Pradeep Kumar Somasundaram

Pradeep Kumar Somasundaram

Telecommunication and Networking intern

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  • About me

    Managing Partner at Adhvi Mills

  • Education

    • St. Joseph's College of Engineering, Chennai, TamilNadu, India

      2009 - 2013
      Bachelor's degree in Engineering Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering

      Activities and Societies: IEEE Student Chapter, NSS • Completed Bachelor's degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering• Secretary for IEEE Student Chapter• Event Organizer intra & inter college Symposiums• Debugged op-amp, filters, electronic circuits at other college Symposiums

    • SRV Boys Higher Secondary School

      2007 - 2009
      High School Computer Science 90%

      Activities and Societies: An active member in NSS Completed courses in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Computer Science

    • T.M.H.N.U. Mat. Hr. Sec. School, Theni, India

      2006 - 2007
      Secondary School 86%

      Activities and Societies: Group Leader in Bharath Scouts and Guides • Completed Courses in Physics, Chemistry, Biology, English, Tamil and Social Science• Patrol Leader for Student association in Bharath Scouts and Guides for five years

    • Florida Institute of Technology

      2014 - 2015
      Master's degree Electrical and Electronics Engineering

      Activities and Societies: Badminton Club, Tennis Club • Graduate student in Electrical and Computer Engineering• Done academic projects in Wireless Sensor Networks used to measure the quality of water• Completed courses regarding Wireless Communication, Networking specialization

  • Experience

    • Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited

      Apr 2012 - Jul 2012
      Telecommunication and Networking intern

      • Studied about the working function of switching in telephone networks• Learned different ways to identify the fault in the communication grid and rectify it• Worked with LAN & inter networking devices. Monitored the telecommunication equipment installed at BSNL• Trouble shoot GSM mobile phone calls and done metric testing

    • Cognizant

      Sept 2013 - Dec 2013
      Program Analyst

      • Identified initial and supplemental needs for projects• Directed and coordinated activities of project personnel • Developed applications using C, C++, and JAVA• Supported Hospital Management and Ship Management database using MYSQL

    • Florida Institute of Technology

      Sept 2014 - Jun 2015

      • Responsible for Project Analysis • Created Bill of Materials for placing purchase orders• Dividing the work within teammates• Procured electronic products, pH Sensor, LDR, LM232• Built the project Wireless Sensor Nodes• Designed Wireless Sensor Network for monitoring the quality of water• Used TEEN protocol for routing/for communication within the boards• Literature review is done based on the oil contamination in the ocean I used to work as referee for volley ball and soccer games

      • Research Assistant

        Jan 2015 - Jun 2015
      • Intramural Official

        Sept 2014 - Jun 2015
    • Jaycon Systems

      Jul 2015 - Aug 2015
      Electrical Engineer Intern

      • Developed arduino projects and created the tutorial documentation of the project• Designed GPS receiver and displayed the latitude and longitude values in the LCD• Designed LED glow based on Gyro Sensor (L3GD20)• Achieved plane orientation representation using accelerometer and compass• Tested mobile networks and gained work experience about transport layer protocols such as TCP and UDP• Experience with RF test equipment measurement for power/waveform quality of WCDMA Show less

    • Altran Magnetics Inc

      Aug 2015 - Mar 2016
      Application Engineer

      • Design, Plan, execute and present experiments and data• Work on the UL certification for filters, photocells and C-frame motors• Serve as a technical resource for our sales, marketing and design engineering teams by providing them with application, technical and market needs for future developments of the products• Experience with design, modeling, simulation and test of complex RF and mixed signal printed circuit boards and modules• Created test methods specific to the use of products in their applications and work in coalition with Manufacturing Facility in Shangai, China Show less

    • Quadgen Wireless Solutions Inc.

      Mar 2016 - Apr 2019
      Wireless Network Engineer

      • LTE Carrier sites Integration for AT & T network in Ericsson Platform• Validate the sites whether, it is good for Integration + PSAP Call test + ss7• Confirm the sites with Magic Button tool, and make sure it is good for call test• Generate SiB 19 work orders

    • Comcast

      Apr 2019 - Dec 2020
      Product Development Specialist / Product Evaluation Engineer

      • Provide engineering support for evaluation of new products during their development and evaluation of new technologies for application on new and existing products• Perform characterization test beds for various Comcast products and third-party clients and devices• Responsible for addressing the challenges that may emerge on the upcoming products• Test existing ARRIS XB6, Technicolor XB6, ARRIS XF3 devices with the latest software patch release• Collect Comcast RDKB, RDKV, RDKC devices telemetry data logs, analyze them and find a solution for any defects in it. Create test cases for the product development and support activities• Participate in Comcast CPE Dev QA, Rel QA process to improve the work flow on developing and testing various product devices. Perform functionality and performance test for Comcast RDKB, RDKV, RDKC devices• Evaluate tune time characterization on high load setups for various Xi devices (Xi6, Xi5, XiD, XG1)• Manage Whole Home Setup (WHS) devices and perform validation for network connectivity, throughput and error free streaming. Work closely with developers during the early feature evaluation and testing phase for the products• Perform PAL chamber testing and measure various performance parameters: RSSI, duration time, packet loss, etc• Evaluate band steering functionality on different platforms Arris XB6, Technicolor XB6 and the latest XB7• Perform throughput testing for Arris XB3/XB6, Technicolor XB6 and the latest XB7 gateways using iPerf and IXIA servers. Perform Range vs. Orientation testing for Arris XB6, Technicolor XB6 and the latest XB7 device gateways• Plan and design Wifi solution for various location and coordinate walk test engineer and responsible for implementation of TCP/IP & related Services-DHCP/DNS• Tools used: Veriwave IXIA, octoScope PAL chambers, iperf, Xconf, Raptor, git bash Show less

    • Shri Lakshmi Dhall Mill

      Dec 2020 - Aug 2024
      Managing Partner

      Pulses Import & Export

    • Adhvi Mills, Shri Amman Dhall Mill

      Apr 2024 - now
      Managing Partner
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Programming in C

      National Institute of Information & Technology(NIIT)
    • Student Research Symposium

      ICACCI, RMK Enginnering College, Chennai, India
      Aug 2012
    • National Service Scheme

      St. Joseph's College of Engineering, Old Mamallapuram Road, Chennai-119, India.
      Mar 2010
    • Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) Routing and Switching

      Cisco Systems France
      Feb 2016
    • Axelta Certified IoT professional

      Axelta
    • IBwave Level1 Certification

      IBwave Solutions Inc.
    • AMCAT Certified Data Processing Specialist

      Aspiring Minds
      Sept 2014
      View certificate certificate
  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Pradeep Kumar Somasundaram
      Council of Europe Level B1 University of Cambridge ESOL examinations Apr 2012
    • Awarded to Pradeep Kumar Somasundaram
      TechKnow Workshop Ensemble Technologies Oct 2011
    • Awarded to Pradeep Kumar Somasundaram
      In Plant Training in BSNL, Madurai SSA Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited Jun 2011 Trained and worked in the Secondary Switching Area of Madurai District in Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (A Government of India Enterprises) Madurai Secondary Switching Area for a period of JUNE 2011.
    • Awarded to Pradeep Kumar Somasundaram
      RAJYA PURASKAR The Bharat Scouts and Guides Jun 2007
    • Awarded to Pradeep Kumar Somasundaram
      Programming in C The Academic Council of NIIT May 2006
    • Awarded to Pradeep Kumar Somasundaram
      Typewriter in English Department of Technical Education Feb 2006 Passed in First Class in TYPEWRITING ENGLISH at the Government Technical Examinations in Commerce Subjects held in February 2006
    • Awarded to Pradeep Kumar Somasundaram
      TRITIYA SOPAN TRAINING CAMP The Bharat Scouts and Guides-Periyakulam District Association Jan 2005
    • Awarded to Pradeep Kumar Somasundaram
      Karate Champion ALAN -RAJ SHITO - RYU KARATE SCHOOL INDIA May 2004
    • Awarded to Pradeep Kumar Somasundaram
      Karate Champion ALAN-RAJ SHITO - RYU KARATE SCHOOL INDIA May 2003
    • Awarded to Pradeep Kumar Somasundaram
      Karate Champion Theni District Karate- Do Assiociation Jan 2003
  • Volunteer Experience

    • N.S.S Volunteer

      Issued by National Service Scheme on Mar 2010
      National Service SchemeAssociated with Pradeep Kumar Somasundaram