Андрій

ANDRII ZORICHEV
Senior QA Engineer | CAD/CAE & PDM/PLM Technical Expert | Electromechanical Design Engineer
Dnipro, Ukraine | [відкрити контакти](див. вище в блоці «контактна інформація») | [відкрити контакти](див. вище в блоці «контактна інформація») | [відкрити контакти](див. вище в блоці «контактна інформація»)

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
Engineering and software quality professional with 19+ years of combined experience, including 13+ years in QA for
CAD/CAE and engineering applications and nearly 6 years in electromechanical and mechanical design. Bridges
hands-on product engineering with software testing, integration validation, QA strategy, and technical leadership.
Experienced in desktop, web, and mobile engineering software, engineering drawings and assemblies, product
documentation, and cross-functional delivery.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
Led QA activities across 100+ internal and customer projects, including planning, estimation, test reviews, and
delivery coordination.
Conducted 100+ technical interviews and mentored 40+ QA trainees; developed a theoretical and practical
software-testing training course.
Combined engineering-domain expertise with testing of CAD/CAE, BIM, and PDM/PLM workflows, including
complex integrations and interoperability.
Engineering design background covering locomotive cabins, railcar interiors, electrical equipment, mechanical
parts and assemblies, and production documentation.

CORE SKILLS
Quality assurance: Test strategy and planning; functional, integration, regression, smoke, acceptance, performance,
and compatibility testing; defect analysis; test documentation; effort estimation.
Engineering & design: Electromechanical systems; mechanical and electrical equipment design; 3D modeling; parts
and assemblies; engineering drawings; technical documentation; product-development support.
CAD / BIM: Design experience: SOLIDWORKS, AutoCAD, KOMPAS-3D. QA exposure: Autodesk Civil 3D, Inventor,
Revit, Fusion 360, Navisworks, Vault, Alias, Maya; Rhino, SketchUp, Blender and other tools.
PDM / PLM & CAE: Bentley ProjectWise, Aras Innovator, SOLIDWORKS PDM/EPDM, 1C PDM; testing experience with
simulation/CAE products including ANSYS, Abaqus, MSC Nastran, MATLAB and others.
Tools & automation: Jira, Azure DevOps, Bugzilla, Redmine, Git, SVN, Hyper-V, VirtualBox, XMind; developing
hands-on Python, Pytest, Pywinauto and FreeCAD automation skills.
Leadership: QA team leadership; mentoring; technical interviewing; stakeholder collaboration; project estimation;
test process improvement.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
AMC Bridge — Technical Expert / Senior QA Engineer / QA Team Lead / QA Mentor | Jul 2013 – Present
Software development and quality assurance for engineering applications and integrations.
Designed and executed test plans, test cases, test data and reports for desktop, web and mobile engineering
software; performed functional, integration, regression, acceptance and compatibility testing.
Evaluated engineering workflows and integrations across CAD/CAE and PDM/PLM ecosystems, including Bentley
ProjectWise and Autodesk applications.
Owned QA estimates, master test plans, resource planning, testing reviews, delivery reporting and quality
coordination across numerous projects.

Served as QA subject-matter expert during discovery and planning; worked with technical teams to investigate
complex application defects and interoperability issues.
Conducted 100+ technical interviews for manual and automation QA roles; mentored 40+ QA trainees and
supported career development.
Created user-facing documentation, conducted internal seminars and reviewed automated test execution and
results.

PKPP MDC — Design Engineer | Mar 2009 – Jul 2013
Designed new electromechanical products from concept and improved existing designs; developed 3D
assemblies, manufacturing drawings, technical specifications, and production documentation.
Coordinated equipment integration, collaborated with manufacturing teams, and supported assembly and
production troubleshooting.
SELECTED RAILWAY PROJECTS
EP20 locomotive cabin — Designed cabin equipment installation and layouts, selected equipment, developed
electrical installation and wiring routes, prepared operating manuals and technical specifications (TU), and
supported assembly.
EKr-1 electric train — Designed passenger-car lighting, bar-counter accent lighting for the restaurant car, and
electrical-equipment installation in sanitary facilities.

Eltehkomp — Process Engineer | Jul 2008 – Mar 2009
Designed switchgear structures, prepared layout sketches and improved the nomenclature of standard
components.

ROST — Design Engineer | Mar 2008 – Jul 2008
Developed passenger railcar interiors and furniture, including mechanical parts, assemblies and electrical-
equipment arrangements; prepared engineering documentation.

DZEO — Design Engineer | Jul 2007 – Mar 2008
Designed railcar control cabinets and related equipment; prepared component, assembly and layout
documentation and supported product development.

EDUCATION
Dnipropetrovsk National University of Railway Transport, Ukraine | 2002–2007
Master’s degree — Electromechanical Systems of Automation and Electric Drive

SELECTED TRAINING & RECOGNITION
Python Programming Masterclass (Udemy, 2025); AI for Software Testers (LinkedIn Learning, 2025); 3D Printing:
Short-Run Production (LinkedIn Learning, 2025).
Teamlead101 (2021); SAFe 4 Practitioner (2019); Test Analyst School (2015).
Created software-testing training course (2019); winner of AMC Bridge Clean Quality Cup (2015); member of
winning team at the first Ukrainian QA Hackathon (2014).