Pradeep Kumar Somasundaram

Experience

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  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

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  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

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  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
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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  Shri Lakshmi Dhall Mill

  Dec 2020 - Aug 2024

  Managing Partner

  Pulses Import & Export

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  Adhvi Mills, Shri Amman Dhall Mill

  Apr 2024 - now

  Managing Partner