Gerd Wachsmuth
Schüler at Selbstständig
Halle (Saale), Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Summary
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SeniorGerd Wachsmuth is an experienced QA and test automation engineer with 17 years in technical roles, based in Halle (Saale), Germany. He has practical training in industrial automation technologies (SPS programming, WINCC Flex, EPLAN, TIA) and a track record of independent professional work. As a contributor to the well-known KDE Okular project, he has authored automated tests for PDF features—zoom, cropping and internal links—demonstrating deep familiarity with Qt testing frameworks and UI-driven validation. Gerd combines hands-on test implementation with domain knowledge of embedded/industrial control tooling, making him adept at bridging application-level QA and systems-oriented engineering. Colleagues can expect a pragmatic, detail-focused engineer who brings both long-term experience and open-source collaboration to quality assurance challenges.
17 years of coding experience
Github Skills (8)
automated-tests10
c-language10
gui-testing10
cprogramming-language10
qt10
ui-testing10
test-automation10
pdf9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
KDE/okular
Mar 2021 - May 2021
KDE document viewer
Role in this project:
QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:5 commits in 1 month
Contributions summary:Gerd primarily contributed to the testing and quality assurance of the Okular document viewer. Their work involved writing and modifying automated tests, specifically focusing on features related to zoom levels, cropping, and internal links within PDF documents. The commits demonstrate a deep understanding of the application's functionalities and how to verify them through automated test suites, using Qt's testing framework. Furthermore, the user's contributions cover various areas of the application by implementing tests for different zoom modes and UI interactions.
document-viewerlinuxviewerkde
gerw/mathbin
Feb 2018 - Jan 2022
Binaries for mathematicians
Contributions:21 commits, 3 PRs, 20 pushes in 3 years 11 months
mathmathematicsbinarieswolfram-languagecomputer-algebra
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