I'm a software development engineer who enjoys helping teams and organizations improve their quality and efficiency by applying proven agile principles and tools. I have worked with software development since 1999 as Application Developer, Tester, Test Automation Engineer, Test Manager and Product Owner and have experience from international assignments and global collaboration in distributed teams. Currently I lead and contribute to QA and test automation efforts across multiple teams, focusing on building scalable test strategies, automation, DevOps practices and continuous improvement in agile settings. I hold several certifications in testing and agile leadership and have hands-on experience with SAFe, Kanban and Scrum in multinational environments.

Mattias Norin

I'm a software development engineer who enjoys helping teams and organizations improve their quality and efficiency by applying proven agile principles and tools. I have worked with software development since 1999 as Application Developer, Tester, Test Automation Engineer, Test Manager and Product Owner and have experience from international assignments and global collaboration in distributed teams. Currently I lead and contribute to QA and test automation efforts across multiple teams, focusing on building scalable test strategies, automation, DevOps practices and continuous improvement in agile settings. I hold several certifications in testing and agile leadership and have hands-on experience with SAFe, Kanban and Scrum in multinational environments.

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I’m a software development engineer who enjoys helping teams and organizations improve their quality and efficiency by applying proven agile principles and tools. I have worked with software development since 1999 as Application Developer, Tester, Test Automation Engineer, Test Manager and Product Owner and have experience from international assignments and global collaboration in distributed teams.

Currently I lead and contribute to QA and test automation efforts across multiple teams, focusing on building scalable test strategies, automation, DevOps practices and continuous improvement in agile settings. I hold several certifications in testing and agile leadership and have hands-on experience with SAFe, Kanban and Scrum in multinational environments.

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Experience Level

Expert
Expert
Expert
Intermediate
Intermediate
Intermediate

Language

Swedish
Fluent
English
Fluent
Norwegian
Advanced
German
Intermediate

Work Experience

Test Manager at Saab System Integration & Verification - Fighter Functions
August 1, 2025 - Present
Current assignment to realize a test strategy for 12 development and test teams in a SAFe release train, including CI/CD pipeline with test automation. Focus on quality assurance in a safety-critical aerospace context with distributed teams.
Test Automation Engineer & Test Manager at Aspia
March 1, 2020 - August 1, 2025
Managing QA activities in Aspia's development team including test strategies, test plans, test automation efforts, continuous improvements and shifting QA left. Also performing manual, regression and smoke testing, designing test cases and creating automated selenium tests using C#. Leading a team of testers/test automators and overseeing application security test efforts with developers.
Test Manager, Test Automation Lead & Agile Coach at KPA Pension
June 1, 2017 - December 1, 2019
In a DevOps team, managed acceptance and regression testing to enable releases every 3 weeks. Led test automation across GUI/API/Unit, CI, and TFS administration. Drove continuous improvements, agile coaching and test training; evaluated test automation tools and implemented automated regression tests with Katalon Recorder and TestCraft.
Tester Solvency II at Länsförsäkringar
January 1, 2015 - May 1, 2017
Data quality tester in a Solvency II project implementing systems to support EU regulations for reporting solvency and risk data to authorities.
Senior Test Consultant at SOCO Norge AS
August 1, 2014 - January 1, 2015
Test Manager responsible for acceptance testing in a development/integration project where Microsoft CRM was customized to replace the existing system. Defined test strategy, introduced lean collaboration between testers and developers, coordinated UAT, designed test cases, performed functional testing, defect tracking, introduced test tools (MTM / TFS) and trained testers.
Test Manager at Volvo IT
October 1, 2012 - August 1, 2014
Led software test efforts in multiple Volvo IT projects, implemented ALM principles, and coached teams in Kanban and Scrum using TFS, Microsoft Test Manager and Visual Studio to improve quality and efficiency.
Application Developer at Volvo IT
November 1, 2000 - October 1, 2012
System Developer building BI applications and production-critical systems controlling manufacturing processes. Development with VB/C# in Visual Studio and Oracle databases; contributed to the full software development lifecycle.
System Developer at CyberPhoto AB
February 1, 2000 - November 1, 2000
Developed an order and warehouse management system.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Electronics; Media Communication Engineering at Umeå University
January 1, 1995 - December 31, 1999
Test automation and AI at Yrkeshögskolan
October 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024
MCP, System development Client-Server at Microsoft Training
January 1, 1999 - December 31, 2000
I-20 Swedish army military service at I-20
January 1, 1991 - December 31, 1992

Qualifications

ISTQB Advanced Level Test Manager
January 11, 2030 - May 14, 2026
ISTQB Agile Tester
January 11, 2030 - May 14, 2026
Certified Test Automation Engineer
January 11, 2030 - May 14, 2026
Professional Agile Leadership (PAL I)
January 11, 2030 - May 14, 2026
Professional Scrum Master I
January 11, 2030 - May 14, 2026
Professional Scrum Product Owner
January 11, 2030 - May 14, 2026
Professional Scrum Developer
January 11, 2030 - May 14, 2026
Certified Professional for Requirements Engineering (IREB)
January 11, 2030 - May 14, 2026
Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer in Application Lifecycle Management
January 11, 2030 - May 14, 2026

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Professional Services, Manufacturing, Government, Other