Rf Engineer Public Safety
Resume:
JAMES ABDO
SUNRISE, FL *****
********@*****.***
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Enthusiastic RF Engineer eager to contribute to team success through hard work, attention to detail and excellent organizational skills. Clear understanding of RF principles and knowledge of devices that operate in the radio frequency spectrum and training in Outdoor/Indoor design. Motivated to learn, grow and excel in cellular telecommunications area. SKILLS
• Excellent understanding of RF propagation and RF principles.
• Experience designing and implementing in-building systems for both Public Safety and Cellular industry.
• Knowledge of various wireless technologies, (e.g. CDMA, EVDO, GSM, W-CDMA, LTE and Wi-Fi)
• Advanced working knowledge of RF test equipment (e.g. Spectrum Analyzer, JDSU, Anritsu, etc.)
• Ability to perform field work, site surveys and system testing at indoor/outdoor venues.
• Strong focus on continuous process improvement; ability to develop and improve processes.
• Excellent time management and self-organization skills.
• Strong ability to actively listen and ask effective questions to accomplish tasks proficiently.
• Working Under Pressure - Ability to complete assigned tasks under stressful situations. Software
• RF propagation Design, Path design and Data collection tools: iBwave Design, Ericsson Indoor Planner, TEMS Investigation, TEMS DataCollection, Planet EV, PathLoss.
• Satellite design/monitoring tools: iDirect iVantage (iMonitor, iBuilder, iSite), Icinga, PRTG, SolarWinds.
• MapInfo, MapSource, Google Earth, Satmaster, Satmac.
• Platforms: Windows, Linux.
WORK HISTORY
DAS RF ENGINEER 10/2017 to Current
CELLANTENNA CORPORATION - CORAL SPRINGS, FL
• Perform RF iBwave DAS designs and engineering for both Public Safety, and Commercial Carrier applications.
• Provide on-site technical expertise during integration, commissioning, testing and optimizing of distributed antenna systems (DAS) and small cells.
• Completing site surveys to determine coverage/building requirements and customer needs factors affecting design and installation.
• Be the liaison between Project Managers and the customer on technical matters.
• OEM product experience/certifications and designing mastery including but not limited to SOLiD, ADRF, Westell, Corning, Ericsson, Cel-Fi, Commscope, SpiderCloud, Comba, Fiplex.
• Preparation of Close Out Packages for customer submission. Reconcile and document necessary paperwork for expenses and billing, as well as, all necessary documentation for permitting process.
NOC/RF ENGINEER 07/2011 to 10/2017
SPEEDCAST – MIAMI, FL
• Monitors, troubleshoots, configures and manages voice, data and satellite network on existing platforms (iDirect, SCPC, MSCPC, IP).
• Administration, monitoring and operation of the Earth Station equipment, remote access servers, remote client systems, software patches and software updates.
• Actively monitor the satellite systems to ensure it is fully operational and capable of providing the required connections to the mobile units, provide bandwidth usage reports, traffic analysis reports, daily schedules and other reports.
• Open, correctly update, and close trouble tickets.
• Update documentation to record new equipment installed, new sites, and changes to configurations.
• Coordinate installation and commissioning of communications equipment. On-call customer support.
RX / TX ENGINEER FOR TECHNICAL SITE SURVEY 09/2007 to 01/2011 LHA SOLUTIONS, S.A – Costa Rica, Panama, Honduras, Colombia
• RF design and coverage simulation of sites using propagation tool TEMS Investigation and PLANET EV.
• TSS evaluation of the locations for CDMA, 2GSM, 3GSM, EDGE, WCDMA, UMTS cellular network
/ infrastructure.
• Drive testing (data collection) and post processing location for CDMA, GSM cellular infrastructure for model tuning and benchmarking.
• LOS evaluation with “PathLoss” for the PDH and SDH transmission network for several projects.
• Search and selection of the telecommunications stations (hunter), negotiations, legal documentation, and signing of contracts with the owner of the properties.
• Interventory of the installation and adequacy of the Huawei / Ericsson equipment.
• Work Chronogram, daily reports of activities and duties. Cost-benefit analysis, training, selection and supervision of personal for Technical Site Survey projects. EDUCATION
UNIVERSIDAD DEL NORTE
BARRANQUILLA, COLOMBIA
• ELECTRONIC ENGINEER Minored in Telecommunications.
• Thesis: Enhancement of Spectral Features in the Image of nail fold capillaries. (Image Processing)
CERTIFICATIONS, TRAININGS
• IBwave Design Certification Level 2.
• Corning Optical Communications ONE Platform Level II Certification.
• Level 1 SOliD Engineer.
• COMBA, CORNING, FIPLEX, NEXTIVITY, WESELLt BDA Public Safety Equipment Install and Commission Training.
• E-RAN 200 SPIDERCLOUD Certification.
• Fiplex Technical Webinar TWE001 Certification.
• iDirect Operations & Maintenance (IOM).
• Security Course for jobs at heights in telecommunication towers, firefighters International Superior Academy in Panama.
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