Engineering Design

Pradeep Parmar

Phone: 905-***-**** ** Prada Crt, Brampton ON L6P 2K1

E-mail: ********@*******.***

Objective

. To excel in a challenging assignment in engineering field; by utilizing

my skills, education and work experience

Profile

Electrical Engineering Specialist and Proficient user of Lab-view, Circuit

ASIC designer with excellent background Design, Agile, JIRA, Schematic Capture,

in Black Box System Integration Testing Orcad, Scrum Methodology, Oracle, ASIC

for Verification & Validation (VV) of Design Programming, Component Selection,

Software & Hardware interface of video, VHDL & Verilog Programming for FPGAs,

audio, media and data stream Broadcast PLC Programming, Siebel, Layout Plus,

Communications Systems as per industry Capture Lite, Mentor, Perl, Modelsim,

standards such as adaptive bit rate, Spectra, VCS Verilog, VH Silicon

MPEG over IP, TCP, UDP, MPEG2, H264, Ensemble, Virtuoso Layout Editor, LSW,

3DMCTF, FEC, DVB, ATSC, DCII, MPTS, DRC, Component Selection, Post layout

SPTS, MPEG2, Ac-3, AAC, Dolby, CISCO Simulation, Physical Design Planner

Protocols, VOD, IPTV Architecture by (PDP), Cadence Design Framework, UNIX,

interfacing CISCO Content Management C, C++, workbench, CATIA, AutoCAD Solid

Server Platforms, Cisco Encoders, Cisco works, Matlab, Quarts, IMPACT Window OS,

Decoders, CISCO VLAN Switchers and MS office, Basic, DOS Fortran, Pascal,

Routers, Network peripherals, Electronic Spectra, Capture Lite, Linux, VCS, SAP,

HW, Firmware, Neuro Amplifiers, TIMS, CDET, EDCS, HLS, Smooth, Video

Simulink, Stimulators etc. Streaming, Clouds, Electrical Codes,

Wireshark

Hands on experience in providing Enjoy extreme pressure situations and

operations & project engineering short deadlines & deliver better

support to test, QA, inspection, results; by remaining motivated,

production, failure analysis, design, focused, confident & cheerful; by

verification, service and customers by practicing team work, communication,

using IPC610D, IPC-7711, IPC-7721, leadership, strong organizational,

ANSZ1.4 inspection specification interpersonal, analytical and problem

standards and Value Stream Mapping, solving skills and by adhering to

Jira, PPAP (Production Part Approval Customer Specification Form (CSF),

Process), APQP (Advance Product Quality Vendor Data Requirement Form (VDRF),

Planning), technical documentation, CAPA Health & Safety Standards such as 5S,

WHIMIS, UL, CSA

10+ year experience in system Excellent knowledge of CDMA, VSAT, ESA,

integration designing, testing, stress, RF Microwave Devices, Audio Precision

testing, verification & validation, firmware & hardware test system, CATC

disaster data backup & recovery, USB Tracer, Test Interface Software,

detailed interpretation of custom made Tektronix TDS7254 Oscilloscope, TLA612

product design specifications in terms Logic Analyzer, Network Analyzer,

of engineering drawings, testing, Spectrum Analyzer, Multimeter,

process design, review and Thermostream, Frequency meter, GPS, SWR

documentation, BOM, Engineering change meter, Waveform Monitor & other test

documents equipment manufactured; by Tektronix,

HP, Agilent etc.

License and Professional Membership

. For Ontario's P. Eng. License passed LIEP program from University

of Toronto Dec. 2013

. Passed Professional Practice Examination (PPE)

Feb. 2014

. Member of Ontario Society of Professional Engineers (OSPE)

Education

. Microelectronics Design Program (VLSI Chip Designing) from Advanced

Technology Education Consortium comprising of Queen's University, Royal

Military College of Canada, St. Lawrence College and Canadian Forces

School of Communications & Electronics

Dec. 2002

. Bachelor of Engineering Degree in Electrical from National Institute

of Technology April 1991

Experience

Test & QA Verification Natus Neurology Inc., Oakville Oct. 2014 - Present

Engineering Specialist

. Circuit design, Verification & validation testing for new releases of

software, firmware and systems for Neuroworks

. Creating, updating and executing test procedures and schematic capture

for Quantum

. Reporting defects in defect tracking system JIRA and verifying fixes

for defects

. Creating verification reports and maintaining component selection data

base in Agile

. Assembling and configuring multi-computer setups for validation of

systems and software for Protektor Stimulators

. Assisting software and hardware developers during implementation of new

features for Olympic Brain Monitor

. Stay up-to-date and follow all Quality System procedures, which can

affect the quality of products or services provided to our customers.

. Meeting deadlines of testing & documentations for international federal

agencies in Canada, USA, Europe & Asia for release of new software,

firmware & hardware neuro products of Natus.

Test & QA Verification Cisco Systems, Scarborough July 2013 - Sept.

Engineering Specialist 2014

. System Integration Testing of software and hardware interface and

creation of black-box system test plans and procedures for verifying &

validating hardware and software functionality, performance, and user

interface of video, audio and data stream broadcast communications

systems as per industry standards such as MPEG over IP, TCP, UDP,

Routers, MPEG2, H264, 3DMCTF, FEC, DVB, ATSC, DCII, MPTS, SPTS, Ac-3,

AAC, Dolby etc.

. Integration of CiscoD9036 Modular Encoding Platform with CiscoD9902

Digital Content Manager Server, multicomputers, CiscoD9887 Decoder and

Cisco Routers & Switchers for creating wireless VOD/IPTVplatform

consisting of video, audio & metadata content, by using HLS, smooth,

adaptive bit rate, statmux, clouds etc.

. Defining; creation & review of plans required for execution and

disposition of test suites for new releases

. Debugging of test plans, veri. reports, procedures, defect fixes,

documentation databases and test failure cases

. Documentation and reporting of test results and problems in CDET for

root cause analysis with designers

. After getting system test and integration status reports, performance

criteria for new products, and product design recommendations from HW &

SW R & D; their full verification & validation; in a closed loop mode

. System testing of Cisco Encoders; Decoders; Servers and Switchers for

QA System & NPI developments

. Participation in Agile team meetings & design document reviews as

necessary to drive process improvements

Operations Engineering Harris BCD, Toronto Sept. 2003 - June

- Test & QA Specialist 2013

. Programmed, calibrated and tested for Software & Hardware; Harris's

OPTO, SDI, HDTV & Embedded Audio Synchronizer, Processors, Decoders,

Encoders; Routers, Cross Converters; for multimedia, pc graphics &

broadcasting applications; as per NTSC, PAL, SMPTE & other industry

standards & algorithms; using Audio Precision firmware & hardware

system, Digital Signal Processing firmwares, HP Network analyzer,

Tektronix Digital & Analog Oscilloscopes, Vector monitors etc.; for pre

& post production analysis

. Coordinated with Engineering., Planning and QA teams for

qualification and release of new products; before mass build

approvals; to identify and qualify supply chain; by owning supplier

readiness for pre-production and post production builds for schedule,

by applying principles of Lean, Six Sigma & QAIPC 610D

. Owned the RTV process; for rework of defective products; in house &

through suppliers. Worked with the suppliers to drive prioritization

and resolution of RTV issues. Drive continuous improvement through the

supply chain, using Vendor Data & Specs, resulting in reduced cycle

time, increased yields and improved cost

. Worked with cross functional production, service, project management,

design and engineering teams to solve complex technical issues

surrounding design, manufacturability, testability and field

serviceability

. Created Agile IPRS for non- compliance material. Requested to supplier

for RMA #, prepared Oracle RTV SO

ASIC Design & Test Synopsys, Mississauga Sep. 2002 - Aug.

Engineer 2003

. Created test benches, test codes in Verilog, VHDL, C, C++ & RTL

Programming for verification of SOC audio / video decoders &

synchronizers; as per global industry standards; such as AC3 encoding /

decoding, MPEG audio, SIF, audio transmission, audio / video

synchronization, audio interfaces, LPCM, MPEG-2 ACC encoding /

decoding, DTS encoding / decoding, surround sound, Dolby, Bluetooth &

wireless networking audio application formats etc.; for pre & post

silicon tape out analysis

. Worked on USB 2.2 Project & performed Digital & Analog ASIC chip

testing, regression, user acceptance, load & performance test,

designing & compliance verification; using Synopsys tools, Cadence

tools, CATC USB Tracer, Test Interface Software, Tektronix TDS7254

Oscilloscope, TLA612 Logic Analyzer, Thermostream, Network Analyzer,

Altera APEX PCI Development Kit & other test equipment; for pre & post

silicon analysis

Other Skills

Toastmaster Competent Communicator, Ergonomics Training, Health &

Safety & 5S Certifications

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