Electrical Engineer

David Cicinitzchi

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Experienced engineer with strong analytical skills, critical thinking and 7+ years experience in communications - algorithms, statistics and parameter estimation. Strong grasp of firmware, bit-level and real-time\near real-time system development. Quick to learn new disciplines and integrate in large systems. Looking to leverage my strong low-level background and build upon my coding and algorithms skills in a software development position.

Professional Experience

Qualcomm Hod Hasharon, Israel

Staff Algorithms Engineer Jan 2017 - June 2018

● Headed algorithm, fixed-point design and testing of carrier frequency detection and correction on Pre-5G and then 5G cellular modems.

● Headed the modem-wide debugging of lab samples during pre-5G bring-up and wrote a framework to run various sample formats through the Matlab golden model for debugging purposes.

● Reduced debug time by 30% by initiating and writing a Matlab GUI tool for the pre-5G chip bring-up effort, enabling quick visual sample analysis and pre-processing of lab samples for debugging.

● Led the algorithmic implementation and fixed-point design of SFBC MIMO mode of the pre-5G modem.

Israeli Defence Force, Intelligence corps Rank: Captain Israel Signal processing and communications engineer Oct 2010 - Oct 2016

● Reduced modem’s error rate by 80% by introducing a multi-level convolutional error correction scheme. This scheme was also used in future projects.

● Selected to spearhead a new project, leading the development of a new communication protocol and its algorithmic implementation.

● Assumed responsibility of team’s main product (adaptive modem), including all aspects of a complex, real time, system including software, firmware, and learning of noisy channel parameters.

● Increased FSK modem’s bandwidth by 33% by identifying an inefficiency in the modem’s feedback equalizer, then developing a solution to save hardware cycles.

● Instrumental in the development of a new QAM-based FSK modem’s hardware and software

(Matlab, C#, VHDL)

Education

Tel Aviv university Tel Aviv,Israel

Master of Science in Electrical Engineering & Electronics Oct 2012 - March 2017

● Graduated Magna Cum Laude.

● Focus on communications and codes.

● Project under Prof. Yair Beery – implementation of neural-network based decoder for linear block codes.

● Received a full tuition military scholarship, in the exclusive double degree ROTC program “Psagot”: Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering & Electronics Oct 2006 - Aug 2010

● Graduated Magna Cum Laude; Dean’s list (2007-2008, 2009-2010).

● Focus: Signal processing, computer structure & algorithms. Bachelor of Science in Physics Oct 2006 - Aug 2010

● Graduated Magna Cum Laude; Dean’s list (2007-2008, 2009-2010). Skills

C, C++, Java, Python, Matlab, Signal processing, VHDL, Wireless communications: QAM, OFDM, OQPSK,CPM. Statistics, parameter estimation. Error correcting codes. Fixed-point design.

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