Tomas Xavier Santos

QA Software Engineer & Software Project Manager with 4+ years of specialized experience in Android & Web manual testing, test automation, and quality assurance. Proficient in automating processes and optimizing workflows, including AI-driven products. Reduced localization testing cycles by 90% through custom automation frameworks, and successfully delivered 30+ mobile projects for Motorola, currently managing 10+ active projects simultaneously for Motorola.

Proven track record of delivering high-quality software solutions in fast-paced environments.

Project Manager - Roundtable Studio - Contractor for Motorola Mobility - Recife, Brazil

(2024-12)

• Orchestrated end-to-end management of 30+ mobile projects, driving project delivery, timelines, and cross-functional collaboration between Marketing, Development, and Localization teams.
• Established and delivered a comprehensive training program for a team of 8 new QA engineers, incorporating onboarding documentation and conducting a week long hands-on program for localization related Android testing best practices.
• Proactively managed project risks related to software readiness and resource availability, implementing contingency plans that maintained 100% on-time delivery across all projects.

QA Engineer - Projeto/Cin Motorola - Recife, Brazil

(2022-06 - 2024-11)

• Spearheaded Android QA for mobile products, owning the complete testing lifecycle from planning to production release and ensuring zero critical production bugs.
• Developed automated testing framework using Python and API automation to ensure translation quality for indigenous endangered languages, reducing testing time from 10+ hours to less than 1 hour (90% reduction) while eliminating human errors.
• Drove and took ownership of quality initiatives for AI-based products, designing specialized test strategies for ML-powered features, including accuracy validation across diverse user scenarios, edge case identification, and localization quality assurance across multiple languages.

QA Tester - Intern - Projeto/Cin Motorola - Recife, Brazil

(2021-08 - 2022-05)

• Validated UI elements on Android, Desktop and Web applications across 50+ languages, verifying text truncation, right-to-left language support, character encoding, and culturally appropriate imagery to ensure compliance with Motorola's localization standards.

Bachelor of Computer Engineering - Computer Engineering - Universidade de Pernambuco - UPE (2018-03 - 2024-08)