About

Pramod Kumar is a highly experienced RF Validation Engineer with over 8 years of experience in the WLAN industry. Currently working as a Senior Lead Engineer at Qualcomm, Hyderabad, Pramod's role and responsibility include handling the WLAN HalPhy team, which validates all RF-related characteristics of the WLAN chipset, mainly focused on the Phy layer. Pramod has a strong background in RF testing of WLAN and wireless testing of WLAN. He is proficient in running automation scripts for testing products at room and elevated temperatures. He has experience in using test equipment like RF Signal Generators, Spectrum Analyzers, Signal Analyzers, Network Analyzers, Power Meter, and Temperature Chamber. Pramod is also skilled in analyzing test data, building reports, drawing conclusions, and making decisions to generate datasheets. In his past roles, Pramod has worked as a Design Engineer at Altran and a Software Quality Engineer at Broadcom. At Altran, he was responsible for Wireless RF testing of WLAN (WiFi) Chipset, including tests such as Power Amplifier Saturation Point, Insertion Loss, Amplifier P1dB, Third-order intercept point (IP3), and Impedance match tuning. At Broadcom, he was responsible for RF testing of WLAN, including tests for DVT verification, such as Target Power Control Measurement (TPC), Error Vector Measurement (EVM), Spectral Mask Measurement Test (ACPR), and Frequency Error Measurement Test. Pramod has a Bachelor's degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering from S D M College of Engg. & Technology, Dharwad. He is proficient in Python and has experience in multiple automation projects for automating test-related equipment. Pramod's relevant experience in the industry is 10.79 years.