Virupaxappa Karki has over 35 years of experience in test engineering, manufacturing IT, and product engineering. He is currently the General Manager of Test Engineering, Product Engineering, and Production IT at Continental Automotive India Pvt Ltd. Previously, he held several senior roles at Motorola India Pvt Ltd, including responsibilities for test engineering, process engineering, new product launches, manufacturing IT, and reliability testing. He has extensive experience developing and supporting test equipment for the automotive, telecommunications, and electronics industries.

1. Virupaxappa Karki
House No 18, Jolly Nivas, Near Ganagmma Temple, Jalahalli, East Bangalore, Pin-560013
Mobile: 91 9686919639, Resi: 91 80 23450972, Email: virupaxi.karki@gmail.com
35 years with reputed MNC’s & Defence experience, in Telecom, IT and Test Equipment
Development. Currently working with Continental Automotive (I) Pvt Ltd, as General
Manager-Test Engineering & Production IT
Seeking a challenging senior level assignment
in Engineering or IT
Professional Synopsis
Present Responsibilities:
 Responsible for Production IT.
 Responsible for Test Equipment Development
 Responsible for Test Support for Manufacturing
 Responsible for Product Engineering.
In Previous Company (Motorola India Pvt Ltd):
 Responsible for Test Engineering
 Responsible for Process Engineering
 Responsible for New Product Launches
 Responsible for Product Life Cycle and Failure Analysis
 Responsible for Manufacturing IT
 Responsible for Reliability Labaratory
Certifications
 Certified Novell Networks Engineer 4.11
 Certified Six Sigma Green Belt at Flextronics India Pvt Ltd and completed 3 projects
 Certified Digital Six Sigma Green Belt at Motorola India Pvt Ltd and completed one project
 Certified TL9000 and ISO 9000-2008 Internal Auditor
 Certified CBS Practitioner Silver Level
 Certified Power to Lead program
Technical Competencies
Telecom  Test Equipment Development & Support for Mobile Phone Manufacturing
 Good working knowledge on Telecom test equipment like – Agilent and R & S
E5515C/CMU200/Network analyzer/Protocol analyzer.
 Supporting Global team on test software development for mobile phone testing
 Test Equipment for BTS & BSSC manufacturing Testing
PCB Level Test  Test Development for Schlumberger, Teradyne & Agilent make ICT Testers.
 PCB level functional test with MCD & Schlumberger testers
 DFM Design For Manufacturability and DFT Design For Testability knowledge
 HW Knowledge
OS/Networks  Administration of Novell, UNIX , Linux and Windows Networks
Automotive  Leading Test Development with Agilent Test Executive 6.1 & TS 5400 HW
 Leading Test Development with MCD Continental OI HW.
 Test equipment developed with K-Line, CAN or LIN protocols
 Leading CAMLINE (manufacturing execution system MES) implementation at
Continental Automotive Bangalore

2.  Leading local customization development for CAMLINE using C#
 Leading Verification & Validation team
 Leading DFT(Design for Testing) team for PCBA and Product level testing
 Key contributor to DFMEA discussion with interface FMEA for design and
process improvement
Reliability Testing  Worked as Head of Reliability Lab at Motorola India for Mobile Life time testing
(Reliability Testing) & Product Life Cycle Testing, We use many manual code
testing tools for the test s/w we develop.
NPL  Test Equipment for New products and heading team of NPL in Motorola
SW Testing  Test Management tools, Functional Test Tools & Load Testing Tools
Career Summary
Continental Automotive India Pvt Ltd, Bangalore
General Manager Test Engineering, Product Engineering & Production IT since April 2011 (current)
Test Engineering Head Development Bangalore
I head 6 Engineering Teams which are lead by Team Managers:
 Cluster Test Equipment Development – This group develop test equipment(s/w & h/w) for cluster
testing(Instrument Display Unit). These equipment consists of Pointer stacking station, Camera
Inspection station & Final Test station. These equipment we develop as per Product Test
Specifications(PTS) from Design Team & also keeping in mind Continental lean principles. Test platform
Victor MCD
 Electronics Control Unit Test Equipment Development - This group develop test equipment(s/w &
h/w) for Engine Control Unit (Power Steering ECU, Body Control Model & Engine Management Unit).
These equipment consists of Hot Tester, Cold Test , Ambient Test & End of Line Programming stations
These equipment we develop as per Product Test Specifications(PTS) from Design Team & also
keeping in mind Continental lean principles. Test platform Agilent Test Executive 7.1 and TS 5400 h/w.
 Sensorics Test Equipment Development We developed equipment for Sensors
PCBA Level Test Equipment Development –
 In-Circuit test development – My team develops on Agilent i-3070 test plan development for incircuit
testing. We develop many customs library for special devices. Test platform BT Basic and Fixture from
Suppliers
 PCBA Level Functional test development – My team develops on MCD test plan development for
PCBA level functional testing. Test platform Victor MCD and Fixture from Suppliers
Test Engineering Head Support Bangalore:
 Test equipment verification/validation as per Continental Standards and as per Product Test
Specifications and released to production.
 Manage and maintenance of Test Equipment in shop floor .
 Putting right system in place for product and test s/w control in shop floor
Product Engineering Analysis Head Bangalore:
 I am heading product analysis team who job is to analysis product and distinguish process and design
issue and drive respective team for improvement.
MES CAMLINE & Production IT :
I am heading MES CAMLINE development team and responsible for implementation of new MES system &
production IT at Continental Bangalore

3. Test Engineering Head Support Manesar(Delhi) from 19 Apr 2011 to 30 Sep 2015
 Test equipment verification/validation as per Continental Standards and as per Product Test
Specifications and released to production.
 Manage and maintenance of Test Equipment in shop floor .
 Putting right system in place for product and test s/w control in shop floor
Motorola India Pvt Ltd, Sriperumbudur, Chennai
Engineering Manager, 2006 - 2011
 Heading Engineering Division for Motorola Mobile Devices, with a team of 15 engineers and 23 technical
support team at Motorola Chennai factory for manufacturing activities. Key role of Engineering division at
Chennai factory is Process engineering, New Product Launch Management, Tooling, Test Engineering,
Product Engineering & Product Failure Analysis divisions and Reliability Lab
 Led the number of technology transfer teams and successfully.
Roles & Responsibilities:
 Test Engineering Manager Mobile Devices: Managing test team at Chennai factory for test s/w
validation and maintenance of test support to factory operations of mobile devices
 Maintenance Manager: Managed the Maintenance Division consisting of 10 people and looked after
total maintenance of test equipment and production related equipments in Chennai factory.
 Reliability Laboratory Manager: Managed Motorola’s Reliability Laboratory which Motorola products
are tested for product life cycle before release to market.
 Software development and validation of test software division: Handled all test and system
development projects from concept design to test and validation and implementation, development team
is of 4 project engineers. Reasonably good knowledge of software design and designing test cases and
black box testing of in-house developed software’s.
 New Product Launch Management: Lead team of NPL for new product introduction for India.
 Process Engineering: Setting up new process for new products and maintaining and improving existing
in factory
 Project Engineering: Working with Global project and driving new product introduction to factory
through projects
 Tooling: Development of new fixtures tools and maintaining and improving existing tools in factory
 Product Engineering: Product life cycle management & Working with Global product development team
for resolutions
 Failure Analysis: Details analysis of new type of defects and give solutions to repair team in factory
Past responsibilities include:
 Test Engineering Manager Networks: Managed the test engineering division for Motorola Networks
where base transceiver station (BTS) and base station controllers (BSSC) are produced and tested at
Chennai factory.
 Product Engineering Manager Networks: Led the product engineering division for Motorola Networks
where base transceiver station and base station controllers are assembled and tested at Chennai
factory.
Flextronics Technologies (I) Pvt Ltd., Bangalore
Manager Test Engineering, 2002 - 2006
 Managed the Test Engineering Division which involved design & development of new testers, managing
existing testers in the production floor and continuously looking towards improvement in the area of test
cycle time reduction, tester cost reduction and improving reliability of the tester.
 Supported Telecom Network product testing
 Established Repair Center for Mobile phones and Telecom products at Bangalore
 Lead team for implementing manufacturing execution system called Flexflow in Flextronics Bangalore
and Pondicherry.
Previous Assignments
MELSS- MEL Sales and Services-
Asst Manager Test support for India, 2001 – 2002

4. Indian Air Force (Telecommunication/EDP), 1981 – 2001
Career Path
Regional ADGES Maintenance Establishment (G) AF Guwahati
In-charge Digital Laboratory
PCB Diagnostic Software Development for Schlumber S-720 Automatic Functional Tester program developer
ADGES Training Institute, Bangalore
Lead Instructor on Air Force Telecom Networks installation and maintenance operations
Projects
Continental Automotive India:
Test Development Lab: In Bangalore Started Test Development department in 2011 hired team and put
right training and system in place for test development and mentored team and since last three years ICT-
45 & ECU - 20 and Cluster – 25 Test Development completed with cost saving about 400K Euros
MES CAMLINE Implementation: Implemented MES CAMLINE at Continental Bangalore
Motorola India:
In span of last three year managed below mentioned Chennai site as well as Global improvement projects
from concept to commissioning:
Productivity Management software – Front End .NET and back end SQL Server
 Data will be directly pulled from manufacturing systems to enable viewing all production report online.
Online Label Approval and reports - Front End VB.NET/C# with ASP for reports and back end SQL Server
 Product labels will be scanned and uploaded to database to avoid paper work and faster online approval.
Equipment Manager - Front End VB.NET/C# with ASP for reports and back end SQL Server
 Management of factory complete equipment and spares online with safety stock and mail alert system
Calibration Manager - Front End VB.NET/C# with ASP for reports and back end SQL Server
 Management of online factory calibration records including calibration due mail alerting system
Online Ship Acceptance -Application with Front End VB.NET/C# with ASP for reports and back end SQL
Server
 To avoid paper work and faster approval product, SA documents will be uploaded as soft copies get
approval online.
BRP Manager – Front End VB.NET/C# with ASP for reports and back end SQL Server
 To upload BRP and generate BRP as per various user requirements on web base system
MQS Server – Front End C#/ASP and back end Oracle-
 To pull and upload the test results to global server and configuration of users screens and report
generation (This is global project driven from Chennai)
Flextronics Technologies
 Teradyne Z-1800/Spectrum 8852 In-circuit tester’s test program development
 Teradyne Z-1800/Spectrum 8852 In-circuit tester’s hardware maintenance
 Agilent HP 3070 In-circuit tester’s operation & maintenance
 Labview 7.1 program development
 Test stand program development
 Test program development with Visual Basic controlling HPIB/GPIB instrument and developing
automated measurement system
 Worked on Anritsu 8801C CDMA 2000 Radio Communication Tester
 Working knowledge on Cordect testers like CMD60 & CTS 60

5.  Certified Six sigma Green Belt – Completed 3 GB projects
 Automatic Optical Inspection systems for PCBA inspection
 Configuration/Installation and implementation of Flexflow System(Online WIP/Yield) Management
system in the factory
 Supported production on average handled 6-8 New Tester Development/Improvement in tester projects
per year
Indian Air force
 Developed application in Turbo Basic for test the aptitude of pilot at entrance exam at Service Selection
Boards.
 Computerization of Inventory Management System: Package was Ingress 6.0 RDBMS under UNIX
environment.
 Integration of Schlumberger Factron S-720 with MicroVAX 4000: The MicroVAX –4000 which was
brought by AMSE for development of diagnostic software for ATE. Integrated the MicroVAX with Factron.
 Developed Inventory Management Package in FoxPro 2.0 from concept to commissioning of nearly
30,000 lines of database.
 Developed Pay Roll Application of total establishment
 Developed resource planning application Buniyad for DG sets spares consumption forecasting as per
routine servicing schedule.
Professional Trainings
 S 635 Schlumber automatic board tester training
 Electronics teleprinter maintenance training for 90 days
 Presentation skill enhancement process for leaders
 Undergone Agilent GSM/CDMA 2000 8960 radio communication tester training
 Attended R & S CMU 2000 radio communication tester seminar
 Undergone training on Installation of CDMA mobile phone repair centre setup at Shahlam (Malaysia) and
played key role in setting up Repair centre operation in Bangalore
 CATE based, in-circuit & functional programming
 S790 Maintenance and Traceable Calibration
 S635 Application Programming
 S765 Maintenance And Traceable Calibration
 ADGES training(5 months telecom equipments operations and maintenance of Tropo/Line of Site/Mobile
training)
 Electronic Teleprinter training at Hindustan Teleprinter Limited Chennai
 PC Hardware Course at AMSE AF New Delhi
 PC Hardware Course, Sterling computer Ltd (Shiva Computer) Delhi
 1 week training on HP 300/9000 series Calibration Tester at RAME (G) AF
 Oracle 6.0 /SQL, at HQ MC Nagpur
 Schlumberger Testers SI-635 Combinational Tester at AMSE AF New Delhi
 ABI Board Master 4000 in circuit component Tester training at AMSE
 Power 2 Lead at Continental Bangalore
 CBS ELC(Employee Lean Certification) Bronze Level at Continental Bangalore
 CBS ELC(Employee Lean Certification) Silver Level at Continental Bangalore
Education
 BE equivalent, IAF
 B.A. (Public Administration), Osmania University, 1997
 Diploma in Electronics & Telecommunications, IAF, 1987
Personal Details
 Date of Birth: 22nd Aug 1961
 Languages Known: English, Hindi, Kannada

6. Covering letter
35 years rich experience in various industry main in Test Software development and IT with good
experience in following areas:
Present Responsibilities:
Responsible for Production IT.
Responsible for Test Equipment Development
Responsible for Test Support for Manufacturing
Responsible for Product Engineering.
In Previous Company (Motorola India Pvt Ltd):
Responsible for Test Engineering
Responsible for Process Engineering
Responsible for New Product Launches
Responsible for Product Life Cycle and Failure Analysis
Responsible for Manufacturing IT
Responsible for Reliability Lab
35 years rich experience in various industry main in Test Software development and IT with good
experience in following areas:
Present Responsibilities:
 Responsible for Mfg. IT.
 Responsible for Test Software Development
 Responsible for Test Support for Manufacturing
 Responsible for Product Engineering.
In Previous Company (Motorola India Pvt Ltd):
 Responsible for Test Engineering
 Responsible for Process Engineering
 Responsible for New Product Launches
 Responsible for Product Life Cycle and Failure Analysis
 Responsible for Manufacturing IT
 Responsible for Reliability Lab

7. Covering letter
35 years rich experience in various industry main in Test Software development and IT with good
experience in following areas:
Present Responsibilities:
Responsible for Production IT.
Responsible for Test Equipment Development
Responsible for Test Support for Manufacturing
Responsible for Product Engineering.
In Previous Company (Motorola India Pvt Ltd):
Responsible for Test Engineering
Responsible for Process Engineering
Responsible for New Product Launches
Responsible for Product Life Cycle and Failure Analysis
Responsible for Manufacturing IT
Responsible for Reliability Lab
35 years rich experience in various industry main in Test Software development and IT with good
experience in following areas:
Present Responsibilities:
 Responsible for Mfg. IT.
 Responsible for Test Software Development
 Responsible for Test Support for Manufacturing
 Responsible for Product Engineering.
In Previous Company (Motorola India Pvt Ltd):
 Responsible for Test Engineering
 Responsible for Process Engineering
 Responsible for New Product Launches
 Responsible for Product Life Cycle and Failure Analysis
 Responsible for Manufacturing IT
 Responsible for Reliability Lab