PRIYANKA KACHARE
San Jose,United States
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Engineer, L1 and PHY Cellular Engineering
Samsung Semiconductor Inc.
10.2022 - Current
- Supporting commercialization of the Samsung Exynos modem in North American market and commercial modem software development.
- Analyzed L1 problems, debug and fix issues related to cell search , measurements and related L1 procedures.
- Analyzed Field/Equipment new feature logs and supported debugging of 5G/4G features.
- Participated in new feature development and debugging for North American carrier requirements.
- Managed onsite customer support, worked with off-shore team to develop and debug features as well as optimize existing implementation.
- Work closely with global protocol team to resolve North America customer issues found in lab/field/IOT/carrier test.
Digital Signal Processing Engineer
Anritsu
08.2017 - 10.2022
- Software design and development for Anritsu's high performance handheld product family which includes developing Digital Signal Processing Code for cellular technologies like LTE and 5G specifically for signal processing at the Physical layer for hardware Platforms like Xilinx Ultrascale
- Also Object Oriented programming in C++ and C for complex RF & microwave test and measurement equipment
- Developing Graphical User Interface and software modules to support user interactions
- Performing Middle layer data processing and algorithms code development
- Established strong working relationships with clients through exceptional communication skills, fostering trust and collaboration.
- Wrote, reviewed and edited technical document in accordance with template requirements.
- Developed positive working relationships with stakeholders to effectively coordinate work activities.
- Achieved successful project outcomes by maintaining accurate documentation and meeting strict deadlines.
Summer Intern
Jabil Circuits India Pvt Ltd.
05.2014 - 07.2014
- Designed an in-house product Electrostatic Discharge Workstation Monitor for monitoring the necessary conditions and the operator status working on electronic component manufacturing line to prevent the ESD phenomenon
- Final phase involved establishment of wireless network to connect all workstations and report the data to a surveillance monitor using the TI Wi-Fi modules
- The product is installed and in use at the manufacturing plant today.
Summer Intern
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
05.2013 - 07.2013
- Practical training in electric substation design and functioning followed by a study project on microcontroller control logic design for electric relay systems and power line communication systems under Mr.G.P Gupta (Scientific Officer ‘G’), Technical Services Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai.
Education
MS Electrical Engineering - Signals and Systems Track
University of California - Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA03.2017
Bachelor of Engineering (Honors) - Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Birla Institute of Science And Technology-Pilani
Pilani, India01.2015
Skills
- C
- NR(5G)
- LTE
- DSP
- MATLAB
- Simulink
- Python
- Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio)
- LINUX programming
Additional Information
Was offered a Research Assistantship (Exchange Program) at TU, Berlin, Germany in the Telecommunications Department under Prof.Adam Wolisz in the year 2015.
Presentations
Design Process of CANSAT (Can-sized satellites), Indian Space Technology-Present and Future (NSIST-2014), Hyderabad, India, Oct 2014
Concentration
Electrical Engineering-Wireless Communications Systems and Network Design
Graduate Level Academic Projects
- Boarding Assistance for Visually Impaired Community, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 10/2016-12/2016, Designed and Implemented an Assistive System for the Visually Impaired community with seamless haptic feedback and along with development of an application that will help them navigate and board a train/bus safely.
- Channel Estimation Techniques for MIMO in mm Wave (60 GHz) communication systems, 4/2016-6/2016, Study and simulation of the compressive estimation algorithm for single and multi-paths in mmWave channel considering a 32 × 32 transmit array and a receiver array of size 4x4.
- FIR Adaptive Filter Design for Inter Carrier Interference Mitigation in 802.11 WLAN communication systems, 5/2016-6/2016, Study and simulation of FIR adaptive filter for reducing the ICI phenomenon in the OFDM based 802.11 systems.
- E2E PHY Layer Design of IEEE 802.11n, 1/2016-3/2016, End to End simulation of IEEE 802.11 PHY Layer - mixed mode, spatial multiplexing and various modulation techniques evaluated.
- A Python-based Visualization Tool for the MobileInsight Application, 1/2016-3/2016, Developed a GUI for MobileInsight, a tool developed by Wireless Networking Group at UCLA, to extract and analyze runtime information on cellular network.
Graduate Level Independent Projects
- Simulation and analysis of Random Access Schemes. Routing Protocols and MAC schedulers used in modern wireless systems, Simulated and analyzed various Random Access mechanisms like Slotted Aloha, CSMA/CA used in the cellular and wireless systems. Simulated and studied routing protocols in the VANET networks and the MAC schedulers used in the modern cellular systems like LTE.
- Modelling and Simulation of MIMO-OFDM Wireless Communications with MATLAB, Simulated wireless channel modelling techniques, including large-scale fading, small-scale fading, indoor and outdoor channel modelling, SISO channel modelling, and MIMO channel modelling. Also carried out the simulation of OFDM transmission techniques and MIMO techniques.
- Mathematical Modelling, Simulation and Prototyping of LTE PHY using MATLAB, Modelled the various components and integrated PHY layer of the LTE standard with focus on link adaptation and system level simulation.
Undergradua Level Academic Projects
- Multi objective Optimization in Cognitive Radios using Genetic algorithms and Particle Swarm Optimization, 8/2014-12/2014, Simulated and analyzed the standard model for applying GA and PSO separately in Cognitive radios to solve multi objective problems. Proposed a new algorithm which is a mix of PSO and GA to be used in Cognitive radio to optimize radio performance under different communication scenarios.
- Application of Machine Learning Techniques in Cognitive Radio for efficient spectrum allocation, 1/2014-05/2014, Exposed to the field of cognitive radio and its application, with emphasis on neural networks and their applications in Cognitive radio. Performed simulations using data from Microsoft Spectrum Observatory and also generated data to train the Cognitive Radio.
- Data Acquisition using Wireless Sensor Networks, 8/2013-12/2013, Built a temperature monitoring and control system for multiple rooms using wireless sensor networks connected by ZigBee transceivers and 8051 microcontrollers.
Research
- Graduate Student Researcher, UCLA CORES (Cognitive Reconfigurable Embedded Systems Lab), Los Angeles, CA, 06/2016-03/2017, Assisted in lab research for NSF funded projects (WiFiUS) involving use of Fine Localisation estimates across the protocol stack to enhance the energy efficiency of communication, control the IoT interference, guarantee end-to-end QoS, and improve the space-time resource allocation for massive IoT applications. Currently independently investigating the potential of mobile smartphones to expand the supported number of devices in IoT networks.
- Enhancing Cognitive Radio LTE Femtocell and WRAN 802.22 Performance using Radio Environment Maps, BITS-Pilani Hyderabad Campus & TU Berlin, Hyderabad, India, 01/2015-05/2015, The task was to apply the concept of radio enabled maps in enhancing the performance of Cognitive Radio enabled LTE Femtocells and WRAN 802.22 networks. The thesis progresses with understanding of the REM, constructing the required data model, thoroughly understanding the underlying principles for its construction and finally applying it in LTE Femtocells and WRAN networks.
Timeline
Senior Engineer, L1 and PHY Cellular Engineering
Samsung Semiconductor Inc.
10.2022 - Current
Digital Signal Processing Engineer
Anritsu
08.2017 - 10.2022
Summer Intern
Jabil Circuits India Pvt Ltd.
05.2014 - 07.2014
Summer Intern
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
05.2013 - 07.2013
MS Electrical Engineering - Signals and Systems Track
University of California - Los Angeles
Bachelor of Engineering (Honors) - Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Birla Institute of Science And Technology-Pilani
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