Test Engineer

2/11/2015
Dallas, TX

Position Desired

Systems Engineering
Dallas, TX
Yes

Resume

(C) 214.830.3848

Objective
Actively seeking a position as a System Integration and/or System Test Engineer in which to utilize my broad engineering experience with Voice Solutions including P.25 LMR Systems, VoIP (SIP, UDP,RTP,MGCP), WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, and Circuit Switched solutions with SS7 and ISDN Q.931. I have applied these principles to a variety of Industry Platforms, Applications and Product Deployments for both Lab and Field Environments.

Summary
* Communications Systems Integrated, Tested and Performed Customer Acceptance Testing/Commissioning, plus ongoing Customer and Field Support include:
> P.25 LMR Trunked & Conventional/ Public Safety Radio Systems with KMF (DES/AES), Tone Control and Digital Dispatch Consoles at multiple Municipalities, Sheriffs’ HQ’s, and several Police Departments.
> VoIP ATM and VPN Networks Over Sonet utilizing Tekelec’s Soft-Switch, Cisco 8850 Gateways and Customer Backbone. New South Telecommunications, Sprint Lab – Kansas City, KA.
> TCAP/AIN solutions for a Major Communications Carrier utilizing the Nortel DMS-250 and Customer SCP/AIN base. Cable and Wireless Inc., MCI Communications.
* Performed all System Integration & Test Activities for multiple Communications Systems Solutions leading the Test Teams as a Technical Lead.
* Performed Customer Demonstrations for multiple Communications Systems Solutions including P.25 LMR with KMF at APCO for Governmental Officials and Private Customers; VoIP Solutions Certification with Cisco personnel achieving Partner Status; STP quad-deployments for MCI Engineering for Performance and Capacity.
* Trained the newly established Field Support Groups for both LMR and VoIP solutions providing basic Documentation and Guidelines.
* Familiar with TCP/IP Networking and Routing, Protocols and Signaling involved in session establishment over ATM/VPN and Ethernet using SIP, MGCP, MEGACO for session control and utilizing UDP, RTP for Media Transport with Multicast Routing.
* Tested Circuit Switched Systems including Wired & Wireless TDMA/CDMA with all TDM protocols such as SS7, Q.931 ISDN, AIN, TCAP, LNP.
* I have used INET and MGTS for SS7 traffic generation into a TDM STP for transfer to a packet switched solution utilizing VoIP and terminating to SIP phones.
* I have used network sniffers Ethereal/Wireshark to validate message content and flow for Protocol Analysis.
* I am also bilingual in Spanish.

Skills:
TCP/IP – UDP/RTP/EIGRP/OSPF/HTTP/FTP/SNMP/SSL
WiFi 802.11 b/g/n
Cisco IOS
SIP/MGCP/Megaco
SS7/ISDN Q.931
Unix/Linux
MS OS Windows 7/XP/2000

Education:
B. S. Electrical Engineering - TX A & M University - College Station, TX




Experience:

Aug. 2011 – Apr 2012: Cassidian Communications – Frisco, TX
System Integration Engineer
* Perform CORP25 Simulcast/Trunked System Rollout. Duties include:
a. System Configuration and Performance Verification
b. SW Installation and Upgrades
c. Customer Interfacing for detected issues and providing resolution in timely manner
d. System Demonstrations to Customer Personnel
* Lab System Configuration to mimic Customer Deployments
* Perform Demo System Preparation and teardown for Customers and Industry Trade Shows (APCO)

Aug. 2009 – Aug. 2011: Cisco Systems PSBU Division – San Jose, CA
IPICS Dev-Test Engineer
* Performed P25 ISSI/CSSI Integration for the IPICS Collaboration Product utilizing Etherstack ISSI SW and Remote P25 Trunked Systems. Delivered Integration & Test Strategies, Test Bed Design and Test Cases as part of the overall ISSI System Implementation Process.
* Performed overall Integration and System Testing for Cisco IPICS Solution. This effort involved Cisco IDC, Unified Call Manager, Wireless Network AP Controllers, Wireless AP’s, IPICS Unix servers and IOS based routers (G1/G2) including LMR P.25 Radios and Tone Control.
* Performed Voice Quality Testing for Cisco IPICS Product and interfacing endpoints including Cisco IP Phones, IPICS Dispatch Console, and LMR E&M ports with G711 and G729R8 codecs over RTP VoIP. Utilized several Test Tools including Multi_DSLA for Analysis, Voice generation, and script execution.
* Performed successful Cisco IPICS LMR/Dispatch Console product demonstrations for visiting customer engineering teams.
* Created Multiple “How To …” documents providing Test Direction instructions, trouble-shooting, and execution hints.

Feb. 2008 - Nov. 2008 - Prodea Systems - Plano, TX
Sr. Test Engineer
* Performed 802.11 B/G/N Integration Testing utilizing the Veriwave Wavetest90 test box and isolation chamber to verify client connections, security and data transfer including SD, HD, TCP and UDP streams. In addition, verified MIMO and Aggregation functionality for 802.11N clients in both 2.4 and 5.2GHz Radio Spectrum.
* Performed 802.11 B/G//N AP performance testing for multiple vendor PCI cards including Broadcom, Atheros, and Metalink.
* Performed Basic Router testing for QoS, NAT, Port Forwarding, DMZ and Reserved Port testing.
* Created Test Plans and Test cases for the ROS2000 In-home AP and Router migrating test cases into Spiratest Test Control Suite. Also created GUI test cases using the Quick Test Pro.

Feb. 2004 – Jan. 2008 - EF Johnson - Irving, TX
Sr. System Integration Lead Test Engineer
* Lead P25 System Integration Engineer for both Conventional and Trunked P25 Systems. This effort led to Multiple P25 System Deployments for Municipalities, Sherriff’s Departments, Police Dispatch Centers and APCO Conventions. Interfaced directly with sub-contractors and public safety personnel.
* Reviewed Customer Acceptance Test Plans for adherence to System Design and Specifications.
* Integrated multiple key products including the Network Interface Unit, 2600 Digital Repeater,Telex Digital Dispatch Console, Key Management Facility, portables and mobiles for a whole Conventional P....

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