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Andi Vontobel

Test Engineer

Andi Vontobel
Rickenbach, Switzerland

Experience

Oct 2016 - Dec 2020
4 years 3 months

Test Engineer

Crypto AG and Crypto International AG

  • Defining and conducting system tests
  • Managing the automated testing environment
  • Evaluating tools for automated testing
Oct 2015 - Oct 2016
1 year 1 month

Senior Software Developer

Brunel Switzerland AG

  • Adapting a lift position sensor to a customer's requirements and defining and implementing unit tests
  • Implemented in ANSI-C with hardware adjustments
  • Accounting for safety requirements and MISRA
Dec 2012 - Jul 2015
2 years 8 months

Senior Software Developer

Helveting AG

  • Developing a drive for ventilation dampers and thorough testing of the entire system (ANSI-C, MATLAB)
  • Implementing a configuration tool in C++/Qt
  • Programming and configuring test stands for medical analysis devices (Delphi, Linux, XML)
  • Debugging and troubleshooting an embedded system (ANSI-C)
  • Implementing a gentle battery charging process and porting an existing system to new hardware (ANSI-C, embedded)
  • Requirements engineering for a new in-house ERP system
May 2012 - Nov 2012
7 months

Time Off

  • Job hunting
  • Exploring various Linux firewall distributions
  • Restoring a car
Mar 2010 - Apr 2012
2 years 2 months
Dielsdorf, Switzerland

Software Developer

MBH Solutions

  • Adapting the existing design program for civil engineers to the new EC2 standard and adding the "punching" load case
  • Developing new software for recording outgoing goods with a barcode scanner and simultaneous webcam image capture
  • Programming both programs in Java SE with a Swing GUI using Eclipse and JUnit (focus: client/server, safety relevance)
Apr 2007 - Dec 2009
2 years 9 months
Zürich, Switzerland

Software Developer

Rheinmetall Air Defence

  • Design, implementation, integration and testing of new subsystems of a fire control system
  • Detection of over-range targets
  • Processing and distribution of meteorological data
  • Extension of the communication proxy
  • Specification, implementation and testing of various subsystems
  • Use of Ada95, Apex and UML
Feb 2005 - Oct 2006
1 year 9 months

KFOR Deployment

  • Maintenance of IT and radio equipment in the operational area with 1st-level support
Jan 2004 - Jan 2005
1 year 1 month

Travel and Job Search

  • Travel throughout the USA and Europe
  • Job searching
Jan 2002 - Dec 2003
2 years
Zürich, Switzerland

Software Developer

SVOX AG

  • Development of APIs for the company's own text-to-speech system for Symbian-based smartphones and Nuance
  • Development of test and demo applications on Windows
  • Object-oriented analysis and design with UML
Jan 1995 - Oct 2001
6 years 10 months
Winterthur, Switzerland

Software Developer

Noser Engineering AG

  • Collaboration on various customer projects with a wide range of programming languages, platforms and development processes
Apr 1993 - Dec 1994
1 year 9 months

Continuing Education and Travel

  • Attended the postgraduate Computer Science program at the University of Rapperswil
  • Traveled around Australia
Oct 1988 - Mar 1993
4 years 6 months
Steinhausen, Switzerland

Hardware and Software Developer

Crypto AG

  • Developed a fax encryption device and add-on devices
  • Developed the hardware-related software components
  • Conducted tests
Dec 1984 - Sep 1988
3 years 10 months
Zürich, Switzerland

Hardware Developer

Contraves AG

  • Designed, developed, and tested a radar measurement system
  • Evaluated and procured complex measuring instruments

Summary

I am a versatile team player, practically minded and a conceptual thinker with a very broad range of experience.

I have a wide-ranging background and am flexible when it comes to new challenges.

Skills

  • Strong In C/c++ In Embedded Environments
  • I Am Familiar With Low-level Hardware And Find It Fascinating
  • Other Languages: Java Se, Ada, Shell Scripts, And A Few More
  • Mission-critical Software, Real-time Systems, And Multitasking Were Special Challenges
  • Requirements Engineering
  • Eclipse, Junit, Svn, Apex, Nuance, Visual Studio, Matlab Are Some Of The Tools I've Used
  • Object-oriented Programming, Uml

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced

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

Engineer Diploma HTL, major in Electrical Engineering · Electrical Engineering · Rapperswil-Jona, Switzerland

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