Principal Staff Applications Engineer Resume Horsham, PA - Hire IT People

SUMMARY:

Dedicated Engineer with 20+ years of experience in the Cable TV / Telecommunications industry.
A self - motivated individual with strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
Strong hands-on RF and IP based CATV expertise. Understand evolving network architecture, including the next-generation consumer systems and technologies, infrastructure and engineering, network integration and technical standards.
Ability to work with engineering groups and teams to achieve company objectives.

SKILLS & PROFICIENCIES

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Horsham, PA

Principal Staff Applications Engineer

Provided Technical support to Presales and Apps Engineering for Conditional Access system proposal generation for some smaller MSO’s and repair centers.
Developed and performed Assessment services for the Conditional Access Network system.
Identified and developed new methods for understanding how Set Top Boxes (STB’s) are distributed across the Conditional Access network devices in order to deploy new services.
Acted as consultant for deployment and integration of new services into the cable network.
Developed process and methods for deployment of the ARRIS hosted Switch Digital Video system.
Integrated and supported introduction of new products / architectures (IPTV, GT3, ME7000, and third-party hardware) prior to field release.
Setup/configure test environments in order to write and validate the Method of Procedure (MOP’s) documents before execution by Field Engineering at customer location.
Setup/configured lab environments to simulate and resolve customer field reported issues and problems.
Demonstrated extensive knowledge on all the cable RF distribution architectures being used today.
Maintained and troubleshoot test lab equipment issues including IP network and RF infrastructure.
Performed lab and onsite testing of new technologies (IPTV) before integration into the CATV network.

Confidential, Princeton Junction, NJ

Senior Engineer, Product Support & Engineering Services

Served as first line of customer technical support for all Triveni Digital Products (MPEG2 Transport Analyzer, PSIP generator, etc.) used in the ATSC Off-Air Television system.
Responsible for Installation and Training of all Triveni Digital Products for both the Digital Television and Cable TV markets.
Develop technical documentation to support System Installation and Training Requirements.

Confidential, Trevose, PA

Senior Application Engineer

Provided in-house engineering support in the Operations group for Motorola Digital System, including both the DAC Controller and Family of DCT Set Tops. Involved in advanced troubleshooting of issues both in the head end and the RF distribution system.
Delivered pre-sales and pre-launch support for TV Gateway Interactive Guide system including identifying the equipment requirements for System Launch/Deployment.
Developed technical documentation to support the Beta Tests and System Installation Requirements.
Coordinated In-house lab and end-to-end testing support for Motorola Set Top Control Systems, including both the Aloha and DOCSIS RF Return Systems.

Confidential, Horsham, PA

Senior Application Engineer

Provided primary engineering support in the Marketing Department for both the International DVB Digital System and Analog Cable System.
Served as pre-sales engineering support for both the Domestic and DVB Digital Cable Systems. Expertise with entire end-to-end Digital Video System, including all the head end systems from video source to the RF QAM signal generation.
Prepared Technical Proposals for both the International and Domestic Cable Systems for delivery of Digital Video.
Delivered sales presentations and provided Trade Show technical support including VOD demos using Concurrent, Seachange and NCube.
Engineered TCP/IP networks, routers, and gateways.