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Alvaro Nicosia

@alvaronicosia

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Software tester with many years of experience across various fields.

United Kingdom

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What I'm looking for

I seek roles focusing on HIL-based validation and test automation where I can develop tooling, improve CI for test assets, and work within collaborative engineering teams.

I am a software test enginer with 8 years of experience working in various fields such as Aerospace, Automotive and consumer CPU/GPUs.

I have experience with a wide array of tools and programming languages. HIL setup using National Instruments as well as Dspace and knowledge of programming languages such as Python, with which I have various years of experience, as well as C++, C# and a little bit of Javascript.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Project Engineer

Current

vDynamics GmbH

Dec 2023 - Present (2 years 6 months)

Developed Python-based tooling and CAN test automation for HIL integration at MAN Truck & Bus, migrated CAPL scripts into GitLab pipelines and C# to streamline HIL test execution and CI workflows.

Python Tkinter CANoe Gitlab CI C++HIL (DSPACE ControlDesk)QNX SSH

Media App Tester

Harvey Nash GmbH

Nov 2019 - Aug 2023 (3 years 9 months)

Built and executed performance and power test workloads for Intel CPU/GPU releases, automated tests with Python/AutoIT and supported functional test automation in C# using Ranorex, documenting results in Confluence.

Performance Testing Python AutoIt C++Ranorex Confluence Test Automation

Software Testing Consultant

AKKA Germany GmbH

Jan 2018 - Oct 2019 (1 year 9 months)

Executed DO-178C-compliant software verification for BelugaXL cargo systems using NI HIL, implemented high-level requirement test cases, and managed requirement-test traceability in DOORS.

NI HiL National Instruments DOORS SVN

Intern Engineer

Thales Alenia Space

Jul 2017 - Dec 2017 (5 months)

Contributed to space systems development using C++, C# and LabVIEW and worked with CAN and MIL-STD-1553 communications during an engineering internship.

C++CAN Embedded Systems