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David Townsend

David Townsend


QA Engineer/Animator

Imaginative and critical thinker that is passionate about trying to improve the world through technology


San Francisco,CA

Skills

HTML

CSS

Javascript

React

Maya

Python

Adobe Suite

Office Suite

Modo

Jira

Unity

UE4

Windows

OSX

Linux

Work experience

Magic Leap

QA Engineer (Genesis Global Contractor) - Magic Leap

May 2017 to Present

Works with the Embedded Algorithms Engineering group to QA all aspects related to embedded algorithms on Magic Leap devices

  • Focus on testing SLAM related features like Head pose, relocalization, eye tracking and hand gestures
  • Develop Test Cases
  • Coordinate with other QA groups within the Company
Oculus

QA integration Engineer (Infostar Contractor) - Oculus

Feb 2015 to Nov 2016

  • Develop test plans for Unity and UE4 Oculus Integration
  • Execute created test plans
  • Work with Oculus Unity and UE4 internal developers
FB

QA iOS Engineer (Infostar Contractor) - Facebook

Jun 2014 - Feb 2015

  • Write and execute test plans for iOS, Android and Windows devices
  • Document QA procedures
  • Black box ad hoc testing
Viggle

QA Engineer - Viggle

Feb 2012 - Jul 2013

  • Interacted with developers on a daily basiss
  • Wrote test plans for Viggle and MyGuy app
  • Performed blackbox testing on Viggle and MyGuy app
Loyalize

QA Tester - Loyalize.com

Apr 2011 - Jan 2012

  • Provided the first level of customer support to Loyalize.com clients
  • Wrote and executed test plans on web portals and mobile apps
  • Entered and regressed bugs in Jira
The Orphange

Resource Administrator (Render Wrangler) - The Orphanage

Dec 2007 - Feb 2009

  • Performed comprehensive quality checks on dailies
  • Troubleshoot artist render problems
  • Helped with server maintenance
Lucasarts

QA Tester - Lucasarts

Mar 2007 - Sep 2007

  • Performed quality assurance on builds of Thrillville 07, if bugs were found enter them into Devtrak
  • Platforms worked on Wii, Xbox360, PS2, PSP, PC and Nintendo DS
  • Regressed bugs found by third party QA sub-contractors located in Canada

Education

Academy of Art Univ

Masters (Unfinshed) - Computer Animation

Academy of Art University

Syracuse Univ

Bachelor of Arts - Computer Graphics

Syracuse University