Stefan-Cosmin Poienescu

🚗 Driving Requirements Engineering in the Automotive Sector Working with some of the most well-known customers in the automotive industry, I take full ownership of the requirements engineering process, ensuring clarity, traceability, and alignment with business and technical goals. My role revolves around eliciting, analyzing, and documenting both functional and non-functional requirements, ensuring they serve as a solid foundation for development. From the initial discussions with stakeholders to defining detailed specifications and use cases, I make sure that every requirement is well-structured and feasible. I collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, bridging the gap between business needs and technical implementation, and ensuring that requirements remain clear and aligned throughout the project lifecycle. By leading the requirements management process, I keep projects on track, maintaining and prioritizing the backlog while implementing structured change management for updates and revisions. Beyond documentation, I actively support testing efforts, helping to define test cases and clarifying requirements to ensure full coverage and validation. Traceability is a key part of my approach—I ensure that every requirement is accounted for from inception to delivery, minimizing gaps and misalignment. Ultimately, my goal is to enhance efficiency, reduce ambiguity, and streamline collaboration between stakeholders, developers, and testers, ensuring that projects run smoothly and meet their intended objectives. 🧰 Tools: DOORS Next Generation (IBM), Jazz Platform (IBM), pure::variants, PowerBI, MS Excel, Confluence, JIRA.

🚀 Leading Agile Excellence in the Automotive Sector As a Certified SAFe 6 Scrum Master, I ensure that my team operates at peak efficiency by facilitating all Scrum ceremonies, including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, reviews, retrospectives, backlog refinements, and demos. Beyond running these events, I focus on coaching the team in Agile principles and fostering a culture of continuous improvement. Working within an Agile Release Train (ART), I collaborate closely with other teams, Scrum Masters, and the Release Train Engineer (RTE) to ensure alignment and coordination across the organization. My role extends beyond my immediate team—I help navigate dependencies, risks, and impediments, actively driving solutions and escalating when necessary to keep projects on track. In addition to Scrum, I have hands-on experience with the Kanban workstyle, particularly in HiL development teams, where I streamline workflows and optimize delivery processes. I also work closely with Product Owners to define sprint goals and backlog priorities, ensuring that our efforts align with business objectives. Tracking project progress is a key aspect of my role, and I leverage Agile metrics such as velocity, burn-down charts, and Power BI dashboards to provide insights that drive informed decision-making. Beyond execution, I bring a structured approach to risk management, identifying potential challenges early, tracking project statuses using Gantt charts, and implementing mitigation plans to ensure smooth delivery. Whether it's resolving roadblocks, fostering collaboration, or driving Agile maturity, my goal is to empower teams and deliver value efficiently in a fast-paced automotive environment. 🧰 Tools: JIRA, Confluence, MS OneNote, MS Excel, Power BI, Microsoft Project. 🎓 Certification: Certified SAFe 6 Scrum Master. 🔹 Skills: Team Management, Teamwork, Coaching, Scrum, Kanban, Agile Methodologies, SAFe Agile, Risk Analysis, Risk Management, Project Management.

🛠 Developing and Optimizing System HiL Architectures As a Junior System Test Engineer, my focus was on developing and maintaining System HiL architectures in alignment with evolving project requirements and customer-agreed specifications. Working at the intersection of hardware and software, I ensured that the test environment remained up to date and capable of validating complex automotive systems. Beyond architecture development, I was actively involved in unit testing and user acceptance testing (UAT) for internally developed tools and applications. Leveraging Python, I designed and executed unit tests to verify software components, ensuring stability and functionality. Collaborating closely with cross-functional teams, I helped define test requirements and ensure comprehensive test coverage. Analyzing test results, identifying defects, and working alongside developers to implement fixes were integral parts of my role. To support long-term quality assurance, I maintained test documentation, including test plans, test cases, and test scripts, ensuring traceability and consistency across projects. 🧰 Tools: Enterprise Architect (Sparx Systems), Rhapsody (IBM), MS Visio, PyCharm. 🎓 Certification: ISTQB® Certified Tester. 🔹 Skills: System HiL Development, Unit Testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Test Documentation, Software Validation, Cross-Functional Collaboration.

In this role, I was responsible for managing inventory activities, ensuring that office supplies were always available and properly tracked. I maintained and updated the company assets database, keeping accurate records of equipment and resources. By closely monitoring stock levels and placing timely orders, I ensured that employees had everything they needed for a smooth workflow. 🧰 Tools: MS Excel, Inventory Management Systems. 🔹 Skills: Inventory Management, Database Maintenance, Office Administration.