Sakthivel Velumani

Experience

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  Data Patterns (India) Pvt Ltd

  Aug 2013 - Oct 2015

  Hardwar Engineer

  Designed and developed ground base station hardware capable of receiving data from LEO satellites. Led system integration of the receiver and transmitter modules, supported the QA team, and oversaw installation at customer sites.Responsible for spacecraft integration and prototype validation including validating sub-systems like the onboard computer, sensor and attitude control actuators.

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  HCL Technologies

  Feb 2016 - Aug 2016

  Member Technical Staff

  Helped in writing design documents for a embedded system.

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  Technische Universität Darmstadt

  Mar 2018 - Aug 2018

  Student Research Assistant

  Investigated interference alignment in a unique multi-group MIMO relay network. Studied existing algorithms for similar networks and developed a new closed-form solution that outperformed existing approaches for the specific network scenario.

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  Intel Corporation

  May 2018 - Jan 2019

  Designed and developed a new sliding-window based decoding algorithm for LDPC Convolutional Codes.

  • Master Thesis Student

    Jul 2018 - Jan 2019

  • Intern

    May 2018 - Jul 2018
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  EURECOM

  Aug 2019 - Jul 2021

  Research Engineer

  Worked on several 5G PHY layer channels, including PDSCH, PDCCH, and PUSCH, while also optimizing the LDPC decoder and contributing to the gNB’s interoperability with FR2 UE.

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  OpenAirInterface Software Alliance

  Aug 2021 - Nov 2022

  5G RAN Consultant

  Contributed to the implementation of the E1 split in OAI gNB, and worked on fixing bugs and improving PHY layer procedures.

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  Institute for the Wireless Internet of Things at Northeastern University

  Oct 2022 - now

  Senior Software Engineer

  Contributed to various aspects of OAI's 5G stack, enabling its use in wireless research for the next generation of communication technologies.