Andy Hurst Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

 Field Support. Analysing network intelligence for meter faults, defects & emergency situations associated with AMI systems network. Develop documentation, presentations, procedures, & training for field technicians including application & tool support. Asset Management. Management of Electricity Metering and AMI network assets to ensure they are used safely and maintained to regulatory standards. Carry out audits as defined by the regulator. Prepare budgets and inventories. Technology Development. Assess system and operational impacts of AMI system changes & recommend mitigation strategies to minimise business & operational risks. Changes such as device hardware, firmware, programs, demand response (DR), & battery energy storage system (BESS).

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

 Component Testing. Configuration & bench testing on; modem, compute module, environmental monitoring watchdog, & optical interrogator. Verifying connection to IoT applications (Balena, AWS, & Watchdog app) & soak testing. System Testing. Testing roadside field assets by daily monitoring: data integrity, event logs, time sync, CPU usage, etc. System testing hardware including: RF equipment, watchdog sensors, battery, charger, solar, DC circuitry. First line support for field technicians both remotely & site visits. Test Admin. Setting up testing by introducing: formal test procedures, work instructions, circuit diagrams, test equipment, & test assemblies. Working with overseas teams to improve production issues & quality. Ensuring compliance with H&S standards. Test reporting on Confluence, file sharing on GitHub & Confluence.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Testing upgrades for Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) which is both the smart meter IoT application & fleet device firmware. Regression Testing. Managing testing that ensures AMI application & meter firmware upgrades have not inadvertently affected existing function & performance. Through the SDLC: test planning, executing test cases in HP-ALM, test & defect reporting. Ensuring compliance (to DPI). System Integration Testing. As subject matter expert representing my field, supporting test projects of integrated systems, collaborating with; the PM, external/upstream test teams, multiple vendors, & production ops. UAT post cut-over. Automation Testing. As project lead, setting up test automation by:• Designing automation test cases, developing & debugging tests scripts using HP-UFT • Designing Labview tests for NI DAQ & AC/DC relay equipment• Designing 3-phase LV circuitry, & lab layout • Designing DC circuitry, DUT PCBs with test equipment • Designing Linux scripts for test automation• ATE procurement; AC power source, electronic loads, AC & DC relay switching  Test Admin. Managing the test environment: IoT (application software stack, UI, Linux shell), test data (meter firmware, meter programs, & input files), test cases (test case maintenance in ALM, Linux test scripts), hardware (electrical circuitry, test equipment, RF devices), ensuring H&S standards are met.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Testing upgrades for Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) which is both the smart meter IoT platform & fleet device firmware. Regression Testing. Ensuring AMI application & meter firmware upgrades have not inadvertently affected existing function & performance. Through the SDLC: test planning, executing test cases in HP-ALM, test & defect reporting. Ensuring compliance (to DPI). UAT post cut-over. System Integration Testing. Supporting test projects of integrated systems, collaborating with; the PM, external/upstream test teams, multiple vendors, & production ops. Test Admin. Maintaining the test environment: IoT (application software stack, UI, Linux shell), test data (meter firmware, meter programs, & input files), test cases (test case maintenance in ALM, Linux test scripts), hardware (electrical circuitry, test equipment, RF devices), ensuring H&S standards are met.

Coventry, England, United Kingdom

Ericsson Test Automation Dept. was created in 2007 to transfer network switching equipment from manual to automated software testing. Test Automation Setup. Writing automated scripts in TCL using an IDE (Komodo) to test Ericsson network devices & automated test equipment (Ixia & N2X). Debugging scripts. Managing test scripts in a source code control environment (Tortoise SVN).  Load Testing. As part of the test automation project, designing & executing various load testing scenarios of network traffic over multiple Ericsson Layer 2 switching bridges. Defect reporting in Bugzilla, & test summary reports. Requirement analysis & ensuring compliance to protocols; IEEE 802, MSTP, & MEF. Test Admin. Maintaining the telecoms test environment; L2 switching bridges (OMS1410), network generator & packet analysers (Ixia XM-12 & Agilent N2X), fibre & Ethernet connections. Maintaining test documentation.