Vaman Kalkundrikar

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Karnataka, India11 yrs 6 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

9+ years in RF front-end firmware design
Expertise in 5G NR and LTE systems
Proven track record in system-level debugging

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Telecommunications Engineer with expertise in RF firmware and multimedia automation.

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Skills

Core Skills

Embedded SystemsMobile Communications

Other Skills

VLSICC++Wireless Communications SystemsC#MatlabVHDLElectronicsVerilogCellular Communications

About

Lead Engineer - Senior with 9+ years of experience in RF front-end firmware design and multimedia test automation for modern SoCs. Expertise in 5G NR and LTE systems, ARM-based multicore architectures, and Android multimedia automation. Proven track record in pre-silicon/silicon bring-up, system-level debugging, and delivering critical features under tight timelines. Strong skills in automation frameworks, code coverage tools, and cross-functional collaboration.

Experience

11 yrs 6 mos

Total Experience

5 yrs 9 mos

Average Tenure

10 yrs 2 mos

Current Experience

Qualcomm

2 roles

Senior Lead Engineer

Jul 2016 – Present · 9 yrs 9 mos

Working as the sole PoC for SDRIU (Software Defined Radio Inter Unit) module in the RFSW team. It is a RISC microcontroller used for scheduling commands to RF front end chain.
Design and implement RF firmware for 5G command processing and scheduling to control RF front-end components (PAs, LNAs, switches) in Tx/Rx signal chains.
Manage memory sharing across multicore systems and developed software templates for RFFE programming.
Implement complex TxAGC algorithms for SUB6 NR 5G and LTE 4G.
Successfully driven pre-silicon and silicon bring-up of multiple SDR chipsets.
Delivered critical TxAGC features involving dual-core task processing and scheduling.

Embedded SystemsVLSICC++Mobile CommunicationsWireless Communications Systems