Siddharth Mehta

Current

• SQA Intern at Brocade
• Graduate Assistant (Technical) at Academy of Leadership

Past

• Validation / Customer Engagement Engineer at Freescale Semiconductors
• Software Test Engineer at Flextronics Software systems

Education

• University of Maryland College Park
• National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli

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Industry

Telecommunications

Siddharth Mehta’s Summary

Self motivated Validation / Customer Engagement Engineer with 3+ years of serving roles on the interface of Business and Wireless Technologies in the Telecommunication Industry in India , France and Germany.

Possesses in-depth experience and a strong Technical knowledge-base combined with excellent Business and Managerial skills.

Expert in most aspects of Mobile Platforms design and validation. Special areas of expertise include competency development, pre-sales support, Cost Reduction, Process Improvement, Product Targeting, Customer Focus and Innovation.

Strongly customer focused and skilled in interfacing with product engineering, process engineering, marketing and troubleshooting from unit to system levels. Extremely functional and gregarious in a team environment.

Siddharth Mehta’s Specialties:

Strong practical wireless knowledge, Sharp Learning ability, Strong Validation and Analysis experience and skills, International experience of having worked in India, France and Germany, Exceptional Debugging and troubleshooting skills, Strong knowledge about User Experience improvement, Excellent knowledge of hardware and software domains. Industry Level Skills in Market and Trend Analysis, Leadership, Sharp Learning ability, Organizational and Managerial Abilities, Pre-Sales and Marketing.

Siddharth Mehta’s Experience

• SQA Intern

  Brocade

  (Public Company; BRCD; Computer Networking industry)

  June 2009 — Present (2 months)

• Graduate Assistant (Technical)

  Academy of Leadership

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  September 2008 — Present (11 months)

  Responsible for Technical Purchases, Technical Troubleshooting, Network Management, Event Coordination, Media Development and Distribution, and Web-portal Development

• Validation / Customer Engagement Engineer

  Freescale Semiconductors

  (Privately Held; Semiconductors industry)

  June 2006 — July 2008 (2 years 2 months)

  >Business Development:
  *Provided Constant and Strong Technical support to Pre-Sales
  *Co-developed Test Execution Plan and Test Cases with focus on Reducing Testing Cycle time and Process Improvement
  *Aligned Development team’s Deliverables with Validation team’s Requirements
  
  >Configuration Management:
  *Handled System and Component Level Integration, CR handling, Feature Development
  *Coordinated Build processes, Build Deliveries and Release Planning with customer
  *Performed Detailed Result Analysis: White box, Unit, Integration, Functional, System, Regression, Acceptance, Performance, KPI, Interoperability, Live, Drive
  
  >RF and Modem Validation:
  *Manual GSM/GPRS/UMTS Modem Validation (3GPP 34 series), RF Phasing and performance
  *Network Simulators: Agilent (8960), Anritsu (8820, 8470), R&S-CMU 200, Anite SAT, Spirent (GSS-6560)
  *Handled Validation of :Video Telephony, Multi-RAT (2G/3G/HSPA) Handovers, Data Throughput
  *Current drain measurement, Power Optimization and Power Management for RF modules
  *Single Handedly initiated A-GPS Validation and Integration
  *Automation of test cases using Unified Test Automation(UTA) framework for RTOS
  
  >Multimedia, Connectivity and Messaging Validation:
  *Audio and Video Telephony Codecs, Profiles, their CPU Consumptions at Framework and System Level
  *Performed codec and system level validation on Symbian Multimedia and RTOS frameworks
  *Handled Messaging, Multimedia, Connectivity (USB, Bluetooth, W-LAN) Validation (Manual+Automation)
  *Automation of UI and Framework Level test cases
  
  >Embedded System Validation:
  *Audio and Video Telephony Codecs, Profiles CPU Performance (MIPS) Measurement at Framework Level
  *Hardware Module Level Validation - LCD, Camera, UART, USB, SDIO, MMC, SIM, IRDA, JTAG-Lauterbach
  
  
  -International Experience:
  >Functioned as Customer Engagement Engineer: Germany
  >Coordinated Feature Integration with Nokia Consultants: France
  >Assisted Validation and Integration team: France

• Software Test Engineer

  Flextronics Software systems

  (Privately Held; Telecommunications industry)

  June 2005 — June 2006 (1 year 1 month)

  -GSM/GPRS Protocol Conformance using Anite Test Automation (Client: Texas Instruments)
  -Developed System level test cases : USB, Bluetooth, SyncML, Media player, (Client: Broadcom, California)

Siddharth Mehta’s Education

• University of Maryland College Park

  MS , Telecommunications , 2008 — 2010 (expected)

  Courses:
  *Business Domains:
  -Decision Support Methods for Telecommunication Managers
  -Management and Organizational Behavior in the Telecommunications Industry (Strategic Management)
  -Global Economic Environment
  -Special Topics in Entrepreneurship: Introduction to Innovative Thinking
  -Telecommunications Marketing Management (Strategic Marketing)
  
  *Telecom / Networking Domains:
  -PCS / AWS System Implementation (2G/3G frequency modeling, deployment and drive-testing)
  -Telecommunication Protocols (specification, design, analysis, verification, and testing of protocols)
  -Network Programming & Design – OPNET simulation

• National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli

  2001 — 2005

Additional Information

Siddharth Mehta’s Interests:

Cost Reduction, Process Improvement, Product Targeting, Advertising and Customer Focus, Industry Level Skills in Market and Trend Analysis, Innovative Ideation, Sharp Learning ability, Organizational and Managerial Abilities, Pre-Sales and Marketing

Siddharth Mehta’s Groups:

Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) - Adopter Member
Mobile Monday D.C.
BarCamp D.C.

•    Mobile Monday India
•    Technical Recruitment
•    Wireless Jobs
•    National Institute of Technology, Trichy, India - Alumni
•    Apple Professionals
•    Wireless Telecommunications
•    The Mobile City
•    NIT (National Institute of Technology) Alumni
•    Wireless Internet Industry Executives (WIIE)...5,300+ members & growing!
•    Smith School of Business -- University of Maryland
•    Mobilists (Innovators in mobile industry - 3900+ members)
•    Wireless Developers
•    Mobile Product Management
•    Mobile Telecoms industry group
•    Mobile Software Development Group
•    MOBILE & WIRELESS
•    User Experience
•    British 3G Wireless Engineers
•    WirelessCareer.com
•    Wireless Professionals Consortium
•    University of Maryland, College Park Alumni Association
•    Maryland/DC/VA Telecom Professionals
•    Telecommunications Professionals
•    Mobile industry investors group
•    Workintelecom.com
•    Freescale Semiconductor Alumni
•    LTE (Long Term Evolution) - 3GPP
•    Symbian OS
•    RF Engineering Consultants
•    LTE Evolution
•    RF wireless jobs
•    Mobile development jobs
•    Freescale CPG & Alumni
•    Telecom Canada
•    3GWirelessJobs.com
•    Freescale Bangalore
•    Mobile QA/Testing Jobs and updates.
•    BASE (BAY AREA SOFTWARE ENGINEERS)
•    Siemens Employment Opportunities direct.

Siddharth Mehta’s Honors:

Received BRAVO award at Freescale for Exceptional Performance at Toulouse, France
-Presented Two Technical Papers at Freescale Technology Forum (FTF), Bangalore, India
-Received Best Performer recognition at Flextronics Software Systems

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