Pranay Balasundar

Sr. Manager, Software Quality Engineering

Symbotic

Jun 2024 - Current (2 years 5 months)

Sr. Manager, Software Quality Engineering

Irobot

May 2022 - Jun 2024 (2 years 2 months)

Lead a diverse team of Managers, SQE Engineers, and SDETs to deliver world-class consumer products and digital experiences Oversee hiring, mentoring, work planning, career growth, performance management of a team of ~60 engineers. Grow the team's capabilities to effectively support the product and technology roadmap Champion quality engineering best practices and drive necessary organization changes to shift testing left and provide speedy and reliable feedback to SW Development Develop and execute overall SQE strategy to make the most efficient use of RoboMaker simulation, real robot automation, and manual test techniques and practices to continuously improve efficiency and business value Implement staff augmentation model to leverage offs

Manager: SW Automation Infrastructure

Irobot

Jul 2019 - Apr 2022 (2 years 10 months)

Responsible for core automation infrastructure development to enable rollout of full CI/CD across the IoT stack Lead the project from proof of concept to a robust system with wide adoption across the organization Collaborated with internal tools teams to maintain a robust automation "system of systems" Identified technical and usability gaps in the automation to inform future work Established scrum processes to define, track, and predictably deploy releases to internal customers Built a high-performing team with a strong culture of collaboration, accountability, and self-management

SW Test Lead: Roomba i7+ and Smart Mapping

Irobot

Dec 2016 - Jun 2019 (2 years 7 months)

Responsible for Roomba i7+ & Imprint Smart Mapping software test and QA Lead a team of 4-10 SW Test Engineers to a successful product beta, factory pilot, launch, and post-launch OTAs Developed test plans for Roomba i7+ & Imprint Smart Mapping - first generation robot with these capabilities Worked closely with software teams to provide rapid feedback and help tune robot behaviors Collaborated with System Test and internal user test teams to provide holistic status of software health to management. Helped inform decisions about product direction, scope, and resources Trained and mentored engineers to strengthen the team's capabilities in test planning and execution, bug reporting, and analysis of test data to help developers more quickly ro

Firmware Engineer: HW/FW Integration-Development

Seagate Technology

Jun 2014 - Nov 2016 (2 years 6 months)

Hardware-Firmware Integration-Development - Design, development, and testing of Bare-metal and Embedded C Firmware Solutions - Firmware configuration and development for next generation SoCs - Failure Analysis of unique and challenging issues associated with SoC bringup Sas Controller Firmware, Sata Phy Bringup, Manufacturing Test Process and Selftest Firmware Development, Lauterbach Emulator Support

Firmware Engineer: Test Process Lead

Seagate Technology

Aug 2012 - Jun 2014 (1 year 11 months)

Provide Manufacturing test process and self-test support on cross-functional product teams working to achieve yield/reliability metrics in preparation for product hand-over to the factory. Communicate product team priorities to developers. Lead integration of new features into factory releases. Identify and drive debug and validation efforts critical to yield/reliability. Implement and deploy test process and self-test firmware to the factory team. Ensure smooth cut over to new code releases. Oversee test process and self-test transition during product hand-over. Worked with factory teams in Asia to ensure that the appropriate testing, validation and release protocols continue to be followed.

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