Zalak  Rathod

Phone: 201-772-4142                                    Email:zalakrathod610@gmail.com                                                                                                                                                                                                        

Summary:

·               Currently working on LTE and LTE advance protocol testing for carrier certification and conformance team at Qualcomm.

§    Excellent understanding of the air interface, Protocol Stack, Physical/MAC/RRC layers and Call Processing concepts, 3GPP standards and technology like LTE, UMTS and GSM.

§    Address customer issue and drive them to the solution.

§    Exposure to commercial test simulators and test systems such as Anite, Rohde&Schwarz, Anritsu, Spirent, Agilent for wireless telephony product verification.

§    Good proficiency in optimization and drive testing tools.

§    Proficient communication skills in written and oral reporting, acquired leadership abilities.

 

Technical Skills:

Lab testing tools Anite, R&S, Anritsu, Spirent , QPST

Log-Analysis Tools                                          QXDM, ADB, Wireshark

Debugging Tools JTAG, Trace 32

Drive testing tools                             TEMS Investigation, NEMO outdoor, Hasati Nkpi

Optimization & Designing tools        Actix, MapInfo, MS Streets and Trips

Software tool                                     Matlab, Cadance, P-spice, H-spice, Microsoft office

Programming Languages                  C

Operating system                               Windows

Equipment                                          RF scanner, Oscilloscope, Signal Generator, Spectrum Analyzer, GPS

 

Work Experience:

    Modem System Test Engineer, Qualcomm Inc, USA.                           January 2013 – till now

§    Responsible for verifying Modem software's protocols/features and characterizing system performance. Responsible for preparing testing reports and testing procedure.

§    Actively collaborate with Anite, Anritsu and RnS engineers to understand, debug and resolve any issues related to the test scripts or test equipment.

§    System level 3GPP feature integration and test, executing test strategies and test plans for LTE & LTE Advance features like SRVCC, Carrier Aggregations and VoLTE/IMS.

§    Perform log analysis of handset and debugging of modem issues and generate efficient solutions.

§    Participate in system integration, verification, debugging and test of mobile devices.

§    Bug tracking and mapping through JIRA.

§    Responsible for maintaining test automation components to drive test hardware as well as maintain tools that can run test scenarios.

 

RF Engineer, GTL USA Inc., USA.                                                           April 2011-January 2013

§    Technical analysis of previous days drives and pro-active identification of issues.

§    Analysis of HASATI reports/KPI analysis.

§    Route creation using MapInfo.

§    Time gap analysis & Monitoring Support.

§    Perform drive testing for LTE and 3G network.

§    Collect data using QXDM, TEMS and Hasati tools.

§    Upgrade firmware in all tools and handsets; Troubleshoot Android based handsets.

 

Education:

Master of Science in Electrical Engineering          

University of Texas, Arlington                                                                                                    GPA: 3.7/4.0

  B. Tech in Electronics & Communication Engineering

Ganpat University, India                                                                                                            GPA: 3.8/4.0