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Rashmi Shahdadpuri

Livermore

Summary

Results-driven QA Automation Engineer with 8+ years of experience, including 4+ years building and leading test automation for AI-powered consumer robotics at Amazon Lab 126. Expert in designing automated test frameworks from scratch, managing contingent engineers to high output, and independently driving QA goals as a project owner — tracking status, escalating risks, and unblocking releases. Deep hands-on experience testing LLM-powered features, Gen AI pipelines, and non-deterministic ML systems. Proven partner to infrastructure and product engineering teams; champion of quality culture through cross-functional advocacy, standardized Gen AI QA practices, and measurable delivery improvements.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

QA Automation Engineer - AI Robotics & Gen AI

Amazon Lab 126
Sunnyvale, CA
03.2022 - 01.2026
  • Designed and implemented automated test frameworks from the ground up to fill test coverage gaps across robotic components (Sentry, Mobility, Critical Battery) and AI-powered features — building Python (PyTest) suites for end-to-end validation across iOS, macOS, Android, and Amazon Robot platforms.
  • Managed contingent engineers across global cross-functional teams, setting output expectations, standardizing Gen AI QA practices, and facilitating knowledge sharing to eliminate operational bottlenecks and sustain high-volume test delivery.
  • Partnered with infrastructure and product engineering teams to fully enable automated testing: integrated test suites into Jenkins CI/CD pipelines, enabling nightly regression runs that accelerated release cadence and reduced manual testing overhead significantly.
  • Independently drove QA goals as a project owner — defined milestones, tracked status in JIRA, reported weekly to stakeholders, escalated risks before they became blockers, and resolved execution obstacles to keep release cycles on schedule.
  • Championed a culture of quality across the organization: advocated for high standards at design reviews, rapidly escalated automation-discovered defects and test-blocking issues, and mentored cross-functional teams on the importance and practice of Gen AI QA.
  • Evaluated LLM-assisted features and AI decision-making systems: designed prompt-level test cases assessing accuracy, consistency, safety, hallucination, and bias; validated non-deterministic model outputs against defined quality criteria in collaboration with AI/ML engineers.
  • Delivered measurable impact: analyzed ROS bag data to detect performance degradation in object detection and navigation models (+30% robot functionality improvement); streamlined lab operations (+25% testing efficiency); reduced QA costs 15% through AI-assisted test planning.
  • Validated REST APIs for device-cloud AI communication using Postman and Python — schema validation, OAuth/token authentication, and failure-mode testing across all major AI subsystems.

Test Engineer - Functional & Product QA

Tech Mahindra (Americas)
Sunnyvale, CA
05.2018 - 02.2022
  • Designed and implemented UI automation frameworks for Google Photos and Search (Android/iOS) using UI Automator (Copycat); stable locator strategies and explicit waits significantly reduced flaky test rates across release-blocking feature coverage.
  • Owned test case design for AI-adjacent features (smart photo categorization, visual search) — assessed output quality, consistency, and edge-case behavior across emulators and real devices in an Agile environment.
  • Contributed to Go/No-Go decisions with KPI reporting and risk assessment; performed deep log analysis to surface root causes and drive rapid defect resolution with engineering teams.

Assistant Professor & Manual QA Tester Information Technology

University of Mumbai
India
06.2010 - 11.2016
  • Delivered undergraduate courses in Software Engineering, Testing Methodologies, and Software Quality; mentored student projects in system design and QA.
  • Designed test plans, filed bugs, and drove resolution for payroll software and college website quality testing.

Education

Master of Engineering - Information Technology

Mumbai University
India
01-2016

Bachelor of Engineering - Information Technology

Mumbai University
India
01-2009

Skills

  • Framework Design & Automation: Python (PyTest, Requests), Selenium WebDriver, UI Automator, ROS Bag Analysis, Jenkins CI/CD, REST API Testing
  • Gen AI & LLM Testing: Prompt Evaluation, Hallucination & Bias Detection, RAG Pipeline Testing, Model Regression, Non-Deterministic System Testing, Object Detection QA
  • Leadership & Project Management: Contingent Engineer Management, Cross-Functional Team Leadership, Risk Escalation, Status Reporting, JIRA, Agile/Scrum, Release Readiness
  • Platforms & Tools: iOS/macOS/Android, Postman, UNIX/CLI, Log Analysis, Cloud Integration, Buganizer FCF & JNCIA Certification

VIsa Status : Permnanet Resident of United States of America

I am authorized to work for any sponsor in United States of America legally without any need of sponsorship now and in future.

Certification

  • FCF — Fortinet Certified Fundamentals (2026)
  • JNCIA — Juniper Networks Certified Associate (2018)

Accomplishments

    Mentored and submitted 5 white paper publication on newer technology

    • The Board Of International Journal Of Recent And Innovation Trends In Computing

    And Communication Issn: 23218169 Scientific Journal Impact Factor: 5.837 "News House - A Sublime Horizontal Portal" Published In Ijritcc Journal, Volume 4, Issue 2, February 2016.

    • International Research Journal Of Engineering And Technology (IRJET) E-ISSN: 23950056 " Web Blog Mining Using Internet Movie

    Database (Imdb) For Movie Review And Summarization" Volume: 03 Issue: 04 | April2016 www.Irjet.Net P-ISSN: 2395-0072 © 2016, IRJET | Impact Factor Value: 4.45 | ISO 9001:2008 Certified Journal | Page 132.

    • The Board Of International Journal Of Recent And Innovation Trends In Computing And Communication "Drowsy Driver Detection System" IJRITCC Journal, Volume 4, Issue 10, October 2016.

    • International journal for scientific research and development :IJSRD 2321- 0613 "Electronic Tracking System For Public Transport Using NFC Technology " VOL 3,ISSUE 1,March 2015.

    • International journal of Computer science and mobile computing:ISSN:2320-

    088X"Artificial Intelligence Driven Judgment Card Game" VOL 4,ISSUE 4,April 2015.

    • International journal for scientific research and development :IJSRD 2321-0613 "Smart Driving License Using Near Field Communication Technology " VOL 2,ISSUE 12,February 2015.

Timeline

QA Automation Engineer - AI Robotics & Gen AI

Amazon Lab 126
03.2022 - 01.2026

Test Engineer - Functional & Product QA

Tech Mahindra (Americas)
05.2018 - 02.2022

Assistant Professor & Manual QA Tester Information Technology

University of Mumbai
06.2010 - 11.2016

Bachelor of Engineering - Information Technology

Mumbai University

Master of Engineering - Information Technology

Mumbai University
Rashmi Shahdadpuri