Norrapat Wongsawatpaisan
Just call me Mo

QA & Test Automation Engineer

4.5 years of quality assurance on a real production line at Arçelik Hitachi, now applying that same rigour to software. Master of Software Engineering graduate β€” I build automated test suites, CI/CD pipelines, and quality gates that stop defects before they ship.

Currently Auckland, NZ
Degree MSE Graduate, 2025
Status Open to Opportunities
Norrapat Mo Wongsawatpaisan
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At a Glance

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Production-Line QA

4.5 years

Led quality assurance at Arçelik Hitachi β€” defect investigation, root-cause analysis, Power BI dashboards, and quality gates on a high-volume production line. Now applying that discipline to software testing.

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Double Degree

B.Eng + MSE

Mechatronics engineer turned software craftsman. Graduated 2025!

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Robot Champion

World Robot Olympiad

2010 Champion in Manila. Represented Thailand at 14 β€” the event that launched an engineering career.

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Beyond the Terminal

  • πŸ§‘β€πŸ³ Thai & fusion cooking enthusiast
  • 🏊 Swimming laps for focus
  • 🧩 Puzzle solver & strategic gamer
  • πŸ‘₯ Team player who thrives in collaboration
  • 🌏 Adaptable across cultures & industries
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International Experience

4 Countries

Thailand → USA → Australia → Auckland. Cross-cultural adaptability from working and studying across continents.

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Test & Code

Full Stack + QA

Java, Python, JS/TS. JUnit, Mockito, GitHub Actions, Docker. From test suites to full-stack apps.

About Me

It started with a robot. At 14, I represented Thailand at the World Robot Olympiad in Manila and won. That experience sent me chasing a Mechatronics degree at KMUTT, where I designed battle robots, competed in ABU Robocon, and built drones in Autodesk Inventor. I was the one who could take software, hardware, and electronics and make them work together, and that integration mindset has defined my career ever since.

At Arçelik Hitachi, I spent 4.5 years as a QA Engineer on a high-volume home-appliance production line. I investigated field-return defects end-to-end, built Power BI dashboards that drove upstream design changes, and ensured every shipped product met rigorous quality standards. When something shipped, it met the standard because I made sure it did.

After broadening my perspective through work in Australia, New Zealand called. I completed my Master of Software Engineering at Yoobee in 2025, where I brought that same factory-floor discipline into software building automated test suites with JUnit and Mockito, CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions and Jenkins, and containerised deployments with Docker. Now I apply production-line QA rigour to software test automation.

My Philosophy

"If it ships, it meets the standard. No exceptions."

"Everything is already good, and can always be even better. Perfection is a direction, not a destination."

"Simple execution, stunning results."

The one rule I live by

Skills & Technologies

Professional Journey

Master of Software Engineering

2025 – 2026 (Graduated)

Yoobee College, Auckland, NZ

Bridged production-line QA experience with modern software engineering. Mastered software architecture, design patterns, and CI/CD pipelines. Capstone: built the first automated test suite for a production codebase with zero tests :JavaScritp, Python, GitHub Actions, and Docker.

Yoobee College Auckland
Australia working holiday

The Australia Chapter

Jun 2022 – Oct 2024

Darwin & Melbourne, Australia

Broadened my experience across different industries. Managed facilities maintenance systems and operated automated machinery. Applied the same production-line discipline in completely new contexts, building adaptability and cross-industry perspective.

Quality Assurance Engineer

Jul 2017 – Apr 2022

Arçelik Hitachi, Prachinburi, Thailand

Led quality assurance across automatic inspection systems on a high-volume production line. Investigated customer-return defects end-to-end with structured root-cause analysis. Built Power BI dashboards for defect trend analysis that drove upstream design changes. Designed operator-friendly test interfaces and coordinated cross-department QA rollouts including overseas rework operations.

ArΓ§elik Hitachi factory
PTT Global Chemical internship

Intern Engineer

Aug 2016 – Oct 2016

PTT Global Chemical (PTTGC), Rayong, Thailand

Control system maintenance at one of Thailand's biggest petrochemical companies. Prepared and maintained custody meters (radar meters, level transmitters) and assisted control system work planning. First taste of industrial-scale engineering.

B.Eng. Mechatronics

2013 – 2017

King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand

Mechanical engineering meets electronics meets software. Competed in ABU Robocon and Seacon War of Steel, built drones, and graduated ready to build anything.

ABU Robocon team at KMUTT
Exchange student experience

Exchange Student

2010 – 2011

Hershey High School, Pennsylvania, USA

15-year-old me flew solo to America, lived with a host family, and survived a full year of American high school. Also discovered that Hershey really does smell like chocolate. This experience made me fearless about jumping into the unknown.

Featured Projects

Automated test suites, CI/CD pipelines, full-stack apps, and more.

MediTrack: Clinic Coordination Tool

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Coordination tool for small clinics: booking, amending, cancelling appointments, managing diagnosis records. I led the frontend, built the entire UI with JavaScript, HTML/CSS, Bootstrap, connected to a FastAPI backend. Focus: something clinic staff can use without a manual.

JavaScript HTML/CSS FastAPI Bootstrap
Type Full Stack Web App
Role Frontend Lead

Long-Range Car Rental System

β†’ View on GitHub

NZ-focused simulation for long-range car rentals. Pick locations, set dates, handle cancellations. Built entirely in Python with proper database design. My "prove I can architect a complete business system" project.

Python Database Design API Development Business Logic
Type Business System
Role Full Stack Dev

Drone UAV Quadrotor

Drone UAV 3D model in Autodesk Inventor

Graduate project. Full mechanical structure in Autodesk Inventor, 3D-axis motion with aerodynamics, coordinated PID control in C++ on Arduino. Mechanical design + electronics + embedded software in one flying machine.

C++ Arduino Autodesk Inventor PID Control Aerodynamics
Type Graduate Project
Role Design & Programming

Battle Robot: Seacon War of Steel

Battle robot 3D CAD design in Autodesk Inventor

Full system design for combat robotics. Mechanical structure, electronics, programming, all in one machine built to survive. Chassis and weapon systems in Autodesk Inventor, physical build with chain-driven mechanisms. Two years competing at one of Thailand's top robotics events.

Autodesk Inventor Mechanical Design Electronics Programming
Type Robotics Competition
Years 2015-2016

QA Environment Research

Research focused on building QA environments for small organisations that lack dedicated testing infrastructure. Investigated how startups and small teams can implement automated testing pipelines without enterprise-level budgets, using the SOLNZ CRM project as a real-world case study.

Academic Research Technical Writing LaTeX QA Strategy
Type Research
Focus Small Org QA

Awards & Activities

πŸ† WRO World Champion 2010
At 14, I was selected to represent Thailand in the World Robot Olympiad (WRO) held in Manila, Philippines. Our team designed and programmed an autonomous LEGO Mindstorms robot to complete a series of timed challenges on a standardised game board. We competed against teams from over 40 countries across two intensive days of rounds.

Winning gold changed the trajectory of my life. It proved that engineering was not just a hobby but something I could genuinely excel at. The discipline of iterating on a design under pressure, debugging at 2AM in a hotel room, and performing when it counts - those habits stuck with me long after the trophy was handed out. This single event is the reason I pursued Mechatronics Engineering and, eventually, a career in tech. Thailand WRO team in Manila
πŸ€– Seacon War of Steel 2015-2016
Seacon War of Steel is Thailand's top combat robotics event. I competed two years running (2015, 2016) as part of the KMUTT team. My role covered the full design pipeline: mechanical structure in Autodesk Inventor, electronics wiring and motor selection, chain-driven weapon systems, and embedded C++ programming on Arduino boards.

The robots were 30kg weight-class machines built to survive direct hits from spinning weapons and flippers. Every component had to balance durability with agility. I learned more about real-world engineering constraints in those two seasons than in an entire semester of lectures. Welding at midnight, testing weapon spin-up speeds, debating armour thickness over instant noodles - that was university life at its best. Building battle robot
πŸ›Έ ABU Robocon 2015-2016
ABU Robocon is the largest university-level robotics competition in the Asia-Pacific region, broadcast live across member countries. Each year brings a completely new game theme, so every robot is designed from scratch. I participated in the 2015 and 2016 seasons representing KMUTT.

My contributions spanned mechanical design, sensor integration, and control logic. The 2015 theme involved badminton-playing robots, while 2016 focused on renewable energy tasks. Both required a combination of autonomous navigation and manual control under intense time pressure. Working in a team of 15+ students taught me cross-functional coordination - mechanical, electrical, and software sub-teams had to sync or the whole machine would fail on competition day. ABU Robocon robot
πŸ‘¨β€πŸ’Ό Activity Leader, KMUTT 2013-2014
Served as Activity Leader for the Faculty of Engineering at KMUTT across two academic years. Responsibilities included planning and running orientation camps for incoming freshmen, coordinating inter-faculty sports tournaments, and organising academic workshops.

This role involved managing budgets, liaising with university staff, and leading teams of 20-30 student volunteers. I learned how to motivate people who were not obligated to show up, how to negotiate event logistics under tight budgets, and how to keep morale high during 16-hour camp setup days. These soft skills - leadership, negotiation, public speaking - turned out to be just as valuable as any engineering skill I picked up in class.
🌏 Exchange Student, USA 2010-2011
At 15, I joined a year-long exchange programme and flew solo from Thailand to Hershey, Pennsylvania. I lived with an American host family, attended Hershey High School as a full-time student, and navigated a completely different culture, language, and education system on my own.

Beyond Pennsylvania, the programme connected me with exchange students from all over the world. We travelled together to New York City, walked across the Brooklyn Bridge, explored Times Square, and shared stories from every continent. The friendships I made that year are still strong today. This experience made me comfortable being the outsider in any room, confident in adapting to new environments, and certain that the best growth happens when you are far from your comfort zone.
Exchange student group Exchange student memories

Life Beyond Code

What makes me tick, beyond the terminal.

Quality Gate Mindset

If a defect can slip through, the gate isn't good enough. I build test suites and CI pipelines that catch problems before they ship.

Career Focus: Test Automation

QA is My Superpower

4.5 years finding what's wrong before anyone else. Quality is not a phase, it's a mindset.

Career Focus: QA

Talk Like a Human

No jargon. I explain so everyone gets it, from CEO to intern.

The Integrator

Software + hardware + electronics working together. Big-picture thinking from mechatronics into software.

Methodical by Nature

Whether it's a recipe or a test plan, I follow a process, measure the result, and iterate until it's right.

Committed to NZ

Lived and worked across 4 countries. New Zealand is where I'm building my career long-term.

Always Curious

New framework? New recipe? I'm the first to raise my hand. High passion, clear plans.

Balanced & Energised

Swimming laps, strategic gaming, and exploring Auckland. Sustainable energy comes from balance.

Let's Connect

Hiring for a QA or test automation role? Looking for someone who brings real production-line quality discipline into software? I'd love to hear from you.

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I'm always open to a conversation β€” whether it's about a role, a project, or how to bridge automation and software quality.

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