Erik Kovács Email & Phone Number

Budapest, Hu

Budapest, Hungary

- Main focus on developing and maintaining GUI tests for TIA Portal according to new features and change requests.- Collaboration with a team to develop in-house software used by multiple projects and testing teams to automate TIA Portal tests.- Achieved a major milestone by setting up a web-based user interface (AWX) for Ansible, allowing testers easier access to a collective platform, which is used to run, monitor and evaluate playbooks used for setting up various windows based environments. AWX also enables scheduled runs of playbooks, further automating and streamlining the process of setting up environments and running GUI tests. The ability to schedule the start of these playbooks further improved efficiency by reducing time spent on menial tasks and allowing overnight processes.- Implemented CI/CD pipelines for internal tools, improving the efficiency and reliability of development workflows.- Enhanced automated test reporting by creating an additional method to generate HTML results from XML files, ensuring consistent presentation, improving usability and readability for testers.

Budapest, Hungary

- Manual testing of PNDriver and PROFINET Device Development Kit products, ensuring PROFINET compliance.- Documented and reported bugs to colleagues worldwide, helping them reproduce and debug errors. Collaborated closely with developers to re-test issues.- Gained experience with Docker as PNDriver received Docker support, incorporating it into the testing process.- Successfully completed the ISTQB Foundation Level exam and applied best practices to improve testing processes.- Upgraded automation from Bash scripts to Ansible playbooks, streamlining environment setup for PNDriver, reducing manual processes and human errors.- Automated firmware generation and distribution for PROFINET Device Development Kit using Ansible playbooks, allowing overnight processes that significantly reduced time spent on testing.- Developed a specialized tool for PROFINET Device Development Kit, that automated tests by sending dynamically configurable data through COM ports, further improving efficiency by reducing time spent on menial steps.- Designed and developed a system with a dedicated Ansible controller, accessible through a desktop application, enabling users to deploy environments & firmware easily.- Due to the successful automation of processes and regression tests, more time could be allocated for conducting exploratory testing with other Siemens devices and systems, which greatly expanded the scope of tests, creating additional value for the service.- Improved efficiency by saving hours of manual work, especially during bi-weekly package increments.

Budapest, Hungary

- Tested TIA Portal software and related products, PNDriver (a PROFINET controller/device primarily available on Debian) and PROFINET Device Development Kit, ensuring compliance with PROFINET standards.- Developed Bash scripts to automate environment setup for PNDriver, streamlining the testing process.- Gained experience in Linux systems and PLC programming, as well as manual testing of TIA Portal and Siemens devices.- Joined a Scrum team, gaining hands-on experience with agile methodologies, which I continue to use in current roles.