MUHAMMAD KAZKAZ

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Villa Park, IL 60181

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Cell: 630-***-****

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SUMMARY

Versatile RF engineering professional with a substantial background in radio frequency and microwave circuit design, including the development and evaluation of power amplifiers used in iDEN and other public safety infrastructure products. Knowledge base includes iDEN and GSM air interface standards as well as strong understanding of wireless communication systems.

 Experienced in all phases of product life cycle from research to production.

 Recognized for meticulous attention to detail that improves products and processes.

 Enjoys communicating with internal and external customers, including the sales process.

 Fluent in the Arabic Language with a deep rooted familiarity of Middle Eastern culture.

 US Citizen.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

MOTOROLA, INC., Schaumburg, IL 1994 to 2008

A leader in the design and manufacturer of high technology communication products for industrial, commercial, and consumer markets.

Fixed Product Design Center

Senior RF Development Engineer (1995-2008)

Designed and supported base station power amplifier sub-systems through manufacturing.

 Designed a low pass filter and parallel line microstrip coupler circuit for Power Amplifier (435-524 MHz) by:

o Developing an ADS model for the coil to be used in the low pass filter ADS model.

o Created an ADS model for the low pass filter and bi-directional coupler.

o Performing certification testing to ensure product performance and quality, and

o Providing technical support for manufacturing team to ensure an achievement of quality goals.

 Designed RF/DC/Signal Distribution Board for Power Amplifier (746-870 MHz) by:

o Successfully modeling and prototyping 30 dB coupler using ADS.

o Creating mentor schematic and layout of the distribution board.

o Performing certification testing to ensure product performance and quality.

IDEN Base Radio Power Cycling Project

 Verified hardware compliance with Power Roll Back Software Feature by:

o Utilizing statistical tool JMP to analyze current draw and temperature data of transistors and draw conclusions from the data and presenting results to staff engineers.

o Providing requirements to test engineer to develop Lab View control VI’s.

o Supporting mechanical engineers to instrument power amplifiers, and

o Monitoring [real-time] power cycling data on daily basis.

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 Redesigned final stages of RF circuit of the Power Amplifier (851-870 MHz) by:

o Replacing the ceramic packaged RF transistors with plastic packaged RF transistor and reducing costs by more than 30%.

o Redesigning input and output impedance matching network for optimum Adjacent Channel Coupled Power (ACCP), Efficiency, Return Loss, IMD, and Gain.

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o Performing certification testing to ensure product performance and quality.

o Completing all preparatory testing to ensure that the thermal (Theta JC) measurements taken in Tempe, AZ at the SPS facility would be as accurate and valuable as possible.

 Designed Multi Purpose Module for Power Amplifier (925-941 MHz) by:

o Designing the RF feedback coupler, directional coupler, and the low pass filter.

o Modeling and prototyping all RF circuits using MDS.

o Delivering a high quality design on time and within budget.

iDEN 800 MHz Base Station Cost Reduction Program

 Reduced costs for 800 MHz Exciter module by:

o Performing a detailed return on investment analysis for the project.

o Performing station level integration testing.

o Delivering new Exciter to the factory and monitoring for high yield and quality of the module.

o Provided detail qualification documentation and theory of operation manual to the customer.

WIRELESS DATA GROUP (WDG) 1994 to 1995

RF Engineer

EDUCATION

MSEE, National Technology University, Minneapolis, MN

BS, Tri-State University, Angola, IN

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