Sandeep Kumar B Email & Phone Number

Pune, Maharashtra, India

Bangalore, India

Team Leadership: - Recruited, mentored, and developed a team of high-performing engineers.Qualification Management: - Oversee core qualification activities, including PFS study, scope analysis, planning, hardware configuration, execution, bug reporting/follow-up, and closure.Automation Expertise: - Create, maintain, and execute automated test scripts using Python.Stakeholder Collaboration: - Support assigned businesses by collaborating with stakeholders to execute and provide input into roadmaps.Customer Engagement: - Communicate with customers, present Seagate product overviews, and act as the point of contact for customer queries on revenue-generating storage products.Qualification Planning: - Work closely with customer-facing teams, TCMs, SEs, and core teams to provide realistic qualification schedules and releases as planned.Agile Project Management: - Engage as a Product Owner, collaborating with Scrum masters in work delegation using the Agile framework.Procurement and Safety: - Address annual hardware needs, procured equipment, set and maintained safety standards.Vendor Management: - Identify vendors based on company quality metrics, worked with internal/external teams to deploy contract engineers.Global Coordination: - Collaborate with hardware, finance, and factory teams globally, raising purchase requests, obtaining approvals, generating purchase orders, tracking shipments, and ensuring safe and timely deliveries.Factory Exposure: - Possess good knowledge of factory processes during different production stages and various levels of tests.

Bangalore, India

Testing Focus: - Specialized in testing Seagate (Formerly Xyratex) products, particularly Storage box IO modules.DVT Testing: - Led DVT testing of SBB compliant Storage platforms (2U12/2U24/4U24/5U84) with dual-controller application platforms (x86 with Intel Haswell/Broadwell processors) for diverse Seagate customers.RBOD/JBOD System Testing: - Conducted testing for 2U12/2U24/4U24 RBOD/JBOD systems (6G & 12G SAS) based on specific customer requirements.Customized DELL Chassis Testing: - Owned DVT testing of SBB compliant Storage platforms (2U12, 2U24, and 5U84) with dual application platforms (x86 with Intel Ivy Bridge processors) for customized DELL Chassis with Dell's SCOS.Training and Technical Support: - Volunteered to train teams, providing technical assistance in log analysis, bug reporting, test case execution, and log collection.Tool Proficiency: - Utilized tools like Test Track, TMS (Test Management System), Jira, ABT/ART (Automated Build/Reliability Test), GitHub and Jenkins for tracking and quality purposes.Current Testing Role: - Currently involved in testing CFF (Common Form Factor) compliant high-density systems (12G SAS) with dual-controller x86 platforms (x86 with Intel Skylake processors). Responsibilities include test planning and execution with teams across multiple locations.Team Collaboration and Updates: - Actively attended core team meetings, provided updates, participated in DVT planning, and addressed any blockages.Factory Experience: - Worked in a factory setting in China, performing DVT for a critical project. Gained insights into production stages, including manufacturing, mechanical, and hardware, and understood various tests performed like MFT and SFT.Initiative Participation: - Contributed to the Spark initiative and ERC teams, planning new initiatives related to project advancements and employee engagement.

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Firmware qualification for Enterprise SAS SSDs. Create, maintain & execute test scripts using Python.Leading a team of 5 engineers by providing technical guidance during qualification including first level of analysis in case of any issues.Communicate with Development teams located across the globe & provide updated qualification reports to PDT counterparts.Individual contribution by developing 100+ scripts in a span of 3 months that supports 6 types of controllers & 3 variants of Operating SystemsAutomation of test cases for key features of client software (StorCLI, MSM, Firmware, Drivers) using PythonResearch & suggest the best methods/practices for effective testing; ultimately achieve better quality.

Bengaluru Area, India

My first commercial application test project called Samsung Magician which provided amazing challenges extending my effort to not just execution but also managementTesting of different features provided by the application like SMART (Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology) check, SSD authenticity, Secure Erase, Data security, Performance benchmarking etc on: - multiple series of SSDs like 830, 840, 840 Pro, 840 EVO, mSATA - 8 different Operating systems - 10 different languages - globally available PCsBuilt compatibility lab with 400+ test PCsWork includes understanding of customer issues reported online, setting up the same in our environment, reproduce the issue & test the fix before providing to the customerLearned, trained engineers & achieved 85% automation through AutoIT toolMy other short term projects during this time frame includes OptionROM testing, AHCI driver testing, SASMP driver testingAs a Certified Scrum Master, taken care of work assignments, story points, stand-up meetings, retrospective meetings & update the relative charts in jiraGot a chance to learn new tools like Rational robot & Sikuli during this periodReceived below awards for my self & team accomplishments:o Spot Award (Best performer during a release-2013)o Best Project Award (Project level-2013) from Vice-Presidento Good Project Award (Project level-2014) from Vice-President

Bengaluru Area, India

Continued my good work taking the responsibilities of lead for technical aspectsSubmitted Full Paper on “Effective Code Coverage Analysis” for Samsung Best Paper Award 2012Provided improvements to management to make the SQA process more effectiveBeen part of the first Agile group co-working with Development team making the process more reliable and robust

Bengaluru Area, India

On my first office change, few more test areas got added.I worked basically on an application testing which was intended to test Samsung SSDsLearned internals of SSDs like SCSI commands, Async, MPI error handlers, TCG commands in order to test the appTesting of different features of application like executor, script editor, quick command, reliability plug-inIn the course of testing, learned and used many new tools like Bullseye (code coverage tool), Klocwork (Static memory analysis), Clearcase & SVN (Configuration management), Bugzilla, CQ, Jira (defect tracking tools)Identified & reported 1200+ defects for which I received below awards:o Beyond Boundaries Award (Project level-2011)o Stylist Award(Best performer half yearly-2011)o Perfectionist Award (Best performer in a month-2011)

Bengaluru Area, India

I worked in client location (Houston, Texas, USA) during this period with exposure on multiple HP products.Coordination of Storage/Cluster Certification project with my team at offshore & different Storage driver teamsSubmission of HCT results package to Microsoft, test the LOGO files once it is approvedMicrosoft Hardware Compatibility checkDiscuss with Stakeholders for release of drivers to customers across the globeCompatibility testing of LSI & HP Controllers on different OS platforms (Windows 2003, RHEL3, RHEL4, RHEL5, SLES9 & SLES10)Testing of Blade System Firmware Deployment Tool for C-Class blade serversHP Proliant Easy Setup tool testing for 100 Series servers (ML110 G5 & ML115 G5)Certification of USB/SD drives on ESX platform & stress the drives for reliability & performanceConfigure zoning on Brocade switches with HP servers & storage boxes; perform zone level testsExpertise in HP high end storage box configuration like EVA-XL & GL, LUN mapping & LUN assignmentDrive testing on low end JBODs like MSA 20, 30, 50 with controller MSA 1500; storage controllers MSA 1000Hands-on experience in iSCSI configuration using MSA 1510i controller

Bengaluru Area, India

My first company which provided a good insight of Storage industry. I worked on Storage/Cluster Certification for HP Storage controllers & HBAs during this period which includes below job:Test bed setup - Hardware configuration, OS installation, upgrade drivers for HP controllers, configure HCT on the same.Execution of HCT package for Storage ControllersAnalysis of results, discuss with concerned teams in case of defects; retest & build results packageBuild 2-Node & 4-Node clusters on HP servers using Microsoft 2003 cluster services. Test the Securepath drivers & other relative features like Fail-over, Load balancing & High performance

B.E, Electronics & Instrumentation

B.E, Electronics & Instrumentation

Intermediate, Mpc

10Th Class, 10Th Class