Ramesh Ottikunta

Engineering Manager at Amazon Smart Vehicles

San Francisco Bay Area

About

• Managed build and test infra team to integrate software components from 10+ teams by building automation tools and CI processes. • Experienced Engineering leader with expertise in embedded devices sw (voice assistant, mobile, gaming platforms) and full-stack development. • Strong test management skills in developing test strategies, test plans, managing test teams and ensuring the quality of software platforms, applications & products. • Test automation specialist - Experienced in design & development of test tools. • Proven leader in managing outsourced & geographically dispersed teams with the working experience at both ends of the spectrum • Global work experience – Worked in India, Germany, Sweden & USA. SKILLS: ====== • Programming : Java, Python, C, C++, PHP, Perl • Web Technologies/Cloud : ReactNative, Angular JS, Tomcat, AWS, GCE • Mobile SDKs : Android, Cross Platform SDKs • Databases : MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB • Dev / Test Tools : Test Automation Tools : Unit Test Frameworks for Java, C & Python, in-house developed automation tools including UI, Audio & Video automation, Selenium, test management tools and various conformance & proprietary tools. Defect Management : Bugzilla, Jira & proprietary tools, CI Servers : Jenkins, Bamboo & Buildbot. IDEs : Visual Studio, Eclipse, Android Studio and debugging tools Version Control : GIT, SVN, Perforce • Project Methodologies : Traditional, Critical Chain & Agile https://www.amazon.jobs/en/business_categories/amazon-devices

Experience

  • Engineering Leader at Amazon Smart Vehicles at Amazon
    Aug 2019 - Present · 6 yrs 11 mos

    Leading the team responsible for 1)Alexa Custom Assistant SDK(powered by Alexa+ Gen AI voice assistant) SW Integration, 2)Developing Team-specific AI agents to increase team's productivity 3)Build, Release and LLM/Agentic AI based Automation tooling, 4)Manual and automated testing, and 5)OEM partner release management.

  • SW Engineering Manager in Test at Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC
    May 2011 - Jul 2019 · 8 yrs 3 mos

    ♦ Led test engineering team and managed testing of PlayStation SDK libraries, applications & web services, which includes defining test strategies, test planning, team management, coordination with engineering teams and release management. ♦ Architected PlayStation SDK test automation framework and lead a team to develop the test framework, which includes GUI, audio, speech recognition and video test automation resulting 100% automated regression test suite. ♦ Collaborated with global QA teams to manage test activities and ensured the successful monthly production releases. ♦ Initiated various software QA process improvements in the department and made significant improvements to the engineering team’s productivity and releases quality. Reduced post release defects by 85%. ♦ Managed Jenkins Continuous Integration system, ensured all projects software integration stability with continuous automated deployment, and testing. ♦ Effectively managed fulltime, contractors and offshore resources and successfully provided testing services for five projects in parallel.

  • Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications (4 yrs 5 mos)
    • Sr. Staff Engineer Software
      Feb 2009 - May 2011 · 2 yrs 4 mos

      • Coordinated Android Compatibility Test Suite testing & system management test activities for Xperia PLAY. • Coordinated Xperia PLAY PSOne emulation test activities with SIE global QA teams. Planned test scope & test cycles and ensured the good communication with global teams. • Defined test methodology, developed test plans & test specifications to ensure the PSOne gaming experience on the Android PlayStation® certified device. • Worked closely with development team in planning releases & defect management. Involved in PSOne security, packaging & download solution design. • Enhanced Android Junit test framework for Android applications automation. • Developed Android applications for test samples / utilities for testing.

    • Sr. Staff Engineer Software
      Jan 2007 - Feb 2009 · 2 yrs 2 mos

      Worked as a test team lead and primarily responsible for SAT test planning for platform projects and coordination of 5 member team. Involved in development of test automation tool for mobile applications testing

  • Technical Lead at Wipro Technologies
    Oct 2000 - Jan 2007 · 6 yrs 4 mos

    Mobile Applications Testing & Test Automation Specialist - Involved in testing of various mobile applications - Developed Test Management & Test automation tools - Developed end to end Test automation solution for Mobile applications including Test case repository and integrated Test Management, Test automation & Defect Management tools. - Expert in J2ME applications development & Testing -Global work experience – worked in India, Germany, Sweden (Sony Ericsson) & USA (Qualcomm)