I’m Marco Da Costa, a software system engineer with a strong QA background and a passion for building high-quality software. Since 2013 I’ve focused on testing, risk management, and process improvement, progressively taking on system design and integration responsibilities to ensure clear requirements and traceability across the development lifecycle. I thrive in Agile environments, bridging cross-functional teams from software to hardware validation. I’m proficient in test automation, verification planning, and documentation, and I’m dedicated to mentoring teammates toward best practices in testing and quality assurance.

Marco Da Costa

I’m Marco Da Costa, a software system engineer with a strong QA background and a passion for building high-quality software. Since 2013 I’ve focused on testing, risk management, and process improvement, progressively taking on system design and integration responsibilities to ensure clear requirements and traceability across the development lifecycle. I thrive in Agile environments, bridging cross-functional teams from software to hardware validation. I’m proficient in test automation, verification planning, and documentation, and I’m dedicated to mentoring teammates toward best practices in testing and quality assurance.

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I’m Marco Da Costa, a software system engineer with a strong QA background and a passion for building high-quality software. Since 2013 I’ve focused on testing, risk management, and process improvement, progressively taking on system design and integration responsibilities to ensure clear requirements and traceability across the development lifecycle.

I thrive in Agile environments, bridging cross-functional teams from software to hardware validation. I’m proficient in test automation, verification planning, and documentation, and I’m dedicated to mentoring teammates toward best practices in testing and quality assurance.

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Experience Level

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Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Intermediate

Language

French
Fluent
Portuguese
Fluent
English
Intermediate

Work Experience

Software System Engineer at Ganymed Robotics
April 1, 2023 - Present
System design and integration, writing system and software requirements with traceability across the lifecycle. Ensure subsystems integration, notably software subsystem. Risk management of medical device. Plan verification and validation. Agile/SCRUM (Jira). Process review and implementation. Tools validation.
Software Validation Engineer at EOS Imaging
February 1, 2017 - March 1, 2023
Test desktop and web medical applications; write/validate product requirements specs; manage test strategy, plans, cases, and reports; maintain traceability; perform test automation, code review, and CI/CD (Squish, Selenium, Python, Git, Jenkins, Docker); defects reporting (Jira); Agile/SCRUM.
QA Engineer at STC, Bouygues Telecom (@Altran)
July 1, 2014 - February 1, 2017
Find defects in OSS production; report and follow up to reduce complaints and improve client experience. Script development for production environment fixes (SoapUI, XML, Groovy, Oracle SQL). Soap tools development for team performance. Data audit, synchronization and KPI tracking.
Software Tester at OSS, Bouygues Telecom (@Altran), Fundão (Portugal)
June 1, 2013 - June 1, 2014
End-to-end testing of OSS services; test strategy, plan and cases (HP Quality Center). Test automation (SoapUI, XML, Groovy, Oracle SQL). Script coding and execution (Perl, shell). Bug detection and follow-up; test management and communication.

Education

MSc Biomedical Engineering at University of Coimbra
September 17, 2007 - October 12, 2012

Qualifications

ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level (CTFL)
November 4, 2013 - November 8, 2013
ISTQB Advanced Level Test Automation Engineer
November 4, 2019 - November 8, 2019
ISTQB Advanced Level Test Manager
December 14, 2020 - December 18, 2020

Industry Experience

Healthcare, Life Sciences, Manufacturing, Telecommunications, Software & Internet, Professional Services, Other