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Marie-Victoria GILLES

Grenoble

Summary

Accomplished Test Lead with a proven track record at Thales and Schneider Electrics, I love organizing and empowering a team to create and deliver in highly constraints environment and I'm full of energy to embrace new technical challenges and have impact in our quickly moving world.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

IVV Equipment Lead

Schneider Electrics
Grenoble
01.2022 - Current

On the digital part of low voltage switchboards dedicated to the electro-intensive segment:

  • Analyzed and documented business requirements to create test strategy and cases.
  • Managed a team of two testers in the execution of manual and automated tests.
  • Planned, implemented, and monitored system testing by coordinating with staff and holding test review meetings.
  • Provide feedback to the products team, influence their roadmap, and provide support to customers through reviews, webinars, and training assets.

IVV Manager

Thales
Paris
01.2022 - 02.2023

As part of a three-person team to send a spontaneous offer to the French army, I worked on the development of a 2D satellite antenna:

  • Challenged the technical solutions to meet the operational needs within the desired timelines.
  • Defined the Make Team Buy strategy for the solution.
  • Participate in the IVVQ strategy definition.
  • Present the quotation to the Head of Discipline for validation.

As part of the 10 people Core Team for a €1 billion communication program, I'm responsible of the 'Supervision Center' system validation:

  • Defined the validation and acceptance strategy, the BOM of the testing platforms
  • Presentation to the top management.

Test Engineer

Thales
Paris
03.2017 - 03.2022

On a program to build a communication satellite system for the Army of Qatar, I'm part of a 6-person system test team and I

  • Lead the tests on the Infrastructure and Central Management part.
  • Organized a complete Sea Acceptance test through three countries (Italy, Qatar, France) and signed the €4 million acceptance bill.

PMO Project Coordinator Internship

Thales
Paris
09.2016 - 03.2017

IPhone App Developer Intership

Aubay
Boulogne
06.2015 - 08.2015

Robot and Android App Development Internship

Wuhan university
06.2014 - 08.2014

Education

High School Diploma -

Audencia Business School
Nantes, France
03-2017

Carl H. Lindler College of Business
Cincinnati, USA
08-2016

M.D. - Electrical, Electronics And Communications Engineering

Ecole Nationale Superieure De L'Electronique
Cergy, France
03-2017

Skills

  • System testing: integration, verification, validation, and defect management
  • Stakeholder management: reporting, scheduling
  • Result-oriented in delivering on time and quality
  • Basic programming: Python, C/C, Java, SQL
  • IT, OT, network management: cloud applications, industrial architectures, OSI model
  • DevOps knowledge for software development, Agile development

Affiliations

  • Montain woman: hiking, snowboarding, skiing, biking, running (Send me Kudos on Strava ! )
  • Curious about various Tech (or not) subjects: follow innovations through TED talks, YouTube's
  • Voluntary work as mentor for students (DEMA1N.org and French Tech in the Alps)

Timeline

IVV Equipment Lead

Schneider Electrics
01.2022 - Current

IVV Manager

Thales
01.2022 - 02.2023

Test Engineer

Thales
03.2017 - 03.2022

PMO Project Coordinator Internship

Thales
09.2016 - 03.2017

IPhone App Developer Intership

Aubay
06.2015 - 08.2015

Robot and Android App Development Internship

Wuhan university
06.2014 - 08.2014

High School Diploma -

Audencia Business School

Carl H. Lindler College of Business

M.D. - Electrical, Electronics And Communications Engineering

Ecole Nationale Superieure De L'Electronique
Marie-Victoria GILLES