Harshitha Naidu

Certified Scrum Master and Senior Software Test Engineer with over 7.11 years of experience in automotive infotainment and embedded systems testing across Toyota, Stellantis, Ford, and General Motors programs. Skilled in functional, regression, system, and OTA validation testing, with expertise in defect lifecycle management using JIRA, CodeBeamer, and ALM. Brings hands-on Scrum experience facilitating sprint ceremonies, tracking delivery progress, and driving cross-functional collaboration between development, QA, and stakeholder teams.

Known for consistent quality delivery and mentoring junior engineers within global infotainment programs.

Senior Software Test Engineer at Harman International (2023-01 – 2026-06)

Projects: Toyota TAS700, Stellantis R1L

• Facilitated Agile/Scrum ceremonies, including Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives, to support delivery commitments for next-generation infotainment programs.
• Partnered with cross-functional development, testing, and stakeholder teams to track sprint progress and resolve delivery impediments.
• Identified and escalated impediments, dependencies, defects, and customer issues affecting sprint execution, ensuring timely resolution.
• Executed functional, regression, smoke, sanity, stability, and validation testing for next-generation automotive infotainment systems.
• Authored test scenarios and test cases from requirements; validated change requests and customer-reported issues.
• Tracked and triaged defects in JIRA, collaborating with developers to verify fixes and confirm release readiness.
• Supported software flashing (QFIL/USB) and release validation activities to ensure on-time production releases.

Senior Test Engineer at Wipro Limited (2022-01 – 2023-01)

Projects: Ford Automotive

• Participated in Agile delivery, contributing to Scrum ceremonies and cross-team collaboration for the Ford Automotive program.
• Supported sprint execution through test planning, progress tracking, defect management, and coordination with development teams.
• Validated Bluetooth, Media, Android Auto, and Apple CarPlay modules for infotainment reliability and feature compliance.
• Prepared and reviewed test cases; executed functional, system, regression, smoke, and compatibility testing.
• Tracked and managed defects using ALM within an Agile ceremony framework.

Senior Test Engineer at LG Soft India Pvt Ltd (2018-11 – 2021-12)

Projects: GM (GB/GEM), GM Entry VCU-GA

• Executed infotainment validation testing for Bluetooth, Multimedia, Projection, and Rear View Camera modules across General Motors programs.
• Developed test plans and designed test cases; performed smoke, integration, system, regression, globalization, and performance testing.
• Managed requirement analysis, change requests, and defect tracking using CodeBeamer.

Master of Computer Applications (MCA) – Jain University

Bachelor of Computer Applications (BCA) – Kuvempu University