Skilled Researcher in mobile wireless communication and positioning areas with product management experience and multicultural awareness in international business environment of Japanese hi-tech industry is looking for a challenging R&D position with career growth opportunity.
* Strong capability to brainstorm & generate new ideas, troubleshoot issues and coordinate teams
* Experience in project and product development management in small teams (1-7 persons)
* Extensive experience of creating professional technical documentation (papers, presentations, project proposals, schedules, user manuals, product sales booklets, evaluation reports, test plans/action sheets/reports, etc.) using Office, Visio, Acrobat, LaTeX, etc. (15+ years)
* Advanced level of technical research and engineering simulation modeling (19 years)
* Advanced level of simulation and data processing programming in C (19 years), Matlab, C++, OS command script, Asm (5 years), Mathematica (3 years), Simulink (2 years), Perl, Python (1 year)
* Experience in application programming in HTML, Basic, SQL, Assembler, Fortran (3+ years) and in embedded programming in C (RTOS eCos 1 year)
* Advanced PC user & administrator skill with OS Windows (15+ years) and Linux (10+ years)
* Native Russian and near-native English fluency (TOEIC 980), business Japanese conversation
WORK EXPERIENCE
* 2005/04-Present, Wireless System Developer, GNSS Technologies, Japan
As project leader managed development of Software GPS receiver and simulator. Ported receiver version to a portable embedded platform and added functionality for a prototype of future product. Coordinated test and troubleshooting in international cooperation project developing new synchronization unit. Performed technical support for Sales Dept. by data analysis and visualization, evaluation of equipment and software, testing of new products and their demonstration to potential customers, communication and negotiation with engineers and managers at overseas partner companies, technical consultation.
Results various simulation and analysis software for PC mainly in C and Matlab, prototype Software GPS receiver for portable embedded board, internal reports, sales booklets, training materials, etc.
Tools OS Windows, Linux SW Office, Project, Adobe, E-J Translator, GPS GUIs, etc. Devel. Languages C, Matlab, Simulink, Visual Studio C++, LabWindows/CVI
Management Experience in Sample Projects
* Test & troubleshooting of GPS Simulator. 2005/05-2006/03
Project type Japan-Russia collaboration development of new product. Role Coordinator
Target market cellular base synchronization indoors. Result product deployed Japan-wide by major cellular carrier.
* Development of Simulation SW Package GPS Receiver Performance Analysis. 2008/01-2009/03
Role Project Manager and Developer. Target market R&D tool. Description researched satellite orbits and satellite signal propagation, developed software simulator of GPS transmitter and receiver including realistic error factors, evaluated result and wrote report, negotiated and communicated with customer engineer. Result product used by a major car navigation maker.
* Development of Embedded Hybrid GPS-IMES Receiver. 2009/11-present
Role Project Manager and Developer. Target market navigation chipmakers. Description ported RTOS eCos to new COTS platform, adapted open-source GPS receiver (C language) by adding re-acquisition block and signal/message processing for Indoor Messaging System (IMES, Japanese standard for indoor positioning and messaging). Result working prototype of stand-alone hybrid GPS-IMES RX.
* Technical Support of Sales Engineers. 2009/11-present
Description testing new products, presenting new products to customer, training sales staff, etc.
* 2004/04-2005/03 Postdoc Researcher, KDDI Laboratories R&D, YRP, Japan
As a team member, was in charge of developing simulation software of physical layer protocol of CDMA2000 EV-DO software radio terminal. Conducted research on radio access algorithms for mobile communications. Evaluated R&D tools and communicated with overseas partner company. Undertook training in new DSP technology at Eng. Dept. of overseas partner company (USA).
Results simulation software package in C. Tools OS Windows SW Office, Adobe, E-J Translator
Devel. Languages C, C++, Visual Studio
* 2002/10-2003/06 Associate Visiting Researcher, Communications and Integrated Systems Department, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Under professors supervision expanded fast Pseudo-Noise (PN) code acquisition method to cover non-coherent fully asynchronous DS-CDMA communication systems.
Results journal paper, simulation software in C/C++. Tools OS Windows, Linux SW Office, LaTeX.
Devel. Languages C, C++, Visual Studio, gcc
* 2001/04-2002/09 Visiting Researcher, NTT DoCoMo R&D Center, YRP, Japan
As a team member, analyzed theoretically and by simulation the idle mode of a cell search algorithm in WCDMA wireless cellular system. Researched signal propagation models. Quantified effects of user mobility, location and signal parameters on the optimal cell search window.
Results internal reports, simulation software for PC. Devel. Languages C, Visual Studio, gcc
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan, 1996/04-2001/03, degree granted 2003/06
* Area of Specialization Wireless Communication Systems.
* Thesis Title Fast Acquisition of Pseudo-Noise Sequences in DS-CDMA Systems.
* Description Proposed a novel fast PN-code acquisition method with modest hardware cost for DS-CDMA with considerable superiority of acquisition time against some fast acquisition methods.
* Language Courses Academic English Reading and Writing
Results two journal publications and four conference reports, simulation software in C
Diploma of Engineer in Information Transmission and Communication Systems, Moscow Aviation Institute (Tech. Univ.), Russia, 1987/09-1993/03
* Area of Specialization Mobile Communications and Remote Control Systems
* Diploma Title CAE in Analysis and Selection of Signals for Wireless Spread-Spectrum Systems
REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATION AND CONFERENCE REPORT
* S. Bychenkov, V. Mikhailov, K. Sakaniwa, "Fast Acquisition of PN Sequences in DS/CDMA Systems with Incoherent Demodulator", IEICE Trans. on Com., no.12, pp.3319-3334, Dec. 2006
* S. Bychenkov, K. Sakaniwa, "M-Sequences Suitable for Mobile DS-CDMA", ICUPC'98 Proc.
UNIVERSITY SERVICES
Chair and Web Designer, IEEE Student Branch at Tokyo Institute of Technology, 1996-1998
* Leadership, project management and teamwork experience, 1st Prize Winner in 1998 IEEE World Wide Student Branch contest
Laboratory Assistant, Moscow Aviation Institute (Tech. Univ.), Russia, 1990/09-1995/03
* Conducted lab. course on Spread Spectrum Signals, maintained lab. park of PCs, assisted in development of educational software, developed software for capture & compression of PC images,etc
QUALIFICATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
* IEEE Member (2001-Present) and ACM Member (2009-Present)
* Qualification of Electronics Engineer Moscow Aviation Institute, Russia, 1993
REFERENCES
* Prof. Kohichi Sakaniwa, Electrical and Electronic Eng. Dept., Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
* Assoc. Prof. Hisato Iwai, Electrical and Electronic Eng. Dept., Doshisha University, Japan
Employer:
GNSS Technologies
Job Title:
Wireless System Developer
Start Month/Year:
04/2005
End Month/Year:
Current
City:
Tokyo
Country:
Japan
Description:
As project leader managed development of Software GPS receiver and simulator. Ported receiver version to a portable embedded platform and added functionality for a prototype of future product. Coordinated test and troubleshooting in international cooperation project developing new synchronization unit. Performed technical support for Sales Dept. by data analysis and visualization, evaluation of equipment and software, testing of new products and their demonstration to potential customers, commun
Employer:
KDDI R&D Laboratories
Job Title:
Postdoc Researcher
Start Month/Year:
04/2004
End Month/Year:
03/2005
City:
Yokosuka
Country:
Japan
Description:
As a team member, was in charge of developing simulation software of physical layer protocol of CDMA2000 EV-DO software radio terminal. Conducted research on radio access algorithms for mobile communications. Evaluated R&D tools and communicated with overseas partner company. Undertook training in new DSP technology at Eng. Dept. of overseas partner company (USA).
Results: simulation software package in C. Tools: OS: Windows; SW: Office, Adobe, E-J Translator;
Devel. Languages: C, C++, Visual Studio
Employer:
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Job Title:
Associate Visiting Researcher
Start Month/Year:
10/2002
End Month/Year:
03/2004
City:
Tokyo
Country:
Japan
Description:
Under professor’s supervision expanded fast Pseudo-Noise (PN) code acquisition method to cover non-coherent fully asynchronous DS-CDMA communication systems.
Results: journal paper, simulation software in C/C++. Tools: OS: Windows, Linux; SW: Office, LaTeX.
Devel. Languages: C, C++, Visual Studio, gcc
Employer:
NTT DoCoMo R&D Center
Job Title:
Visiting Researcher
Start Month/Year:
04/2001
End Month/Year:
09/2002
City:
Yokosuka
Country:
Japan
Description:
As a team member, analyzed theoretically and by simulation the idle mode of a cell search algorithm in WCDMA wireless cellular system. Researched signal propagation models. Quantified effects of user mobility, location and signal parameters on the optimal cell search window.
Results: internal reports, simulation software for PC. Devel. Languages: C, Visual Studio, gcc
Employer:
Moscow Aviation Institute (Tech. Univ.)
Job Title:
Laboratory Assistant
Start Month/Year:
10/1993
End Month/Year:
03/1995
City:
Moscow
Country:
Russia
Description:
Conducted lab. course on Spread Spectrum Signals,
Maintained lab. park of PCs,
Assisted in development of educational software,
Developed software for capture & compression of PC images, etc.
Employer:
R&D Institute of Aircraft Technique
Job Title:
Software developer
Start Month/Year:
05/1993
End Month/Year:
09/1993
City:
Moscow
Country:
Russia
Description:
As a team member, continued development of image compression algorithm for wireless UAV camera system by combining loss-less and pattern-based algorithms into one high-rate algorithm, developed software realizing the new algorithm, wrote report
Education Level:
PhD
School Name:
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Major:
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
City:
Tokyo
Country:
Japan
Graduation Date:
08/08/2010
Description:
* Area of Specialization: Wireless Communication Systems.
* Thesis Title: Fast Acquisition of Pseudo-Noise Sequences in DS-CDMA Systems.
* Description: Proposed a novel fast PN-code acquisition method with modest hardware cost for DS-CDMA with considerable superiority of acquisition time against some fast acquisition methods.
* Language Courses: Academic English Reading and Writing
Results: two journal publications and four conference reports, simulation software in C
Education Level:
Master's Degree
School Name:
Moscow Aviation Institute (Tech. Univ.)
Major:
Information Transmission and Communication Systems
City:
Moscow
Country:
Russia
Graduation Date:
08/08/1993
Description:
* Area of Specialization: Mobile Communications and Remote Control Systems
* Diploma Title: CAE in Analysis and Selection of Signals for Wireless Spread-Spectrum Systems
Education Level:
Vendor Technology Trainings
School Name:
Sandbridge Technologies
Major:
DSP Software Development
City:
Whight Plains
Country:
USA
Graduation Date:
08/08/2010
Description:
Seminar and Laboratory training in programming vendor DSP with multi-cores targeted for wireless communication terminals
