BRIAN E.

NICKLAS
184 Fourth St Apt 10
Leominster, MA 01453-6019
Cell: (508) 865-5494
Email: bnicklas2@comcast.net

OBJECTIVE
I am a Software Quality Assurance Engineer who integrated 5 years of diverse product,
leadership, and industry experience with strong team orientation and success in
expediting product readiness for market. I am familiar with 2 defect tracking systems
and QA methodologies within a software development environment. I can execute test
cases and test plans using manual and automated methods. I am fully fluent in English,
proficient with Microsoft Windows, and can learn quickly.

EMPLOYMENT
Randstad In House Services, Leominster, MA (WorldColor) June 2009 - Present
Machine Operator Helper (contract)
•Assist machine operators by packing books, magazines, or coupons into boxes or onto
pallets.
•Operate a manual pallet jack to move a completed pallet out of the work area.

United States Census Bureau, Worcester, MA April 2009 - May 2009

Enumerator
•Listed all housing units found within a particular assignment area.
•Collected information on these housing units by conducting brief interviews with
residents.
•Reported to supervisor for new assignments and observing.

Engineering Planning and Management, Framingham, MA

March 2008 - June 2008
Staff Programmer/Analyst II
• Documented changes to fire protection device software for the nuclear power
industry through detailed reports along with concise testing instructions for a fire
control device application using MicroSoft Word.
• Performed Visual Basic white box and manual functional testing.
• Verified and validated data loads for various agency nuclear regulatory clients in
Oracle databases.

Randstad In House Services, Framingham, MA (Bose) February 2006 - March 2008

Software Engineer (contract)
•Experienced the full product development and quality assurance test cycle, from
requirements through post-release and sales, working for 8 months with a team of
9 people.
•Documented all test results as pass or fail.
•Evaluated and tested new and modified software programs to verify that these programs
function according to requirements and guidelines.
•Substituted as a team lead for two different projects.
•Wrote and maintained clear, concise manual and automated software test cases for
various products in development and post-release.
•Communicated and interfaced with software developers to report defects using Soffront
Trackweb.
•Verified code correction upon release of new software versions by executing test cases.

Oxford Global Resources, Peabody, MA (SleepMed) January 2006 - February 2006

Software Validation Engineer (contract)
•Created and executed a user's manual, functional specifications, test cases, and test plans
from little or no documentation on a sleep apnea monitoring application.
•Worked on a Client/Server within a Windows 2000 environment.

TAC Worldwide, Lexington, MA (Instrumentation Laboratories) January 2005 -

December 2005
Software QA Engineer (contract)
•Executed automated and manual software test cases on a high volume blood analysis
device.
•Documented all test results as pass or fail.
•Wrote and maintained manual and automated test cases using Segue Silk and functional
specifications.
•Communicated and interfaced with software developers to report defects using PVCS
Tracker.
•Performed and tracked software release management.

Randstad In House Services, Framingham, MA (Bose)

August 2003 - January 2005
Test Technician (contract)
•Wrote and maintained clear, concise manual and automated software test cases for
various Bose products in development.
•Documented all test results as pass or fail.
•Communicated and interfaced with software developers to report defects using Soffront
Trackweb.
•Verified code correction upon release of new software versions by executing test cases.

EDUCATION
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA May 2003
Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering

COMPUTER SKILLS
Windows, Soffront TrackWeb, MicroSoft Office, PVCS TrackerSegue Silk, LabView.