Career objective

To pursue career in the areas of work and interest, which provide me job satisfaction and self development in a way

that I can constantly improve my technical skills and knowledge through continuous learning.

Executive Summary

Total of 1.5 years experience in Post Silicon Testing & Verification, Test Automation, Data Parsing and Networking.

This includes insight into Python, VBA, Hardware Bring-up, Tool Development and Software Development &

Debug.

Good hands-on knowledge of C programming language.

Hands on experience on HW-SW interface.

Managed time effectively to meet deadlines.

Good Communication and Organizational skills.

Eager to try new things and a quick learner.

Education:

o M.Tech. – Embedde Systems

o B.E. – Electronics & Communication

Work/Industry Experience

Worked as an intern at Broadcom Communications Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore, India in Bluetooth

RFDVT team. Previously worked in WLAN Hardware Development team.

Area of Work: Post Silicon Testing & Verification of WLAN/Bluetooth chip at radio layer for its performance

parameters like Maximum Transmitted Power, Out of Band Transmission, Bit/Packet Error Rate – Sensitivity, Adjacent Channel Interference - In Band Spur, etc. and analyzing these parameters for the best performance. Test

automation and data parsing from Microsoft Excel & text files using scripting languages Python and Visual Basic for

Applications (VBA).

Duration: June 2014 to May 2015

Worked as a Customer Support/Service/Network Engineer at Siemens Enterprise Communications Pvt. Ltd.,

Ahmedabad, India.

Area of Work: Installation and maintenance of Voice Intercom Systems (Hipath) and Video Conferencing Systems

(Polycom).

Duration: March 2012 to September 2012

Industrial training at Regional Telecom Training Centre (RTTC), BSNL, Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

Duration: January 2011 to March 2011

Areas of Interest

Processor Architecture & Design

Embedded Programming

Software Development

Digital system design

Technical Skills

Programming Languages : C & Embedded C, Basics of C++, Python, VBA, VHDL, MATLAB

Software Tools : Xilinx ISE / EDK Tool, Quartus, Proteus, Multisim, Advanced Design System (ADS),

Eclipse IDE, Keil µVison, MPLAB IDE, Visual Studio

Others : Architecture and Programming of PIC and 8051 Microcontrollers

OS : LINUX, Windows

Darshan P. Shah 25, Male, Indian

Phone: +91 9426743337 darshanshah037@gmail.com

Projects

RF Front End Characterization for Narrow & Wide Band Radios (M.Tech. Final Year

Project)

Description: Front end is an important part of WLAN/BT chip design, having Band Pass Filter to reduce strong out-

of-band signals, Power Amplifier, Low Noise Amplifier and matching network. Power Amplifier and Low Noise

Amplifier are incorporated to amplify signal to be transmitted and weak signal received by antenna respectively.

Filter non-idealities, nonlinearity of power amplifier, high noise figure of Low Noise Amplifier and many other impairments affect the ideal behavior of the design and degrades the desired performance. Transmit Signal Strength

Indicator, Error Vector Magnitude, receiver sensitivity and many other such parameters help to evaluate how and at

what extent these imperilments affect the design and also help to improve the design accordingly.

Hardware: WLAN/BT Chip mounted on test board, Signal/Spectrum Analyser, Power Meter, Vector Network

Analyzer, Bluetooth Test set (Anritsu), Attenuator/Switch Driver

Programming Languages: Python, VBA

“32-bit MiniMIPS ALU” using VHDL on Xilinx Spartan-3E (M.Tech LAB Project)

“Traffic Light Controller” on ARM7 LPC2148 Edutech Board (M.Tech LAB Project)

Laser Audio Transmission (B.E. Final Year Project)

Description: This project is a proof-of-concept device that transmits an audio signal using a laser beam, while

removing the need for the user to align the transmitter and Receiver. Receiver receives the audio signal in the form of

laser beam and converts it back to electrical audio signal.

Hardware: PIC16F877A microcontroller, Stepper Motor, LM358N, Opto-isolator 4N35, Photo Transistor

Programming Language: Embedded C

Tools & IDEs: Proteus (For simulation), MPLAB (For code development), Flash Programmer (To load the program

into controller memory)

Fastest Finger First (B.E.)

Description: The project is based on 8051 microcontroller. Useful for quiz games, the Fastest Finger First circuit displays the player number along with a beep sound when specified player presses the button before other.

FM Radio (B.E.)

Description: The project is a simple FM Receiver works on transistors and variable capacitor which uses the

frequency range 88 to 108 MHz.

Educational Qualifications

Year of Passing Percentage

(%) / CGPA Specialization Institute University

M.Tech. 2015 7.69 CGPA Embedded

Systems

Institute of Technology,

Ahmedabad

Nirma University

B.E. 2011

59.32%

(All Semester

Aggregate)

Electronics and

Communication

Gandhinagar

Institute of

Technology,

Gandhinagar

Gujarat

University

Seminars

Graphics Processing Unit

32-bit MiniMIPS ALU

Interfacing to DSPs

High Performance Embedded Architectures and Compilers

GNU Cross-Platform Development Toolchain

H.264 Video Coding Standard

Steganography

Softcore Processor

Achievements

Participated and secured 2nd place in the circuit designing competition in the Techfest, 2010 held in Gandhinagar

Institute of Technology.

Extra - Curricular Activities

Took part in a national level Robotic event with wireless robot in Prevoyance, 2009 held in Nirma University.

Conducted a Multisim Simulation competition, in a group in the Techfest, 2010 held in Gandhinagar Institute of

Technology.

Participated in MATLAB programming competition in the Techfest, 2010 held in Gandhinagar Institute of

Technology.

Industrial Visits

Visited “SECURE METER” in SMT, PTH and PCI section.

Visited “LUNAR PCB” in assembly Unit.

Personal Details

Languages Known : English Hindi

Gujarati

Hobbies : Teaching

Drawing

Sports

Listening to Music

Date Of Birth : 15th Oct. 1989

Marital Status : Married

Religion : Jain

Nationality : Indian

References

Mr. Preetham Raj Manager, Hardware Development Engineering,

Broadcom Communications Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Bangalore, Karnataka, India.

e-mail:preetham@broadcom.com

M: +91-9741890462

Mr. Anilkumar Maligi Manager, Hardware Development Engineering,

Broadcom Communications Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Bangalore, Karnataka, India.

e-mail:masanil@broadcom.com

M: +91-8197645056

Declaration

I hereby declare that the above mentioned information is correct up to my knowledge and I bear the responsibility for

the correctness of the above mentioned particulars.

Place: Bangalore Darshan P. Shah