Trina Sida
Los Gatos,CA
Summary
Hardworking Mechanical Test and Integration Engineer bringing over four years of experience in assisting with designs, performance, and installations. Knowledgeable about collaborating cross-functionally to enhance all aspects of the autonomous vehicle business. Seek to offer expertise to challenging, growth-oriented role with growing company.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
Mechanical Test & Integration Engineer II
Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America
2023.09 - Current
- Develop, plan, integrate, and deploy autonomous vehicle systems with a focus on electronics and electrical architecture, installation, setup, configuration, and maintenance.
- Conducts calibration, diagnosis, debugging, root cause analysis, repair, and/or replacement of computer hardware, sensors, electronics, and electrical systems in complex vehicle environments.
- Develop, integrate, install, maintain, test, debug, and repair prototype autonomous vehicle electrical and electronic systems (computer hardware, sensors, vehicle interfaces, power distribution, etc.).
- Conduct root cause analyses and document findings.
- Collaborate and coordinate with colleagues on system architecture, design, configuration, modification, repair, replacement, and technical investigations of electrical and electronic components of autonomous systems.
- Performed preventative maintenance to keep tools and equipment functional.
- Read and interpreted technical drawings, schematics and computer-generated reports.
- Support real world testing of autonomous systems and driver assistance systems including measurement data handling.
- Plan and track progress of electrical/electronic tasks using agile development processes.
- Optimized system performance by troubleshooting and resolving complex technical issues related to integration, infrastructure, and software components.
Software Test Specialist
Zoox
2019.10 - 2023.09
- Performed compatibility testing to ensure applications work properly across different browsers and operating systems.
- Conducted regression testing and submitted observations to development team.
- Checked configuration files and logs to uncover root causes of problems.
- Communicated risks associated with test execution and took mitigating action when necessary.
- Conducted functional, integration, regression, and performance testing to ensure software quality and reliability.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to identify and resolve quality-related issues to ensure test requirements were met.
- Identified and reported software defects and worked with developers to ensure timely resolution.
- Tracked and monitored software defects to ensure timely resolution.
- Performed system and integration testing to ensure that applications function as expected in different environments.
- Conducted user acceptance testing to ensure software meets engineering requirements.
- Performed manual and automated testing to ensure software compatibility with multiple platforms and devices.
- Troubleshoot software issues with Python debugging, hardware manipulation, and creating general test interfaces.
- Adjusted software configurations and parameters for in-vehicle software and user experience testing as well as track any analysis of changes.
- Created plans for test method validation using research or field observations.
- Coordinated work with various teams to solve problems and improve efficiency for software testing and automation.
- Tested functional and compatibility of new programs or updates in comparison to existing applications.
Education
Certificate - Full Stack Web Development
University of California, Berkeley Extension
Berkeley, CA03.2019
Master of Arts - Counseling Psychology
University of San Francisco
San Francisco, CA07.2018
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
California State University - Dominguez Hills
Carson, CA05.2013
Skills
- Linux – 4 Years
- JIRA – 4 Years
- Confluence - 4 Years
- Shell – 3 Years
- Troubleshooting - 4 Years
- Automated Testing - 4 Years
- Hardware Testing - 3 Years
- Functional Testing - 3 Years
- Integration Testing - 4 Years
Timeline
Mechanical Test & Integration Engineer II
Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America
2023.09 - Current
Software Test Specialist
Zoox
2019.10 - 2023.09
Certificate - Full Stack Web Development
University of California, Berkeley Extension
Master of Arts - Counseling Psychology
University of San Francisco
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
California State University - Dominguez Hills
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