Poonam Sawal

+1-972-***-**** ac43lr@r.postjobfree.com www.linkedin.com/in/poonamsawal10

Dedicated team player with extensive knowledge of Network engineering concepts and a creative aptitude for new product development. Looking for a full-time opportunity in the field of RF, Communications & Wireless.

EXPERIENCE

RF System Developer: Jan 2017 - Mar 2017

Microwave Design & Measurements Lab, UT Dallas

Performed calibration of 1-port (Attenuator), 2-port (Filter) and 3-port (Circulator) devices using SOLT technique and measured scalar (insertion loss, attenuation) and vector parameters using VNA (up to 8.5GHz) and Spectrum Analyzer.

Designed, milled and tested the schematic of the following microwave components: Series and Parallel Resonators, Wilkinson Power Divider, Directional Couple, Chebyshev and Butterworth low pass filters and Amplifier.

Carried out EM simulations in AXIEM environment to determine return loss, insertion loss, isolation of the component designed and troubleshooted the circuit.

Recorded S parameters and tested the design goals & characteristics for the components using VNA and Spectrum Analyzer.

Mentor: Aug 2016 - Apr 2017

The Young Women in Science and Engineering Investigator Program, UT Dallas

Created awareness and encouraged a group of three high school students in pursuing their career in Science and Technology by mentoring them in the design of the project ‘Truancy Drone’.

Liaised with the industry mentors from AT&T, TI instruments and Ericsson, modelled the drone capable of tracking down students entering and leaving school premises with an objective of reducing manpower in monitoring and tracking them.

Scheduled tasks ensuring coordination between the team members, determined technical knowledge requirements and allocated resources for efficient results, trained the students in corporate communication and presentation skills which were utilized in the final presentation of the program.

Programmer Analyst: Sept 2014 - Oct 2015

Cognizant Technology Solutions Private Limited, India

Guaranteed successful deployment of master data management solution for a pharmaceutical company’s products utilizing SAS, Java and MySQL that allowed storing, managing and consuming the products master data.

Created and adhered to test plans, followed defined quality assurance procedures and coding standards, validated the product details by prefetching the existing data using MySQL database designed for the solution.

Generated data quality reports and provided documentation.

EDUCATION

Master of Science in Electrical Engineering.

The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX. December 2017.

Courses covered: Digital Signal Processing, Optical Communication System, Wireless Communication System, Digital Communication System, RF & Microwave Systems, RF Circuits, RF Amplifier Design.

Bachelor of Technology in Electronics Engineering.

The Vishwakarma Institute of Technology, Pune, India. May 2014.

Achievements: Honors in VLSI Design.

SKILL SET

Languages: C, Java, SQL, Python, Matlab, HTML.

Tools: AWR Microwave Office (13.02), AXIEM, AWR-VSS, Matlab, Virtual Photonics, Latex, Power meter, Signal Generator, Spectrum Analyser, Function generator, oscilloscope, Vector Network Analyzer, CalibrationKit,12-24V Power Supply.

Expertise: RF circuit design/measurement/testing, RF link budget analysis, Smith chart, Impedance Matching, Stability, IP3, P1dB, LNA, Class A, B and C Amplifiers, LTE, OFDM,4G /5G Technology, Bluetooth, TCP/IP.

Other: Testing, Project management, Implementation, Technical support, Training and Troubleshooting.

ACADEMIC PROJECTS

Two-Stage Low Noise Amplifier: Mar 2017 – Apr 2017

Proposed a two-stage low noise amplifier design centered at 9 GHz, having cascaded gain of 18.2dB and noise figure of 1.97dB.

Designed matching, feedback and biased networks and performed stability analysis to ensure unconditional stability.

Developed an intuitive understanding of bandwidth, noise figure, gain and trade-offs.

IOT based RF Design-Saving the Wild (AWR MWO, AXIEM): Aug 2016 - Dec 2016

Ideated, designed and presented a system with SAR RADAR <fc @ 5GHz, TOI(Rx) = 41.34dBm> and a communication channel

< fc @ 2GHz, TOI (Rx) of 37.51dBm > which forecasts roadkill.

Implemented transmitter and receiver designs with components such as amplifier, filters, mixers, and oscillators achieving EIRP of 34.62dBm.

Simulations were performed in AWR Virtual System Simulator to analyze nominal and worst case cascaded gain, noise figure,

P1 dB, OIP3, estimated cost of implementation and proposed project.

AVAILABILITY

Available to start immediately.

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