Electrical Engineer Engineering

MAINAK PRADHAN

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San Diego, CA-92122

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Objective To obtain a position in the field of electrical engineering which will help me put my skill sets to practice.

Education Missouri University of Science and Technology Dec 2009

MS Electrical Engineering GPA: 3.7

Courses

Digital Signal Processing Digital Image Processing

Machine Vision Real Time Digital Signal Processing

Wireless Communications Embedded Processor System Design

Probability and Mathematical Statistics Computer Communication and Networks

SPCE, University of Mumbai, India July2007

B.E. Electrical Engineering GPA: 3.7

Work Qualcomm Inc. San Diego, CA

Software/Systems Test Engineer

Experience Jan’2010-Present

• Executed standalone testing, integration testing, functional testing, performance testing and

regression testing of Camera, Video Encoder (driver and parser level) on Windows Mobile

Platform (WM6.5 and WM7) on Qualcomm Chipsets

• Developed level based test plans to achieve 100% test coverage of all components from end

to end, managed and executed the test plan to meet the project schedule

• Test automation using PERL, automation testing included running Perl scripts for various

codecs using QUALCOMM automation tool – ASIA Test manager (ATM)

• Other responsibilities include reporting the issues back to the integration/development team

by raising CRs (Change Requests), assigning priority & severity to them as per the requirements of

the build release

Qualcomm Inc. San Diego, CA

Internship June’08-May’09

• Worked on QTES software(Qualcomm’s Test and Evaluation System) as the primary project in

Multimedia (QCamera) Applications team for development of GUI in Matlab to evaluate and test camera

modules

• Handled Service Requests and customer support for Foxconn/HP

• Collected logs (Platform Builder logs, QXDM logs) and analysis of the same for Camera

Services

• Video Demo for RIM Executives - Architectural Review of various chipsets

• Coordinated Documentation and release process for various documents used for training customers

• Coordinated Hands-on training for various customers

• Imaging Lab Open House Poster Presentation for QTES software

• Loaded and tested various builds on different platforms, viz. Brew, Windows Mobile and

Linux

• Honored “QUALSTAR” for automating QTES Image Quality Evaluation System to

achieve high processing efficiency

• Honored “QUALSTAR” for substantial contribution in preparation for worldwide EzTune Training

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Skills Programming Languages: C, C++, Keil Microvision C, Perl

Tools and Applications: MATLAB, Radio Wave Propagation Simulator, Tina Simulation, Code

Composer Studio, QXDM, QPST, Microsoft Visual Studio, Windows Mobile, Various Qualcomm

proprietary tools

Debuggers: JTAG- ARM9/ARM11, Lauterbach Trace

Worked on Texas Instruments floating point DSP platform (TMS320C6713) to implement real-time

data acquisition, FIR/IIR filtering, and FFT algorithms.

PCB and Breadboard Design

Substantial understanding of testing video applications utilizing standards such as MPEG-4,

H.264, H.263

Strong knowledge in end to end performance testing strategies, processes, methodologies.

Projects Missouri University of Science and Technology, Electrical Engineering Department

Wireless Communications

• Designed a simulation model for transmitter receiver station in an urban environment using Radio

Propagation Simulator 5.3

• Generated Rayleigh fading channel impulse response and compared the statistical properties of the

CIR with the reference model.

• Simulated modulation and demodulation process and BER using Matlab at different SNR values.

• Simulated Maximal Ratio Combining Scheme and demonstrated the effectiveness of receive

diversity combining techniques in Rayleigh fading channels.

• Implemented encoding and decoding of convolution codes for cdma2000 systems and compared

performances of coding (with and without interleaving) between AWGN and Fading channels.

Machine Vision

• Pixel Classification Project

Built a pixel-level classifier which predicts whether a pixel under consideration belongs to a

particular class (e.g. sky, skin, foliage etc.). Several desired features were extracted from images to

test whether or not the pixels belong to the desired class of interest.

Research

Experience Undergraduate Project

Study and Analysis of Harmonics in Compact Fluorescent Lamps

• Harmonics in CFL at a research organization “BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE”

• The project involved measurement of harmonic levels using electronic ballasts and electromagnetic ballasts

at line frequency and high frequency using Cathode Ray Oscilloscopes

• Studied advantages of working with electronic ballasts over electromagnetic ballasts

Honors

and Activities Secured Merit Rank in 12th Grade examination

Electrical Engineer’s Student Association (EESA)

Council of Graduate Students

International Students Council

MST India Association

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