Vikram Apte Email & Phone Number

Santa Clara, Ca, Us

North Reading, Ma, Us

Santa Clara, Ca, Us

• Led a software QA team within the Display and Flexible Technology (DFT) group at Applied Materials.• Responsible for setting the overall QA strategy, continuous improvement roadmap and ensuring a successful software release to customers.• Also led the QA team in areas including test planning, test automation, regression infrastructure development and build validation. • Also responsible for developing easy to use test and diagnostics tools for the Hardware, Systems and Process engineering groups.

Fremont, Ca, Us

• Directed the QA effort with the goal of improving test coverage and test execution.• Developed a test automation/regression framework using Python to allow development of test cases with minimal coding. The framework exposed a small set of predefined commands allowing users to easily express a test case with minimal boilerplate code.

Hillsboro, Oregon, Us

• Managed a Software QA group focused on verification of FPGA architecture specific software features like logic mapping, place and route, DRC, IO placement, clocking and HW/SW co-verification. The team was responsible for developing test plans, regression tests and failure analysis for new FPGA family specific software features. • Dramatically improved efficiency in areas like test report generation, customer bug trend analysis and FPGA device data validation by developing script based automation. • Developed a web based Software Regression Test Automation framework to provide a unified regression test environment and reduce regression run times. The framework used a distributed computing paradigm to farm out test cases to a cluster of computers, allowing efficient use of machine resource and drastically reduce regression run times

Sunnyvale, California, Us

• Created comprehensive test plans to test new Synplify Pro FPGA synthesis software features.• Created regression tests using Verilog HDL along with simulation test-benches to test complex features. • Developed test automation scripts in Perl to automate regression tests.• Worked with various technology partners like Altera and Xilinx to develop new features and track various software issues.• Provided technical training to Synplify Pro customers and field applications engineers. Authored Application Notes and First Level Support (FLS) articles on various, technical issues and features. • Stabilized issues with major customers, resolving concerns through vigilant tracking and increased focus on pre-deployment testing.

Ms, Electrical Engineering

Be, Instrumentation