Andi Vontobel
Test Engineer
Experience
Oct 2016 - Dec 2020
4 years 3 monthsTest Engineer
Crypto AG and Crypto International AG
- Define and perform system tests
- Maintain the automated test environment
- Evaluate tools for automated testing
Oct 2015 - Oct 2016
1 year 1 monthSenior Software Developer
Brunel Switzerland AG
- Adapted a position sensor for elevators to a customer's requirements. Defined and implemented unit tests.
- Implemented in ANSI C and performed hardware adjustments
- Safety relevance, MISRA
Dec 2012 - Jul 2015
2 years 8 monthsSenior Software Developer
Helveting AG
- Enhanced a drive for ventilation flaps and performed extensive tests on the entire system (ANSI C, Matlab)
- Implemented a configuration tool in C++/Qt
- Programmed and configured test benches for medical analysis devices (Delphi, Linux, XML)
- Debugged and fixed issues on an embedded system (ANSI C)
- Developed a gentle battery charging method and ported an existing system to new hardware (ANSI C, embedded)
- Requirements engineering for a new in-house ERP system
May 2012 - Nov 2012
7 monthsTime off, Job search
- Job searching
- Evaluated various Linux firewall distributions
- Restored a car
Mar 2010 - Apr 2012
2 years 2 monthsDielsdorf, Switzerland
Software Developer
MBH Solutions
I adapted the existing design calculation program for civil engineers to the new EC2 standard and added the "punch shear" load case.
I also developed a new software for tracking goods dispatch. Outgoing goods are recorded with a barcode scanner, and images are captured simultaneously from webcams.
- Both programs were written in Java SE with a SWING GUI. Used Eclipse and JUnit
- Focus: client/server, safety relevance
Apr 2007 - Dec 2009
2 years 9 monthsZürich, Switzerland
Software Developer
Rheinmetall Air Defence
My task on an existing fire control system was the design, implementation, integration, and testing of new subsystems.
Key tasks:
- Detection of out-of-range targets
- Processing and distribution of meteorological data
- Extension of the communication proxy
The software is highly parallelized, must be real-time capable, and meet high quality standards.
- Specification, implementation, and testing of various subsystems
- Ada95, Apex, UML
Jan 2006 - Dec 2009
4 yearsMaster's Thesis: Track Diagram Control for Model Railways
HSR
- Specification, implementation, and unit testing of the controller
- OO design, OO analysis, UML, Java, JUnit, SVN, Tortoise, Linux
- Multitasking, real-time, safety relevant
Feb 2005 - Oct 2006
1 year 9 monthsKFOR Deployment
- Supported IT and radio equipment in the deployment area, including first-level support
Jan 2004 - Jan 2005
1 year 1 monthTravel, Job Search
- Traveled through the USA and Europe
- Job searching
Jan 2002 - Dec 2003
2 yearsZürich, Switzerland
Software Developer
SVOX AG
- Developed APIs for the company's text-to-speech system for Symbian-based smartphones and Nuance, as well as test and demo applications on Windows
- Object-oriented analysis and design (UML)
Jan 1995 - Oct 2001
6 years 10 monthsWinterthur, Switzerland
Software Developer
Noser Engineering AG
- Worked on various customer projects, which resulted in my very broad range of programming languages, platforms, and development methods.
- To keep the list of professional activities concise, I listed the projects I worked on at Noser Engineering in the project record.
Apr 1993 - Dec 1994
1 year 9 monthsFurther Education and Travel
- Attended the postgraduate computer science program at the University of Applied Sciences Rapperswil
- Traveled through Australia
Oct 1988 - Mar 1993
4 years 6 monthsSteinhausen, Switzerland
Hardware and Software Developer
Crypto AG
- Developed a fax encryption device and add-on units
- Developed hardware-related software components
- Performed tests
Dec 1984 - Sep 1988
3 years 10 monthsZürich, Switzerland
Hardware Developer
Contraves AG
- Designed, developed, and tested a radar measurement setup
- Evaluated and procured complex measuring instruments
Project: LMI REB-500
ABB Network Partner
- Implemented the control of a local terminal for managing an energy distribution system
- Ada, Motorola assembler, SA/SD
- Safety-critical, distributed system
Project: Migration to NR3
Alcatel Switzerland AG
- Hardware upgrades of HP-UX devices, installation and testing of the new software release, integration into the production system
- HP-UX administration, shell scripts
Project: Q3 Adapter for S12 Telephone Exchanges
Alcatel Switzerland AG
- Implemented a command adapter
- CHILL
- Unusual programming language and development environment
Project Charlie
Contraves Space
- Processed satellite images for the FA-18 flight simulator
- ANSI C
- Processed graphic formats (especially TIFF)
- Wrote efficient code to handle large amounts of image and elevation data
Schlieren, Switzerland
Project: Innoflex
H. A. Schlatter AG
- Developed individual device controllers in a distributed system for controlling grid welding machines
- C++, Visual Studio, RTX-DOS, UML
- Multitasking, real-time
Project: Local Craft Terminal (LCT)
Siemens Switzerland AG
- Adapted the LCT to the latest devices in the Simux family
- Object-oriented Pascal (Borland Pascal 7.0), Windows 95, Booch
- Highly object-oriented
Project: VLS N2/N3
Siemens Switzerland AG, SVT
- Developed interfaces to external systems
- C++, TCP sockets, Profibus, Visual Studio, Windows NT, UML
- Safety-critical system
Summary
I am a versatile and curious team player with a hands-on approach and a conceptual mindset, backed by a very broad range of experience.
I am strong in C/C++ in embedded environments. I am familiar with hardware-level work and find it fascinating.
I have a very wide range of experience and am quite flexible when it comes to new challenges. Mission-critical software, real-time systems, and multitasking were special challenges. Requirements engineering, Eclipse, JUnit, SVN, Apex, Nuance, Visual Studio, and Matlab are some of the tools I have used. Object-oriented programming and UML are other areas of expertise.
Languages
German
NativeEnglish
Intermediate Education
Oct 2006 - Jun 2009
FHO
MAS in Software Engineering · Software Engineering
Oct 1993 - Jun 1994
Technikum Rapperswil
Postgraduate Diploma in Computer Science · Computer Science · Rapperswil-Jona, Switzerland
Oct 1980 - Jun 1984
Technikum Rapperswil
HTL engineering diploma in electrical engineering · Electrical Engineering · Rapperswil-Jona, Switzerland
...and 3 more
Certifications & licenses
ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level
SwissQ Consulting AG
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