Verification and Validation manager - Cochlear bone anchored solutions AB - Mölnlycke Sweden
(2022-01 - 2026-01)
- Led and managed a team of 15+ engineers, driving end-to-end Verification & Validation (V&V) activities, ensuring high-quality deliverables and on-time execution.
- Owned the V&V lifecycle for a desktop application used to program sound processors, ensuring system reliability, functional correctness and compliance with requirements.
- Defined and executed V&V strategies, test plans, improving test effectiveness and product quality.
- Managed Agile/Scrum-based verification workflows, including sprint planning, Jira task allocation and proactive blocker resolution to ensure predictable delivery timelines.
- Performed requirements analysis and traceability (RTM) to ensure full coverage from requirements to validation, minimizing gaps and defects.
- Established best practices for test design, automation readiness via test case reviews, improving team efficiency and standardization.
- Mentored and coached team members through regular 1:1s, performance feedback and technical guidance, enhancing team capability and retention.
- Collaborated with cross-functional stakeholders (development, product management, program management) to align V&V scope, schedules and deliverables.
- Identified and mitigated project and quality risks, providing insights and executive-level reporting to senior leadership.
QA Engineer - Antura AB - Gothenburg Sweden
(2021-01 - 2022-01)
- Performed functional, exploratory and API testing using Postman for web-based project management, portfolio management and time reporting applications, ensuring high product quality and reliability.
- Executed in-sprint testing and continuous verification within Agile/Scrum environments, enabling early defect detection and faster release cycles.
- Actively contributed to sprint planning, test estimation, improving team efficiency and delivery predictability.
- Managed end-to-end defect lifecycle, including defect logging, prioritization, tracking and verification, ensuring timely resolution and reduced defect leakage.
- Collaborated with developers, product owners and cross-functional teams to clarify requirements, improve testability, and ensure alignment with business needs.
QA Engineer - Opera software AB - Gothenburg Sweden
(2018-01 - 2021-01)
- Performed functional and exploratory testing for mobile applications, including Opera Browser and financial services platforms, ensuring high usability, performance and reliability across devices.
- Managed the end-to-end defect lifecycle, including defect identification, logging, prioritization and validation, contributing to improved product quality and faster issue resolution.
- Conducted database validation and backend data verification, ensuring data integrity, consistency and accuracy across application layers.
- Maintained and enhanced automated test frameworks using Selenium and Appium, improving test efficiency, regression coverage and execution speed.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams (developers and product stakeholders) to ensure alignment on requirements, defect resolution and release readiness.
- Supported continuous testing and regression cycles, enabling stable and high-quality mobile release
QA lead - ACI Worldwide - Pune India
(2011-01 - 2015-01)
- Led Verification & Validation (V&V) activities for web-based online banking platforms serving multiple financial institutions in the United States, ensuring high standards of security, reliability and regulatory compliance.
- Managed and mentored a team of 4 testers, driving test execution and continuous skill development.
- Acted as a Kanban lead, facilitating workflow management, improving task visibility and optimizing cycle time and delivery efficiency.
- Owned workload planning and task allocation, ensuring balanced resource utilization and timely completion of verification activities.
- Performed functional and system-level testing, ensuring end-to-end validation of banking features and user workflows.
- Managed the end-to-end defect lifecycle, including defect triage, prioritization, tracking and closure, contributing to improved release quality.
Test engineer - Wipro - Bangalore India
(2010-01 - 2010-12)
- Contributed to regression testing for a credit card platform project for Capital One bank, ensuring stability and reliability of critical banking features across releases.
- Executed comprehensive regression test suites, validating existing functionality and identifying potential impacts of new changes.
- Performed defect identification, logging and tracking, ensuring clear documentation.
- Prepared and delivered test execution status reports, providing stakeholders with accurate visibility into quality metrics, progress and risks.
Test engineer - Inetfirms - Noida India
(2006-01 - 2007-01)
- Verified desktop applications and reported defects, ensuring functional correctness.
- Prepared status reports for stakeholders, providing visibility into test progress and release readiness.
Trainee Engineer - Kinetic communications, Ltd - Pune, India
(2003-01 - 2005-01)
- Supported engineering activities in the auto-electronics domain for a two-wheeler manufacturing environment, contributing to product development and validation processes.
- Participated in prototype/sample creation and hardware validation, ensuring designs met functional and quality requirements before production release.
- Performed testing and verification of electronic components and assemblies, identifying issues early and supporting product reliability and performance improvements.
- Acted as a key liaison between R&D and production teams, ensuring smooth knowledge transfer, issue resolution and alignment during product development cycles.
