Software Engineer

Qing Zhang **** Blackstone Dr. McKinney, Tx *****

Phone 972-***-****

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

A motivated and efficient team player who seeks an engineer position within the field of Communication Systems and Digital Signal Processing.

Education

Ph.D Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2006, Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

M.S Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2003, Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

B.S Electrical Engineering, 1997, Southeast Univ., Nanjing, China

Career History

DSP Software Engineer, Cisco Systems, Inc., Richardson,TX, 2007-present

Project: Development of Wimax macrocell BTS system compliant to 802.16e standard.

• Digital signal processing algorithm analysis for standardized and proprietary features, including uplink, downlink data links, Network Entry, Channel Estimation, Power Control, HARQ, Beam-forming, OFDM and MIMO.

• Algorithm implementation with C in real-time embedded operating system on TI DSP, with resource analysis for MIPS and memory requirements, and numerical analysis for fixed-point implementation.

• Coding and debugging for application programs and interface drivers on TI TMS320C64x+ DSP.

• Coordination with hardware engineers for system integration and verification on digital board.

• System level performance testing and evaluation under diverse channel conditions, in both lab and field environments.

Project: Signal/interference classification in enterprise 802.11 WLAN systems.

• Designed digital signal processing algorithms to Identify and classify interference source co-existing within 802.11 operating frequency band.

• Performed real-time implementation and verification in C with TI DSP.

Research Assistant, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 2000-2006

Project: Space-time coding design for MIMO wireless communication systems, funded by Lucent.

• Conducted research in wireless communications systems, focusing on channel coding and modulation, Turbo codes, space-time coding, LDPC, trellis coded modulation, Viterbi/iterative decoding, OFDM and MIMO detection.

• Performed communication system link simulation and performance analysis in MATLAB and C++.

Research Scientist, National Mobile Communication Research Lab, Nanjing, China, 1997-2000

Project: Multiuser detection techniques in CDMA systems.

• Designed multiuser detection algorithms with reduced complexity with IS-95 standard.

• Conducted algorithm implementation and performance evaluation with C in SPW.

Skills

Programming: Fixed-point and embedded C, Assembly, RTOS, and C++.

Development tools: Matlab, Simulink, Code Composer Studio, Cadence SPW, and Visual C++.

Instruments: Spectrum analyzer, Channel emulator, Vector signal generator, Vector signal analyzer, and JTAG emulator for TI DSP.

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