Engineer Testing

Ahmed

*** ***** ******, *** # *, Jersey City, NJ - 07307

*********@*****.*** 646-***-****

Career Objective:

Seeking a challenging and growth oriented full time position as a RF Engineer (LTE/WCDMA) and to be a part of a team that best utilizes my skill set and experience coupled with enthusiasm.

Educational Profile:

MASTER OF SCIENCE in Electrical and Computer Engineering GPA (3.45/4.0) June- 09

University of Northern Virginia, Manassas, VA

BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY in Electrical and Instrumentation Engineering

Osmania University, Hyderabad, India May-05

ASSOCIATE DEGREE in Electronic and Instrumentation Engineering June-01

Professional Experience:

3S Network

RF Engineer Oct’09 – till date

Project Description: The projects involved performing pre-launch cluster drives for ATT/Ericsson and also assist in evaluating fill in sites for increased market expansion and capacity. Assist in improving network performance by troubleshooting the RF coverage issues in the field. Moreover, coordinating with senior RF Engineers to investigate and analyze activities related to various communication systems such as GSM, CDMA, UMTS and LTE.

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Working knowledge of GSM and UMTS UTRAN and air-interfaces with the ability to apply it to the strategic benefit of the organization.

• Experience with RAN performance improvement in GSM and UMTS.

• working with clients to effectively prioritize activities, achieve defined objectives, and translate operational requirements into technical solutions

• ASSET - RSCP, Ec/Io, "tilt only" optimizations, downtilt justifications, neighbor relationships, capacity planning, scrambling code planning, Monte Carlo simulations, ACP optimizations, input parameters vs. site database consistency, propagation model analysis.

• ACTIX Analyzer - Best Server RSCP, Best Server Ec/Io, Dl Uu Scan Coverage, Long/Short call UE TX Power, Access Fails, Call Drops, Pilot Pollution, Individual Sector Plots and down tilt determinations, KPI Reports, Radio Interface, transport channels and messaging windows analysis.

• Performed RF testing using TEMS investigation (ver. 8.2.2 & 8.2.5), AGILENT to carry out radio propagation, signal strength measurement and coverage analysis of the network.

• Perform Secure Site Verification (SSV) test for various cell sites on pre-launch of new 3G cell sites.

• Performed IRAT tests which include 3G to 2G CS cell reselection in idle mode, 2G to 3G CS cell reselection in idle mode.

• Conducted IRAT testing (Functional and Boundary) on UMTS boundaries to check handoffs between UMTS and GSM.

• Generate and analyze KPI reports using TEMS and ACTIX

• Troubleshooting interference problem by frequency retuning and optimization.

• Analyzing handoff, neighbors list, layer 3 messaging and troubleshooting issues like interference, drop calls, handoff failure, missing neighbors and coverage holes.

• Perform HSDPA Stationary tests and E911 calls.

• Tested throughput for downloading (FTP Get) and uploading (FTP Put) of data.

ALG Telecom and Networking Services, India June-05 to Nov-06

Associate Validation & Test Engineer

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Provide active support for optimizing, analyzing and improving performance of GSM CDMA2000, UMTS technologies in addition to modem testing.

• Participate in ALG customer support for testing and validating mobile platforms.

• Participate to debug and first analysis of issues with the development team (L1, L2 & L3 protocol stack layers).

• Assist in testing and verifying physical layer and network protocol requirements.

• Open all issues through defect management tool with the appropriate severity then act proactively to obtain his correction and verify it is well corrected.

• Assist in monitoring quality metrics of the overall software system from day to day and ensure that any regressions in quality or functionality are identified and dealt with Environment: GSM/GPRS and 3G functional and robustness testing using Agilent/Anritsu, Tests on Live Network. Various proprietary debugging and tracing Tools.

• Assist the Test Engineers within the System Test Facility (STF) to integrate and formally V V&T test the Modems within various System configurations.

• Interfacing of Satcom Modems to Baseband IP networks maintaining network synchronization.

• Performance testing of voice and IP traffic over communications network.

• Work closely with telecommunications system analyst and provide basic contribution to proposals, reports and presentation under the guidance of higher officials and resources.

• Develop understanding of various wireless communications technologies (W-CDMA, UMTS, GSM and other standard wireless technology) to assist in design.

Qualifications/Strengths:

• Developed sound architectural knowledge of GSM/GPRS,CDMA,WCDMA(Rel6,7,99),

UMTS and LTE Technologies.

• Good understanding of parameters such as CPICH Ec/No, CPICH RSCP, BLER, Soft/Softer Handover, IRAT, HSDPA ,EUL Throughput etc.

• Strong knowledge of TEMS log files analysis, AGILENT and LTE tests.

• Familiarity with tools required for testing and validation of modems.

• Ability to show proactive initiative in gaining in-depth experience in areas of technology relevant to testing of company products.

• Proficient in all versions of Windows operating systems and Microsoft office.

• Able to quickly adapt and work in a fast paced and dynamic environment.

• Desire to learn new skills, technologies and acquaint myself to new information demands.

• Self motivated with ability to work independently and in team environment.

• A strong team player with excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

• Excellent Project and Time management skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Technical Skills:

Languages : C, C++, VB, VHDL, SQL, Oracle PL/SQL

Tools : MapInfo, TEMS, ACTIX AGILENT, Lab View, Mat lab and MathCAD.

OS : Windows 95/98/NT, XP, VISTA, WINDOWS 2003 and UNIX

DBMS : MS Access, SQL Server 2005, SPSS and SAS.

Office Tools : MS Office (including Excel Macros).

Academic Honors:

1. Participated in various technical paper presentation symposiums on wireless networks and technologies, Bluetooth technology etc.

References available upon request

Willing to Relocate and Travel on Work.

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