Carole Richard

Experience

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  Mentor Graphics

  Jul 2007 - Feb 2020

  Responsible for definition/execution of quality roadmap in QuestaSim o Leading/mentoring the work-progress for team members/testing activities: QuestaSim Functionality, Performance and Customer Backline Support o Release planning, risk management and setting priorities o Process compliance and enhancementsTeam Members Development o Follow a people-oriented leadership approach o Tackle each team member’s challenges and help to improve o Keep the team challenged with new objectives and technology knowhowManage/participate in QA infrastructure projects for quality/automation enhancements o Regression Reduction o Customer designs regression o Regression infrastructure for a new toolNew Members Screening process for QuestaSim/Visualizer o Lead and improve the recruitment process o Improve the new hires training programInitiatives o Hole analysis and tackling non-covered areas o Regressions unification across different areas/teams Show less Senior QA Engineer in QuestaSim QA team: August 2012 – July 2015 • Responsible for QuestaSim Core testing activities (Review Testplans/Setting Priorities/Follow-up)• Collaboration and Guidance for different QA testing groups• Participate in new hires screening/training processes• Responsible for strategic customer engagement projecto Complete setup for an environment mimicking the customero Mentor Graphics acquired the deal against competitorsQA Engineer in QuestaSim QA team: July 2007 – July 2012• Testing QuestaSim supported features• Testing different HDL: VHDL/SystemC/SystemVerilog• Regressions automation, maintenance and monitoring• QuestaSim-TK GUI automation Show less

  • Software QA Team Lead

    Aug 2015 - Feb 2020

  • QA Test Engineer

    Jul 2007 - Jul 2015
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  Siemens Digital Industries Software

  Mar 2020 - now

  • Senior product engineering manager

    Jan 2023 - now

  • Senior Product Engineer

    Mar 2020 - now