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Test Engineering - Firmware/Hardware/Software Engineering professional with over 10 years of testing experience in Firmware/Hardware/Software. Excellent profi...
Kannan Ramakrishnan's Work History
Design Verification Engineer
Finisar
Nov 2013 - Present
Design verification of Optical Fiber devices & systems
Software Verification Engineer
Abbott Diagnostics
Apr 2012 - Nov 2013
Developing test cases for embedded software & GUI in a regulated environment from Requirements & Standards. HP’s Quality center is used for test management & QTP (Quick Test Pro) and TestComplete for test automation & execution. Also develop functional tests using VBScript & Python for embedded development. White box & Black box testing employed in Agile development process.
● Test case identification and development in QC from Requirements & Standards.
● Embedded Software functional verification (VB Script & Python)
● Software integration & system level testing (manual & automated tests)
● Used HP’s Quality Center for test execution & Test management
● Automated test development using Quick Test Pro (QTP) and/or TestComplete
● Fault isolation, troubleshooting and root cause analysis during testing
● Log in and manage failures in Jeera / SBM
Sr Software & Systems Engineer
Boston Scientific
Apr 2008 - Sep 2011
Developed test cases for desktop application & embedded software in a highly regulated environment and generated reports for submission to FDA. HP’s Quality center is used for test management and PHP scripting (with LabView functions) used for test automation. White box & Black box testing employed in Waterfall development process.
● Requirement & Functional design analysis for testability.
● Test case identification and scripting from Requirements & Standards.
● Software functional verification – embedded & desktop application (manual & automated test execution, regression testing, etc)
● Software integration & system level testing (manual & automated tests)
● Used HP’s Quality Center for test execution & Test management
● Automated test development using PHP
● Fault isolation, troubleshooting and root cause analysis during testing
● Log in & manage failures in IBM Clear Quest
● Generation of test reports, requirement traceability report, etc for submission to FDA
Contract Test Engineer
Broadcom
Aug 2007 - Jan 2008
Design Functional test methods and perform DVT on high speed ASICs – SerDes (PCIe, SATA, etc). Devise bench tests for evaluation of parametric performance of devices. Develop tests to conform to specifications and measure Electrical characteristics of devices to verify these specifications. Generate comprehensive test reports and analysis.
Sr Hardware Engineer
Unisys
Nov 2003 - Jul 2007
Provided technical, functional and manufacturing test process support related to Enterprise Server Class systems. Supported manufacturing on day-to-day basis resolving any technical problems.
● Developed test plans & effective manufacturing test processes and implemented test processes. Used Tcl to automate tests wherever possible.
● Documented all test processes for sustaining them for the life of the product.
● Monitor test processes and implement data-driven test process improvements continuously.
● Conducted failure analysis and worked with the development teams to drive required design improvements for improved product manufacturability.
● Worked with engineering to drive DFT & DFM in all new products.
● Tested modules & systems, configured systems and installed software per customer requirements.
Senior Engineer
Ericsson
Jul 1999 - Jul 2003
Developed Boundary Scan, Functional and System Level Tests for complex CDMA Base Station boards / systems.
● Design for Testability Review & Developed tests for complex digital circuit boards (Power PC, ASIC, FPGA, CPLD, Telecom) using Boundary Scan that exceeded 90% coverage. Actively involved in design of the board to increase test coverage and pin level diagnostics of the board.
● Developed macros for non-Boundary Scan devices, A/D & D/A Converters, memory tests and Flash/ROM tests. The codes were developed in HSDL/BSDL using BScan.
● Integrated BScan test in a Common Functional Test Platform & LAB VIEW to increase test coverage & diagnostics.
● As part of NPI team worked closely with development engineers to review schematics and layout
● for testability and manufacturability (DFT & DFM).
● Developed tests in C & PROCOMM script to verify functionality of digital boards.
● Conducted Extended Design Verification Tests (XDVT) at -42 deg C & 60 deg C.
● Generation & release of documentation for Digital board Tester.
Engineer
Qualcomm
Apr 1998 - Jun 1999
Responsible for embedded software development for state-of-the-art Processors & design verification.
● Embedded Software development for Processors including ARM. Developed test software in Assembly Language for boards using ARM processor. The tests include Flash memory, RAM, FPGAs & CPLDs.
● Design verification for circuits involving ASICs. The tests were developed in Assembly Language/C of the ARM Processor.
● Software development for subsystem testing. Software for functional testing of the Digital boards was developed in C and run under VxWorks.
● Software Release Control & generated documentation and procedure for releases.
Consultant
Intercontinental Software Solutions
Jan 1997 - Jan 1998
Maintained in-house projects in Oracle, SQL & PL/SQL and Power Builder. Designed, developed and implemented Credit Card System for a health care provider utilizing Powerbuilder 5.0 and Oracle Data Base. Involved in the design and modifications of the relational database structures & user interface and development effort of the project.
Kannan Ramakrishnan's Current Work Details
Kannan Ramakrishnan's Location
3560 Flora Vista AvenueApartment 327, Santa Clara, United States
Kannan Ramakrishnan's Expertise
Test Engineering - Firmware/Hardware/Software
Engineering professional with over 10 years of testing experience in Firmware/Hardware/Software. Excellent proficiency in firmware & software functional & integration testing. Rich experience in Assembly Language/Firmware development and Embedded Software development in a variety of hardware environments. Proven and vast experience in design and development including designing boards using Microprocessors and Embedded Controllers. Demonstrated capability in analysis, debugging, standards interpretation and performance analysis in lab environments. Expertise in design verification, test and integration of complex digitals circuits and ASICs. Highly proficient in writing scripts.
● Expertise in test development from requirements & standards for Software/Firmware functional & system verification and automation of tests using scripts
● Excellent skills in working with Boundary Scan tool and development of test software using HSDL & BSDL for digital circuit boards.
● Good knowledge in DVT of high speed (GHz) digital circuits & ASICs.
● Worked with several interfaces like RS232, RS422, RS485, GPIB, JTAG, Ethernet, PCI, SATA, CAN, etc.
● Familiar with Communication protocols like HDLC, SDLC, ATM, CAN and IEEE 802.3
● Proficiency in ‘C’ & UNIX - written shell scripts.
● Sound knowledge in scripting languages like PHP & TCL.
TOOLS & EQUIPMENT :
HP Quality Center, QTP, IBM Clear Quest, ReqPro, Doors, Boundary SCAN, CT Shell, IDEFix, Tornado/VxWorks, LabView, In-Circuit Emulators, Debug Tools, ROM Emulators, Atlassian Tools (Jira, Bamboo, etc), SBM, Team Track, TFS, PCAN, TestComplete
Oscilloscopes(40GHz), Logic Analyzers, Multimeters, DCA-J(50GHz), J-BERT(20GHz), BERTScope(20GHz), Sig/Waveform Gens(3GHz), JTag Development tools, ICEs, etc.
Specialties: Hardware Testing (V&V), Software Testing (V&V), Firmware Testing (V&V)
Design Verification Engineer at Finisar Corporation (NASDAQ: FNSR)
Kannan Ramakrishnan's Current Industry
Finisar
Kannan Ramakrishnan's Prior Industry
Intercontinental Software Solutions | Qualcomm | Ericsson | Unisys | Broadcom | Boston Scientific | Abbott Diagnostics | Finisar
Kannan Ramakrishnan's Education
Indian institute of Science, Bangalore
Indian institute of Science, Bangalore Ms , Electrical/Electronics Engineering
Indian institute of Science, Bangalore
Indian institute of Science, Bangalore Bs , Electrical/Electronics Engineering
Madras University
Madras University Bachelor Of Science (Bs) , Physics
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