants in testing and test tools
• Creation and evaluation of change requests, including effort estimation, prioritization, and tracking
• Reporting on test progress

• Coordination of sub-suppliers
• Release planning
• Ensuring ISO26262 compliance
• Ensuring meeting project milestones
• Assessment planning, tracking, and review of FuSI work products
• Tools: Jira/Confluence: activity tracking/documentation, cPlace FuSi: Functional Safety Management, GroupDMS: configuration management, DOORS: requirements engineering, Stages: process management

• Interface programming for DMS system ELO
• Development and support
• Dynamics Business Central
• Technology: Microsoft Dynamics BC 22 / AL / Visual Studio

• Conducting I3 confirmation reviews for all work products at the item (system) level that require I3 review, according to ISO 26262:2018: impact analysis, safety plan, functional safety concept, technical safety concept, FMEA, FTA, DFA, integration and test strategy, safety validation specification, safety case

• Creating/updating review criteria for I3/I2 confirmation reviews of all work products based on ISO 26262:2018

• Discussing findings with specialist departments as needed

• Coordinating findings and review criteria with the responsible customer department

• Training new internal employees in performing I3 confirmation reviews

• ISO 26262

• Requirements Analysis

• Failure Analysis (FTA, FMEA, DFA)

• Microsoft Office

• Jira

• Confluence DevStack

• Document Management System (DMS)