Applications Engineer, Product Engineer

Electrical Engineer specializing in Digital and Communications Engineering with extensive experience in developing and troubleshooting hardware/software applications. In depth knowledge of Embedded systems which include ATMEL and Motorola micro-controllers, RFID systems (ISO 15693, 14443, Mifare chips), GPS systems, GSM/GPRS, TCP/IP, knowledge of Verilog, Matlab, C programming. Experienced in effectively understanding market & customer needs and placing products accordingly. A demonstrated ability to sucessfully communicate at all levels within engineering, management and end-user teams.

Education

M.S., Electrical Engineering California State University, Northridge, Aug. 2007; GPA: 3.41

B.E., Electronics Engineering, Mumbai University, India, Aug. 2004

Professional Experience

Applications Engineer, RFID solutions April '08 – Dec’08

Precision Dynamics Corporation (Privately Held; 350-400 employees; Electronic Manufacturing industry)

· Developed and deployed RFID solutions (14443, 15693 protocols) to enable cashless spending and keyless room entry.

· Developed relationships with third party hardware vendors and worked with them to modify their hardware to include RFID readers and further integrate this with software solutions to handle features like access control and keyless entries.

· Outlined and interpreted RFP requirements for various integrations; prepared documentation supporting solutions to common customer issues and FAQ.

· Worked with sales and marketing teams to research and evaluate new customer opportunities.

· Provided on site and remote integration support.

Field Applications Engineer August ’06 - March ’08

FalcomUSA Wireless Communication (Privately Held; 40 -50 employees; Electronic Manufacturing industry)

· Developed software and hardware applications using GPS, GSM and GPRS technologies for wireless devices called the “Automotive Vehicle Location (AVL) solutions”. These applications were developed using WLAN (802.11), Zig-bee, Blue tooth, TCP/IP and UDP communication channels.

· Lead the RMA department and developed new test procedures to test RMA products.

· Provided technical support for AVL products and personal tracking devices to a wide range of customer base. Also provided support for server side solutions.

· Obtained certifications from different wireless providers for wireless communication products by working closely with the concerned certification personals.

· Provided technical training to new members of the application team, new customers and company representatives overseas.

Engineering Intern (Engineering technician) May ’06 - August ’06

Data Exchange Corporation (Privately Held; 300-350 employees; Supply Chain solutions)

· Worked as a test engineer to test and repair various parts of a computer and similar electronics using lap equipment such as signal generator, logic analyzer and digital oscilloscope.

· Worked with the R&D teams to locate the much needed, cost effective parts to fix a computer on board level.

Technical Representative June’04 - Aug ’04

3G Global- Mumbai, India (Public company; Wireless Communications Industry)

· Dealt with customers having issues pertaining to the cell phone units from Nokia, NEC, and Motorola.

· Provided remote support to customers with the 3G wireless network in UK and Australia.

Projects

License Plate Recognition, Masters Project

Design project using Neural Networks and Character recognition to identify single characters on California drivers’ license plates. Tested various pattern recognition techniques to classify the characters and finally used the Adaline network to test the incoming characters. Created conclusion from results that were based on the comparisons between the networks ability to correctly classify the characters during different light intensities (day and night).

Verilog Final Project, Class Project

Modeling of VeriRISC CPU using verilog. Software implementation of D- algorithm for testing VLSI circuits. Used previously created Verilog codes in class, for different parts ranging form simple flip flops designs to sequence controllers and putting it together to create a Reduced Instruction Set Computer along with test benches to test the same.

Heart rate monitor using micro controller Motorola 68HC12, Class Project

Design of a heart rate monitor using micro controller Motorola 68HC12 and TAOS TSL 230, light to frequency converter. The frequency converter converts the heartbeats (by placing a finger on the sensor), which is then fed to the micro controller to report readings. The programming for the project was done in C.

FSO Project, Bachelors Degree Project

Design of a Free Space Optical Communication unit (transmitter and receiver) using the FSO technology and MAX 232. The programming for the project was done in C.

Stimulation of Ethernet networks using OPNET IT guru

Studied the effects of using hubs, bridges, switches and routers on collision count, network traffic and throughput of the 802.3 network.

Courses

· Verilog HDL

· Fuzzy Logic

· Pattern recognition

· Micro-controller 68HC11/12

· Testing of Digital Systems

· Introduction to Biomedical Engineering

· Digital communications

· Advanced Switching Theory

· Data communications

· Design of Digital Computers

Computer Skills

Software: Matlab, PSPICE, MS office: Word, Excel, Power Point, and Visio

Languages: Verilog, C

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