Jigar Shah
**** **** * ******* ****, Jersey City, NJ-07307
E-mail: ********@*****.***
Cell: 732-***-****
OBJECTIVE
A position that effectively uses my technical knowledge and skills in field of engineering which
can enhance company’s bottom line.
SUMMARY
T-Mobile USA Inc - W orking as a RF Engineer Intern with the RF Performance & Planning
Team for New Jersey Market
T-Mobile USA Inc - W orked as a RF Engineer Intern with the RF Planning Team for North
East Region
Knowledge of Wireshark packet analyser tool & OPNET Network design tool
Expertise in GSM, CDMA, GPRS, Network Topology, RF propagation principals, Cellular
Theory
Exposure to TCP/IP, RIP, OSPF, ATM
EXPERIENCE
T-Mobile USA, New Jersey RF Department, NJ Jan 09 – May-09
RF Engineering Intern
GSM optimization: Monitor site performance, analyze the degraded cells, top droppers
Monitor systems Key Performance Indicators such as MOU/Drops, assignment failure,
handover failure
Monitor UMTS KPI, traffic analysis & optimize sites base on reports
Performing drive testing and processing log files and identify issues by looking layer 2 &
layer 3 messages
Perform the site verification and IRAT test during drive test data collection
Analyze Nielsen drops & access fails & drive area again to find cause
Released search rings and performed site identification based on return of investment &
modify parameter as needed
Prepare site Justification Package for new proposed sites
Identified potential obstacles and problems in design and took the appropriate steps to plan
the solution
Created neighbor lists and validated them for handoffs to correct neighbors
T-Mobile USA, North East Regional RF Department, NJ June 08 – Nov 08
RF Engineering Intern
Support for Model tuning for T-Mobile North East markets
Validate Various markets propagation models with drive test data
GSM & UMTS propagation model consolidation for North East markets
Roaming overbuild planning to reduce Roaming cost and boost T-Mobile Revenue
Perform network planning Support of GSM PCS-1900 for T-Mobile Northeast markets
W ork on Site RankMaster and ROI(Return of investment) of planned site so it can optimize
the cost benefit and reduce the unnecessary site build
Frequency planning and frequency coordination for various North East markets
Present reports to local T-Mobile Markets with network improvement recommendation
Help sales team with coverage maps & engineering issues
New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ Jan 08 – July 08
Research Assistant
Research associate for Professor of Department of Mathematical Sciences and Center for
Applied Mathematics at NJIT
Create new dynamic equation for R-S flip flop circuit
Find the chaos point in R-S flip flop circuit using Mathematical computing
Designing the physical model based on the chaos R-S flip flop circuit
KANAIYA Industries, Ankleshwar, India June-06 - May-07
Production Engineer
W orked on the production of the Electrical A.C/D.C. power & control panel board
Prepare detail report for delivered electrical panel board
Responsible for the testing of the Electrical power and control panel board
EDUCATION
Masters of Science in Electrical Engineering
New Jersey Institute of Technology, New Jersey. GPA: 3.18
Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical
South Gujarat University, India. GPA: 3.80
COURSEWORK
W ireless and personal Communication system, Communication System Design, Wireless
networks, GSM & CDMA Systems, Internet and Higher level protocols, Network Architecture &
Protocol, Random signal analysis
SKILLS
RF Tools: Aircom Asset (2G & 3G), Map Info, Actix, Opt PCS, X-PM, Tems, ACP
Wireless Technologies: GSM, GPRS, EDGE, CDMA 2000, EVDO, HSDPA, UMTS, WiMAX
Operating Systems: DOS, Windows, Unix
Languages: MatLab, Basic knowledge of C, Programmable logical controller
Applications: W ord, Excel, Power Point, Access
Software Tools: W ireshark, OPNET IT Guru, AutoCAD
Networking Protocols: TCP/IP, HTTP, SIP, UDP, ATM, SIP, OSPF,BGP
Reference will be furnished upon request