Optical Systems Analyst Research Engineer resume example

Optical Systems and Technology Lab (OSTL) is the home of innovative photonic system solutions for optical communication networks, medical imaging and other disciplines bridging the gap between novel approaches and real world applications.

Accomplishments

Traditional OSAs have limited resolution for numerous applications demanding high performance and often the cost rises exponentially if performance is improved using conventional methods. Coherent Channel Analyzer (CCA) is a novel solution providing improved resolution at a fraction of the cost. I worked with a team of SMEs to determine the requirements of the industry, did brain-storming sessions to develop a novel design to meet these requirements, presented the solution as well as initial prototypes to various stakeholders and shareholders to obtain the necessary grant money. I also developed a .NET application for the UI that the end users can use for the CCA.

• Elicited stakeholder requirements and input through interviews and surveys.
• Identified bottlenecks and implemented new and improved processes for an advanced and cost effective solution for a spectrum analyzer.
• Co-authored project grant applications and effectively presented the CCA prototype to shareholders and other stakeholders that successfully secured $20k in funds for the project.
• Led cross-functional teams to analyze, understand and fine-tune the solution. Led the initiative resulting in the design and testing of a device with over 3 orders of magnitude improvement in resolution at one-tenth of the cost of state-of-the art analyzers.

Research in Motion (RIM) is an industry leader in wireless communication, blazing the trail for smart phones with its most popular wireless handheld device, the BlackBerry.

The test team was responsible for ensuring that the wireless devices, s soon to be released conformed to all the industry standard wireless protocols. The protocol test team ran nightly builds for the Layer 1 code and ensured the successful integration with the rest of the 3G protocol stack. Once the OS was loaded on the device, the interoperability test team ensured the device's communication with the base stations followed the 3GPP protocol and the UI responded as per standard.

Accomplishments

An Automated Test Framework (ATF) was created to increase efficiency of the test and development team: create a platform for the test lead to set a time and execute the code from the code management software (perforce) where the developers put in their changes and run the automated test cases, report errors, create a log and email the test lead of the results. ATF has a DB of test cases that developers can log in and run specific tests on their builds, based on a queue system.

• Designed and Developed a cutting-edge automated test framework used across testing teams for a Fortune 500 company that saved 10-15 man hours per week, boosted efficiency of the test team and improved inter-organizational work flow.
• Gathered functional requirements from multiple test teams to design the ATF using SQL queries and Python scripting that automates nightly builds and run over 20 different test cases.
• Created prototypes and wireframes to communicate the needs of the test teams with the development team. The ATF saved over 5 man-hours a week, increasing the efficiency of the test and analysis process of the team considerably.
• Created use case documents to verify the interaction between the wireless device and carrier as well as the user and device interaction conform to the standards document.
Drafted over 50 test case reports and wrote use case documents ensuring interoperability of the newly released blackberry devices with multiple wireless carriers .