RF Engineer Resume

PROFESSIONAL SYNOPSIS

Work experience as RF Engineer in projects of RF network design, site auditing and post processing.
Masters in Telecommunications, done with courses in Wireless Networks, Wireless Internet, Advanced topics in Wireless communications, etc
Seeking a challenging position in the field of Telecommunications to utilize my capabilities and knowledge based on my qualifications and experience.

EXPERIENCE

Confidential,Allen, Texas (Viva Tek LLC)
Project: NY-Manhattan DAS Benchmarking Phase I Oct 2011 Present

Provide in-building solutions and design DAS network for sites in the Manhattan market using Ibwave design and propagation.
Design network supporting UMTS, GSM, LTE frequency bands based on site surveys, customer supplied floor plans and requirements.
Identify cable routes and installation challenges.
Create benchmarking reports based on walk tests and site survey.
Create Prediction and system design reports based on the in-building design.

Confidential,Richardson, Texas Sept 2010 Oct 2011

Project: Confidential,Networks (NSN) GSM and UMTS Optimization

Designing walk routes for in IBS In building solutions.
Prepare Geo-maps for the floor layouts.
Post-process the in building DAS RF measurements in Actix and create plots for the various floor layouts.
Prepare KPI summary and calculate coverage target and capacity target.

Project: Confidential, Networks (NSN) GSM Data fill

Access NSN OSS to download full RF Parameter Settings.
Audit and Populate NSN specific templates and scripts with BTS, HOC, POC, and BSC level parameters.
Provide Abis Mapping and data fill for the field engineers in various markets for cabinet harvesting and TRX harvesting as per the target site configuration in Excel.
Modify the respective parameters in the template based on the Target Configuration.
Attend a daily meeting for the progress of the project with the client.
Trained a team of 6 members on the process of the data fill and complex harvesting.
Extract the site database from the respective NSN OSS.
Modify the power settings as per the required site configuration.
Provide a weekly report of the sites completed and the summary of the work done.

Project: Confidential, Audit

Serve as project coordinator with customer to access and perform audits for the in-building DAS equipment and maintaining a tracker of approximately 200 sites for various markets based on regions.
Conduct site audit for AT&T DAS system to determine alarm capabilities and possible LTE upgrade paths.
Generate Reports of in-building Equipments and its detail capabilities

Project: Confidential, (NSN) Light-Squared

RF Design Engineer for LTE Light Squared Rollout.
Surveyed SCIPs (Site Candidate Information Packets) to select candidates in active rings for different parameters like clutter, site proximity and rad centers and categorized the candidates in the respective manner.
Working on Kiema Overture design tools to scrub the candidate sites and generate prediction using tuned propagation model.
Calculating the RAD centers, Pops Covered and checking with the clutter for the sites.
Evaluate the SCIP data (using Siterra) with Site tracker information.
Verifying the photos taken by the Site acquisition team and sending the list of sites which need Site walk and also ranking the candidates on behalf of RF team in Siterra.

Confidential,Mumbai, India Nov 2007- June 2008
Technical Support Associate, Process- Xerox Corporation

Provide Technical Support for Xerox Employees on Windows issues and various applications.
Hands on experience and troubleshooting of Avaya IP phone (4600 series).
Guided in configuration and troubleshooting of Wi-Fi of Blackberry phones on Sprint Carrier.
Provided support for VPN client XEAN (Xerox Extranet Access Network).

QUALIFICATIONS

Networks: Ethernet, TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS, OSPF, RIP, BGP, SIP, SDP, ARP, SNMP, SONET, VPN, ATM, LAN/WAN, VOIP, RTP

Wireless: GSM, 3G, WCDMA, GPRS, EDGE, HSPA, CDMA2000, WiMax, LTE, IEEE802.11, MAP

Tools: IBwave, Wireshark, WirelessMon, Putty, PSPICE,Asset Center Management, Overture, MapInfo, Google Earth, Actix

Applications: MS Word, MS Excel, MS Visio,
MS Powerpoint