Sundervelu Tandalam
San Deigo, California
(718) 530-2616
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EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION
- University at Buffalo, State University of New York
- Master of Science, Electrical Engineering (Signals, Networks and Communication), June 2014
- St.Peter's Engineering College, Affiliated to Anna University
- Bachelor of Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, November 2010
CERTIFICATES
- Certificate of Recognition for excellent execution and overall contribution to the Rootmetric project (Qualcomm) August 2016.
- Cisco Certified Network Analyst (CCNA).
SKILLS
LTE, LTE-Advanced, VoLTE, OFDM, MIMO, LTE-Unlicensed and TCP/IP
QXDM, APEX, QMI TestPro, ActiX, X-Cal, SanJole, KPI-ATS, LogKit-3, Tableau, Wireshark, PuTTY, Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
Perl Scripting, Python Scripting, Batch Scripting, Adb Shell, CSS, HTML, Windows and Mac OSX.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Engineer 1, LTE Modem Systems Test, Oct 2016 to Current.
Qualcomm Technologies Inc. (QTI.), San Deigo, Califronia.
- • Developed test plan and evaluated KPI’s for 1Gbps 10 Layer with 256QAM downlink testing on Telstra in Australia.
- Driving all LTE Field Testing and Debugging issues on SKT, KT and LGU+ LTE cellular networks.
- Debugging and Issue triaging LTE field logs from Korea and Australia.
- Evaluated Modem performance and KPI’s for 4x4 MIMO, Carrier Aggregation (4DLCA, ULCA) on Korean Networks in the Field.
- Actively involved in bring up, design and provided a Demo on the working of KPI-ATS, an automated testing tool.
- Working with Dev in bring up of LogKit-3, an On-Device logging app for KPI Testing for Field Team.
Field Engineer, LTE Modem Systems Test, Feb 2016 to Oct 2016.
Qualcomm Technologies Inc. (QTI.), San Deigo, Califronia.
- Analyzed Field testing data and created KPI reports for latest Qualcomm Wireless Modem Software.
- Rendered competitive testing of Apple iPhone 7’s, Samsung Galaxy S7’s and Huawei Mate 9.
- Developed and Authored the technique to collect baseband and IMS logs from Un-Jailbroken iPhone’s.
- Measured Audio Quality performance on MTPs and Commercial Phones.
- Carried out testing on Interference Cancellation, Link Quality Estimation, XLAT features in the Field and LTE-U on an experimental lab network.
Field Engineer, LTE Modem Systems Test, Jan 2015 to Feb 2016.
Qualcomm Technologies Inc. (QTI.), Bellevue, Washington.
- Perform LTE and LTE-A functional and KPI testing on upcoming Snapdragon MSM and MDM chips.
- Tested 3 Carrier Downlink Carrier Aggregation, 256QAM and 4x4MIMO on live network.
- Developed automation scripts for testing and issue triaging using Perl (Automated TCP Dump collections), Python (Automated LQE testing) and Batch (Automated adb commands) scripting.
- Assisted in multiple customer related issues with joint testing and internal issue reproduction.
Technical Support Engineer, May 2010 to May 2012.
CSS Corp Pvt. Ltd., Chennai, India.
- Provided technical assistance, with respect to VoIP services for Vonage Inc.
- Mastered the art of technical support with an overall issue resolution of 98% and maximized the customer satisfaction with an overall 95%.
- Trained six batches of new hires.
- Managed a team of ten and the manager's duties as well in the absence of the manager.
PROJECTS
Electrim, Spring 2014.
- Built a proof of concept for a startup.
- Researched for a new PLC (Power Line Communications) based product.
- Designed the basic system model.
- Estimated the financial growth of the company.
Circular polarization in microstrip patch antennas, Fall 2013.
- Discussed the need for circular polarization and microstrip patch antennas.
- Researched various novel techniques in achieving circular polarization in microstrip patch antennas.
Techniques to increase bandwidth in Near Field Communication, Fall, 2013.
- Discussed the need for Bandwidth in Near Field Communication.
- Researched various techniques such as Direct Antenna Modulation, Sigma-Delta Modulator and MIMO methods.
- Proposed a new idea to increase the Bandwidth in Near Field Communication.
Mismatch filters and chip compression using Barker codes, Spring 2013.
- Designed a mismatch filter for Barker 11 and 13 codes based digital communication scheme to have high main lobe to side lobe ratio using side lobe inversion.
- Analyzed the bandwidth consumed and the system performance with and without the compression of chips.
Spy Rover controlled by GSM module, Spring 2010
- Developed a rover that surveys land area with the help of GSM Network streaming in live video through the Radio Frequency camera.
- Built the electronic circuits required for the mechanical operation of the Rover.
- Co-developed the software program for the Rover.