VALLAM RAM PRASHANTH

+1-404-***-**** adi36g@r.postjobfree.com 1919 Fruitdale Avenue, Apt#I301, San Jose, CA 95128 https://www.linkedin.com/in/ram-prashanth-vallam-a44b1366 Professional Experience:

EMI / EMC Test Engineer (Contract) August 2020 – December 2020 Sporton International USA Milpitas, California

Testing experience on devices with Wireless capabilities (i.e. Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, NFC).

Working knowledge on Electronic measurement equipment including Oscilloscopes, Digital voltmeters, Spectrum Analyzers (Rohde and Schwarz), Measurement receivers, and CMW500 wideband radio communication tester.

Review product test requirements. Verify and document all the requirements have been met.

Working knowledge on Radio test standards for US (FCC), Europe (CE) and Japan (JPN). Software Quality Assurance Engineer II April 2019 – February 2020 Landis Gyr Alpharetta, Georgia

Product testing in the areas of energy (Smart metering and Grid management solutions). Involving hardware (flashing and configuration) and setup on software application for electric meters (Landis Gyr, GE, Itron, Honeywell), Gas meter, Water meter, Gateway, Network Bridge, Distributed Automation (Capacitor control, Street light and Load control switch).

Coordinate with onsite / offshore support team in setting up the devices on the software applications.

Worked on device support task to unblock the user stories, bug testing and QA automation run for the offshore team.

Worked on centralized installer for automated install and upgrade of a multi component setup on multiple servers.

Expertise in test case design using formal methods in test engineering such as boundary value analysis, FTA (Fault tree analysis) technique and others.

Technical Implementation Engineer February 2017 – April 2019 Landis Gyr Alpharetta, Georgia

Supported System Acceptance Testing for new customer deployments (Utility companies) for Electric meter, Gas meter, Water meter and Network device.

Worked on the network rebalancing / optimization plans for different device type to meet up with the customer technical requirements.

Supported over the air reprogramming, system audits for customer deployments and first article testing for all new electric meter orders in North America.

Responsible for installing, configuring, and troubleshooting all layers of L+G’s head-end application to support high availability, load balancer, integrated and secure environments. Technical Implementation Engineer Intern May 2016 – August 2016 Landis Gyr Alpharetta, Georgia

Designed a PCB board using Diptrace tool to avoid any loose wire to surface mount the relay board and raspberry pi on the mother board.

Built an enclosure box simulated using Catia design for 3D printing for heat dissipation.

Collaborated with 3 interns throughout the design, testing and hardware implementation. Technical Skills:

Tools and Databases: Oracle, GitHub, SQL, Segger J-Flash, Landis Gyr proprietary tools (1132 COM, Radioshop, Endpoint Testing Manager, AMR retrofit, ANSI communicator, BEP config and Techstudio), Wireshark, SOAPUI and Splunk, VMware and VirtualBox, Agile SDLC Methodologies, Labview and Matlab

Wireless Communication Networks: Wide Area Network, Radio frequency, Zigbee / Route B and Route G Networks, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and Wi-Sun 1.0 Technology.

Programming skills: Python, Linux

Education:

Master’s in Electrical and Computer Engineering 2015-2016 Fairfield University Fairfield, CT, USA Bachelors of Electronics and Instrumentation 2010- 2014 Anna University Chennai, TN, India