Senior RF Engineer
Motorola
Total years of experience :9 years, 3 Months
RF Circuit Design and Performance testing for new Motorola smartphones.
• RF testing for WLAN 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz (802.11xx), Bluetooth and BLE using Qualcomm Sequence Profiling Resource (QSPR)and Litepoint IQexel, Anritsu MT8870A, R&S CMW500 for new and existing Panasonic Automotive infotainment systems
• Evaluating, analyzing and attempting to improve Bluetooth and WLAN parametric results such as EVM, TX Power, Frequency Errors, RX Sensitivity etc. by calibration, hardware and software changes using Qualcomm software tools
• WiFi and Bluetooth Field Testing using iperf to analyze performance (throughput and RSSI) of infotainment systems
• AM/FM/DAB tuner design for various automotive infotainment systems
• AM/FM/HD Reception rides and bench testing using Audio Precision (APx500) analyzer for radio performance evaluation
• Sirius XM TA-2 testing for new and existing automotive infotainment systems’ XM modules
• Using Zuken Design Editor to update and review Electrical Engineering schematics and layouts for various projects
• Supporting other teams (factory, validation) in testing and evaluation of products and prototypes
• Mentored and coached interns to develop their skills in the field of RF Engineering
- WiFi field testing using iperf to evaluate performance (RSSI and throughput) for different antenna locations inside vehicle
- WLAN and Bluetooth bench testing using Litepoint IQexel-80 tester and Qualcomm QSPR
- Bluetooth testing using Rohde & Schwarz CMW500 tester
- AM, FM testing using in-house designed software
- Wrote VB code to compile and plot testing results
• Planning new cellular sites in the network by identifying low/no coverage areas and monitoring cellular statistics
• Running RF coverage simulations and analyzing the simulations to propose improvements in the wireless network
• Conducting Field Surveys for BTS sites and generating their RF & antenna design reports
• IBS and DAS Planning and Design
• Radio Frequency Planning and Neighbor Planning for the wireless network (new and existing BTS sites)
• Analyzing cellular statistics to identify problematic cells and plan capacity expansions and RF parametric tuning accordingly
• Overall Management: Supervising a team of 6 outsourced employees for field activities and reports, and coordination with implementation teams to ensure timely integration of new sites in the network
• Monitoring and troubleshooting the entire network of Telenor Pakistan by working in 12-hour shifts in 24/7 cycle
• Escalation to Field Operations, top management and Customer Complaints Division regarding network outages and ensuring their timely resolution within the defined SLAs
• Trouble Ticketing using HP Service Manager
• Identifying root cause of network outages and generating their fault reports
• Hands on experience on NEC PNMSj (for microwave radio), Huawei U2000/T2000 (for SDH and DWDM), Siemens TNMS (for SDH), CA Spectrum (for IP/MPLS systems), NSN Netviewer, HP-OVO (for monitoring Enterprise Services) and ZTE U31 Netnumen.
4 - Week Internship in the Radio Networks Engineering Department
- Responsible for generating drive-test reports using the provided log-files on software (TEMS and MapInfo), and submitting to the customer.
- Conducted a study of GSM and various other technical training manuals.
- Compiled a tutorial on ‘Generating drive test report using TEMS and MapInfo’ for future interns to come.
6 - Week internship during which I conducted various programming-related tasks and was expected to show familiarity particularly with object oriented programming.
4 - Week internship in the Zonal Isolation Department, Cementing Laboratory.
Relevant Courses: Wireless Communications, Digital Communications, Computer Networks, Communication Systems, Digital Signal Processing, Data Acquisition and Interfacing, Feedback Control Systems, Computer Organization, Devices and Electronics, Digital Logic Circuits, Signals and Systems, Introduction to Programming, Circuit Analysis, Applied Business Writing and Communications