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RANJAL AGRAWAL

San Jose,CA

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience

Work History

Technical Project Manager

Aquatic AV
08.2023 - Current
  • Collaborated closely with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless communication and information sharing throughout project lifecycles.
  • Ensured all projects adhered to quality standards by implementing rigorous testing procedures and closely monitoring progress reports.
  • Optimized resource utilization by accurately forecasting staffing needs and proactively addressing potential bottlenecks in the project pipeline.
  • Managed vendor relationships to secure competitive pricing for software licenses, hardware purchases, and consulting services while maintaining quality standards.

Embedded Systems Engineer

Aquatic AV
07.2021 - 08.2023
  • PCB circuit troubleshooting, debugging, signal analysis, assembly and testing of IC’s and components
  • Architect, Design, develop, test, and debug system Firmware
  • Soldering and de-soldering THT and SMT components
  • PCB designing using Mentor PADS Pro
  • Selecting components and maintain required documentation of electrical design for prototype and final products.

Research Assistant

Intelligent Computing and Embedded Systems Laboratory – SFSU
09.2020 - 07.2021
  • Plan, modify, & execute research techniques, procedures, and tests with team to ensure smooth project fabrication
  • Redesign the course structure for ENGR 478 (Design with Microprocessors)
  • Assist lab participants with robotics SW, HW and hands-on operations.

Embedded Engineer

Indeyes Infotech Pvt. Ltd
08.2016 - 08.2017
  • Developed projects on ATmega8/16/32 microcontroller, circuit analyzing through Proteus ISIS
  • Redesigned 1-layer and 2-layer PCB using Proteus ISIS PCB design software and soldered components
  • Examined components like Counter, Displays, ADC, Stepper & DC motors, and Ultrasonic sensors using logic analyzer.

Education

Executive Master's in Project Management - Project Management

University of The Cumberlands
Williamsburg, KY
05.2025

Master of Science, Engineering - Embedded Electrical & Computer Systems

San Francisco State University
San Francisco, CA
08.2020

Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical, Electronics And Communications Engineering

Rajiv Gandhi Prodyogiki Vishwavidyalaya
Bhopal, MP
05.2017

Skills

  • PCB Designing
  • Project Leadership
  • Technical Project Planning
  • Schedule Management
  • Quality Assurance
  • Project Management
  • Team Management
  • Vendor Management
  • Cross-functional Team Coordination
  • Documentation and Reporting
  • Vendor Selection
  • Soldering
  • SPI
  • I2C
  • UART
  • Mentor PADS Pro
  • Express PCB
  • CodeVisionAVR
  • Proteus ISIS
  • Keil uVision5
  • ARMSim
  • MATLAB
  • PyCharm
  • Embedded C
  • Flowcode

Projects

RGB and Single Color LED Systems

  • Sourced new RGB controller to reduce the cost by 45%
  • Developed new Light Strips
  • Managed communication between multiple departments for smooth flow of project.

Bluetooth Stereo Amplifier with RS485

  • Modified the Firmware and PCB as per the requirements of the customer.
  • Reduced the customer cost by 15%.
  • Added more features than the unit that the customer is currently using.

Basic Bluetooth Stereo Amplifier

  • Redesigned PCB to improve the performance and Reduce the cost by 9%.
  • Developed high-quality documentation and test procedure to improve the QA process.

License Plate Recognition System, 

  • Deployed system to recognize the license plate and store it in text in the database using Python on Raspberry Pi.
  • LSTM trained OCR, MySQL database

Hand Motion Controlled Robot Car (imitating a wheelchair), 

  • Implemented wireless communication using UART communication between two Tiva TM4C123GH6PM microcontrollers using ARM Cortex M4 processor using Keil uVision5., UART communication, ARM Cortex M4, Keil uVision5

Timeline

Technical Project Manager

Aquatic AV
08.2023 - Current

Embedded Systems Engineer

Aquatic AV
07.2021 - 08.2023

Research Assistant

Intelligent Computing and Embedded Systems Laboratory – SFSU
09.2020 - 07.2021

Embedded Engineer

Indeyes Infotech Pvt. Ltd
08.2016 - 08.2017

Executive Master's in Project Management - Project Management

University of The Cumberlands

Master of Science, Engineering - Embedded Electrical & Computer Systems

San Francisco State University

Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical, Electronics And Communications Engineering

Rajiv Gandhi Prodyogiki Vishwavidyalaya
RANJAL AGRAWAL