SUMMARY

• Innovative professional with 10+ years of progressive experience in Wireless Communications industry with abilities in RF engineering and project management.
• Hands on experience in RF Macro /Inbuilding Design, Implementation and Optimization of GSM, UMTS, HSPA, LTE, VOLTE network system and 5G knowledge.
• Worked on multiple vendor equipment’s (Ericsson, Nokia, ALU, Samsung) through working directly with vendors or Wireless Service Providers
• Strong understanding of RF hardware such as BTS types, Antennas, Diplexer, Duplexer, TMA’s, Feeder cables, RRU, HCS, RET controllers etc. present on cell sites and their associated cabling.
• LTE/UMTS RFDS & RNDCIQ for different markets.
• Microwave link design for macro sites.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

RF Design Tool: ATOLL, ASSET, ACP, MAPINFO, iQi plots, Autoforms, Homer, Siterra, RMAP, Quantum

Optimization Tool: Ericsson - OSS, AMOS,WNCS;NSN-NetACT,CM, BTS Mgr; ACTIX, TEMS, NEMO, TPIM, RPMO

IT: OS -Unix, Windows; Excel, Word, Power Point, Visio; dBMS-Oracle/SQL; Language -C++

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Rockville, MD

Sr RF Engineer

Responsibilities:

• RF Engineering and Project Management support on RF Network Systems design, and optimization of Confidential Turnkey Engineering Projects.
• Engineering support on RFPs/RFQs.
• Provide MOP and train employees with relative RF Engineering tasks.
• Engineering services support, including In-building cellular DAS design and deployment, RF engineering, regulatory, site audits, site engineering, project management, and technical outsourcing.
• Review final product before delivery for quality.

Confidential, Minneapolis, MN

Sr RF Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Designed cRAN/Small cells nodes using Atoll/ACP/IQI/Google Earth for capacity growth/5G.
• Designed New Macro Sites utilizing solid understanding of ATOLL in a Nokia environment.
• Designed First Net Sites for South Dakota (SD).
• BW expansion project lead for whole of Minnesota, SD,ND,NE and western Wisconsin.
• Spectrum acquisitions (Atoll setup, prediction analysis, pop count tool etc.).
• License protect, CGSA contours, rMAP audit, E911 MultiAzimuth Audits.
• Link budgets analysis, system dimensioning for coverage and capacity including traffic analysis.
• Site walks with C&E for selection of proper cRAN poles.
• Attended mandatory Scoping Meeting for NSB/BWE /Carriers Adds projects.
• Collaborated with Equipment Engineering for the proper radios, antennas and equipment’s for cRAN/Macro.
• Construction Drawings review and approval for carrier adds /new macro sites.
• Finalized Search Area/Candidates/RFDS/CIQ/Child jobs/Plumbing strategies for cRAN /Macro/1stNet/DAS
• Ensured proper flow of process in AutoForm and actualization of milestones in iPLAN for tracking projects.
• Generated and submitted report for FSA/E911/RF Emission Reports.
• Worked for E911 TVW requests for Intrado for carrier adds and inbuilding.
• Ran audits on ATOLL, RFDS, CSS and fix discrepancies, if any.
• Grew capacity and throughput by deploying 4T4R and additional spectrums 850/700/PCS/AWS/WCS.
• Swapped legacy RRU-2TX/RX to RRU-4TX4RX, also swapping antenna if needed for higher throughput.
• Indoor Small Cell design (AP based) verification using iBwave plots.

Confidential

Sr RF Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Created site designs for all outdoor and indoor site types, by utilizing Antenna Theory, Propagation Modeling, RF Planning Tools (ASSET), and Site Design Process, while ensuring cell site regulatory compliance standards are met, including FAA, FCC. Participated with federal, state, and local jurisdictions to ensure regulatory and zoning compliance.
• Lead LTE Network Modernization for S-E market. Swapped out Ericsson GSM systems with NSN, including deletion of Ericsson Nodes after Modernization. Added UMTS1900 layer as a part of Modernization.
• Released LTE sites after verification of CIQ, neighbor load, parameter checks and eNodeB alarms
• Retuned LTE carriers, UMTS carriers and completed UMTS Carrier augmentation for spectrum alignments.
• Bulk changing in network with help of creating Ericsson Script
• Parameter tuning, antenna orientation changes, NBR’s, antenna tilts adjustment, Ticket for H/W fault
• Created LTE site RFDS based on existing site hardware/traffic/spectrum/coverage for leasing, zoning, structural analysis and construction approval.
• Created LTE CIQ, SCF (for FOPS) for site integration. Provisioned LTE neighbors, 3G neighbors and 2G neighbors based on CIQ.
• Conducted Radio Network Optimization, based on coverage, quality, capacity and service performance indicators. Update local databases with the resolutions or actions taken.
• Attended daily conference call with Switch/FOPS to discuss troubleshooting activities for the sites.
• KPI improvement using PM counters, MO shell commands, WNCS, NSS, Element Manager and Explorer.

Confidential

Sr RF Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Designed client Confidential &T new LTE network with FCC compliance Confidential either client office or vendor office.
• Designed Infill LTE sites as per Confidential &T RF design guidelines ND0369.
• Site candidates’ evaluation using ASSET/Atoll coverage plots.
• Designed ATT UMTS network for Greenfield, overlay (new network on existing 850 or 1900), Multi-carrier and SSV (single site verification) using Atoll as per Confidential &T design guidelines.
• Proficient with ATOLL planning tool from project set-up, parameter verification, scaling factor calculation traffic spreading and running important predictions.
• Achieved the target KPI by using best design practices, ATOLL and ACP tools CAPESSO and ARIESO.
• DFCD design for Confidential &T markets Wave3 Grand Rapids and Wave3 South Bend based on ALU LTE technology.
• Created Drive polygon for Network tuning.
• Designed new LTE network clusters in MS by adding or selecting correct Nodes with best configuration.
• In-building design for client Confidential &T in MD. Phase 1 reports for nine major venues in Washington DC.

Confidential

RF Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Site Design with best compromise between cost, coverage and interference.
• Microwave Donar site selections and path analysis .
• Coverage Prediction, Candidate evaluations, Antenna selection using propagation tool ASSET.
• TTV and visit with Site Acquisition teams.
• Antenna height, tilt and azimuth to meet RF, Leasing and Zoning requirements.
• Drive test data analysis using TEMS to address handover failure and call drops issues.
• Parameter tuning, antenna orientation changes and antenna tilts adjustment for optimization.
• Network performance management through STS objects, AMOS (Moshell) & OSS.
• UMTS Initial Tuning - Launch and Optimization based on Drive Test (ACTIX), Moshell, TPIM.