Canadian Based Project And Electrical Engineer

Available
Serial No: 4893
Skills keywords: design, Electrical engineer,, programming, project management, telecom
Current location:  Saskatchewan, Canada - View on map
Preferred Sector of Employment:  accounting and finance

CERTIFICATIONS, TRAINING &TECHNICAL SKILLS

  • CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate)
  • Award Solutions Wireless Tech Courses: UMTS Signaling, UMTS/WCDMA Air Interface, HSDPA(R5), LTE Overview
  • Programming languages: C, C++, Assembly language, Verilog Hardware description language.
  • Microsoft Programs: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Visio
  • Operating systems: Microsoft Windows (7, XP, 2007) and Linux Solaris/Red hat/Ubuntu
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Dec. 2012 to Present - Harris Broadcast – Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Product Specialist 2

Serving at one of the leading organization of the broadcasting industry to manage projects for successful deployment of the latest main stream broadcasting router in the global market  
  • Planning and executing the commissioning activities for the projects that involve the deployment of the latest routing system (Platinum IP3)
  • Providing solutions to mitigate the technical and administrative risks of the project
  • Performing interoperability tests to troubleshoot known or potential technical issues at customer site(s)
  • Finding all the configuration requirements to integrating devices in order to perform as per users expectations
  • Conducting training session for resellers, clients and internal stakeholders
  • Documenting technical configuration documents to serve as a reference for field engineers
  • Assisting Field Engineers to resolve high priority on-site technical issues
  • Defining and  improving process and procedures of the team
  • Coordinating with the higher management to develop administrative strategies of the team
  • Following on post-commissioning activities in order to gain maximum customer satisfaction
  • Coordinating with all relevant teams to ensure on time delivery of the project
Jun. 2011 to Jun. 2012 - TELUS – Toronto, Ontario, Canada                      Project Manager – Device Development & Realization

Worked at one of the largest Canadian telecom service provider to manage the projects from planning to closure in order to technically validated and approve the wireless devices to be launched on the TELUS network
  • Managed projects of all sizes from Software Maintenance Releases to Main Market launches for the HSPA/HSPA+ network
  • Served as the technical point of contact to the internal stakeholders, OEM and ISVs (Independent Software Vendor)
  • Led the projects through the Planning, Design, Development, Validation and Closure phase in order to complete the project as per the industrial defined process
  • Scheduled the project in accordance with the business and technical requirements
  • Presented the TELUS technical specifications and requirements for the Wireless Devices to the OEMs
  • Defined the Scope of Testing (that included Audio, Field testing, Roaming, SIM, LBS, Protocol, Conformance, Web, SMS, MMS, OS)  as per the design of the device
  • Coordinated with the Validation team to execute the validation cycle as per the defined schedule and testing scope
  • Assessed and Investigated all the issues encountered in the validation cycle and assigned priority according to the severity of the issue
  • Defined the technical, business and client impact of the issues encountered in the validation cycle
  • Corresponded with the OEM to inform and resolve all the issues found during the project cycle
  • Hosted meetings with internal stakeholders to discuss the critical technical issues and its proceeding methodology
  • Verified all the required industrial documents such as FCC,IC and PTCRB before device launch
  • Provided Technical Acceptance to the OEM if all the requirements were met and all the critical issues were resolved
  • Shared the risk and challenges encountered during the projects with the team for future improvements
May 2009 to Sep. 2010 - Research In Motion (RIM) – Waterloo, Ontario, Canada - OTA Compliance Specialist

Served at the headquarters of blackberry manufacturer, to comply and certify the Blackberry handheld devices for their Over the Air Performance against the industrial standards before being launched in the market. 
  • Measured the transmitting and receiving RF (radio frequency) power, beam pattern and antenna efficiency of the handheld devices for the North American/European GSM,GPRS,EDGE,UMTS bands and Wi-Fi protocols in order to certify the devices for major North American Cellular Service Providers
  • Analyzed the differences in power measurements due to specific environmental conditions (Free space, SAM head and SAM head + hand) to meet the client’s requirements
  • Operated test equipments such as spectrum analyzer, communication tester, vector network analyzer, WLAN protocol to obtain required measurements for RF power of the handheld devices
  • Conform to all applicable standards (CTIA/GCF/CWG) in an ISO 17025 approved test lab for certifying the devices
  • Calculated the path loss of the anechoic chamber in order to have maximum accuracy in measurements
  • Contributed in establishing the Assisted Global Positioning System (A-GPS) testing facility that will be utilized for testing the radio frequency receiving power of GPS system of handheld devices
  • Compiled detailed project performance reports of  each device for the respected vendor(s)
PROJECT EXPERIENCE

Sep.2010 to Jun.2011 - Autonomous Robotic System  –IGVC 2011                                                                   
  • Designed an autonomous robotic system which  intelligently completed a given course in the least amount of time, avoiding all the obstacles and staying within the defined boundaries without any manned assistance
  • Represented in the International Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition (IGVC) held in Michigan, U.S.A
Jan. 2008 to Apr.2008 - Web Server Project-University of Toronto

  • Implemented a Linux based Web Server using TCP/IP and socket programming
Jan 2007 to Apr.2008 - WheelChair Assisting Arm – Toronto Rehab (Client)/ University of Toronto                            
  • Conceptually designed a wheelchair mechanical arm to mount voice activated device for patients of Toronto Rehab

Spoken languages: Arabic, english, Hindi, Urdu
Location I am interested in working: Anywhere





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