Engineer Quality Assurance

MAHESH NAIDU College Park, MD 240-***-**** ********@*****.***

SUMMARY:

Actively looking for a fulltime opportunity in the field of Network Engineering (Network, Protocols, Routing, Switching and Cloud)

3 month Internship with Verizon (System Integration Testing 4G Network Architecture), 4 month co-op with DAS Worldwide (RF Engineer) and 4 years industry experience with Whirlpool Corporation (Software Testing Engineer)

EDUCATION BACKGROUND:

Master of Science, Telecommunications Engineering and Management Expected: May 2016

University of Maryland (UMD), College Park GPA 3.477/4 Relevant Coursework: Networks & Protocols I & II (TCP/IP, OSPF, IPv6, BGMP, SNMP, LAN, WAN, WLAN etc.), Advanced Wireless Services & Personal Communication Services, 3G/4G Wireless Networks and Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS) & Small Cells

Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics & Telecommunications Completed: May 2012

Maharashtra Institute of Technology, University of Pune, India GPA 3.8/4 (Top 10% of the Class)

WORK EXPERIENCE:

RF Engineer Intern

DAS Worldwide, Washington DC Sept 2015- Jan 2016

Designed and implemented Small Cells and DAS (Distributed Antenna Systems) in the DC Metro area

Wrote 4 technical blogs and an EBook on wireless technologies of the future

Product and Software Development Assistant

Center for Advanced Life Cycle Engineering (CALCE) Lab, University Of Maryland, College Park Jan 2015- May 2015

Modified firmware by adding new sensor functionality in the Sensor Interface Card (SIC) Project using Embedded C

System Integration Testing Engineer (New Product Development 4G Network Architecture Intern)

Verizon, LTE Innovation Center, Waltham, MA June 2015- Aug 2015

Automated the internet services billing cycle for 4G LTE using Python which helped Verizon implement new services in market

Worked on the evolved packet system architecture design (features of eNodeB, SGW, PGW and MME)

Led a team of five Verizon interns to present new technical business ideas to the President of new product at Verizon

Software Testing and Quality Assurance Engineer (Global Project Engineer)

Whirlpool Corporation, Pune, India Aug 2010 - Aug 2014

Validated the software quality of electronic home appliances as a tester with extensive background in manual testing

Developed test plans, test cases and performed elaborate defect tracking expediting the process of product release

Executed extensive array of test methodologies such as unit, integration, system performance and regression testing

ACADEMIC PROJECTS:

Client Server application using UDP Protocol in Java Nov 2014

Programming of a Client – Server Interface for User Datagram Protocol (UDP) with Socket Programming in JAVA using API’s. The project was aimed at implementing a reliable data transfer protocol technique over an unreliable UDP connection in the transport layer by utilizing a specific Integrity Check algorithm at both the client and server ends.

In Building coverage design for DAS Networks using IBWAVE Nov 2015 – Dec 2015

Designed in-building coverage model for a 4 floor building comprising of heavy concrete and glass doors

The sources for the RF signal were LTE MIMO operating at 1900 MHz and HSPA SISO at 850 MHz

Deployments of GSM Base Stations using Mentum Planet 5.7 Nov 2014

Placed 30 three sector base stations of type GSM to provide coverage to Washington DC area using Mentum Planet 5.7

Also implemented 3 LTE sites in College Park area for providing mock LTE Data coverage at min. 5Mbps

TECHNICAL SKILLS & CERTIFICATIONS:

Programming Languages: Java, Embedded C, Python and C

Technical Planning Tools: Mentum Planet 5.7, iBWave, Wireshark, Poseidon, Cisco packet tracer, LabVIEW, MATLAB/Simulink

Cellular/Wireless Technologies: CDMA 2000, WCDMA, EVDO Rev A-B, HSPA, GSM, 4G-LTE, 5G, DAS, Small Cells

Networks and Protocols: TCP/IP, AWS, DNS, HTTP, OSPF, BGP, MPLS, IPv6, IPv4, SNMP, RIPv1, RIPv2, IGRP, EIGRP,UDP, ICMP, NAT, DHCP, ARP, BGP4, basics of CCNA and CCNP.

International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB) Foundation level (Certificate No. ITB-CTFL- 0050078)

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES:

Recipient ‘Telecommunication Engineering Student Service Award - 2016’ for excellent all-round performance Feb 2016

Vice President of the Graduate Student Government (Community Development), UMD May 2015 – Current

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