Tuan M. Dang is seeking a position utilizing his over five years of experience in satellite communications and embedded systems engineering. He has worked for both government and private sector companies, designing, implementing, testing, and deploying hardware and software solutions. His skills include programming languages like C, VHDL, and Python as well as software like Xilinx Vivado and MATLAB. He is currently pursuing a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering with a focus on FPGAs and SDRs.

1. Tuan M. Dang
5425 North Mobile Avenue, Chicago, IL 60630
(703) 203-2157 or tuwondang@gmail.com
OBJECTIVE Satellite communications and embedded system engineer in a position that fully utilizes
my technical skills.
PROFESSIONAL
SUMMARY
Over five years of industry experience in government (defense) and private sector as
a Satellite Communications and Radio-Frequency Engineer; designing, implementing,
testing, troubleshooting and deploying mission-critical hardware and software solutions
at customer sites across the U.S. and in the Middle East.
COMPUTER
SKILLS
Languages: C, VHDL/Verilog, Linux (bash/perl), C++, C#, QT, Visual Basic, Python.
Software: Xilinx Vivado, Xilinx Software Development Kit (SDK), MATLAB, Pro-
Engineering, BR Space Applications (ITU), Satellite Tool Kit (STK), Microsoft Visual
Studio, iSite, iBuilder, iMonitor, Ubuntu, Labview,
Hardware: Xilinx Zynq 7000, Agilent Technologies PNA Network Analyzer N5224A
10 MHz 43.5 GHz, Agilent PSG Vector Generator, Agilent PXA Signal Analyzer
N9030A 3 Hz 44 GHz, iDirects e850MP, e8350, XLC-11
Training: Satellite Communications Design by ATI May 2014
iOM SATCOM Platform, VT iDirect August 2014
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
Senior Satellite Engineer April 2015 - present
Satellite Engineer January 2014 - April 2015
Gogo, Inc Chicago, IL
• Developed and verified RSSI circuitry using FPGA and auxillary closed loop RF
LRUs.
• Designed and inplemented RF satellite communication hardware-in–the-loop sys-
tem for lab bench testing.
• Supported and implemented Accelerated Life Testing (ALT) for RF satellite sys-
tem
• Supported airborne SATCOM systems: airborne satellite communication sys-
tems, especially electrically steered rotating-arrayed VICTS antennas. Intimately
involved in antenna performances and operations.
– Performed fully integrated hardware system testing: verified bent pipe con-
nectivity, RF metrics (TX/RX SNR, MODCODs, and LNB).
– Verified ATPs for LRUs: KANDU, MODMAN, RX, TX, and KRFU from
vacuumed environment to over the air.
– Built lab environments to support multiple remotes simultaneously.
– Provided feedback to vendors on optimizations and calibrations of developed
hardware.
• Supported airborne SATCOM software development and integration
– Generated SNMP scripts (in Linux) to integrate across all LRUs via MIB
protocol.
– Supported building data acquisition services for production aircrafts carry-
ing airborne hardware.
– Created ACU simulator to test, control, and communicate with the air-
borne modem for simulating dynamic flight scenarios: mapfile request, beam
switching over specified regions
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2. • Performed RF measurements of airborne in-flight systems in lab environment
before production
– Verified and measured equipment for compliance with national and interna-
tional regulations
– Measured transmit P1 power characteristic (Pin/Pout), gain compression
(Pin/Gout), occupied power bandwidths for BPSK, QPSK, 8-PSK, 16QAM
(Pout/OBW)
– Assessed and advised SSPA/BUC RF performance during vendor selection
• Engineering project management and support
– Handled and managed departments purchase orders for day-to-day opera-
tions and laboratory build out
– Vendor coordination and management for outside support both material and
consultancy
Communications Engineer October 2011 - November 2013
RF Engineer January 2010 - October 2011
ITT Exelis, now Harris Herndon, VA
• Assisted with registering DoD satellites to the International Telecommunication
Union (ITU) and coordinating with other administrations
• Performed spectrum management for Fixed Satellite Service and Mobile Satellite
Service networks
– Linked-budgets interference analysis for satellite networks (uplink and down-
link)
– Experienced with Appendices 7, 8, and 9 of ITU regulations
– Participated in international coordination meetings on behalf of US satellite
operators
• Developed software for modeling and simulating DoD satellite communication
systems
– Helped implement Appendices 7, 8, and 9 of ITU regulations using stan-
dalone GUI.
– Contributed with coding and testing to implement NGSO interference anal-
ysis.
• Performed Interference-to-Noise (I/N), Intermodulation-to-Noise, Radiation Haz-
ard and COSAM analyses for the Joint Spectrum Center (JSC), DoD
• Developed software applications to model and measure I/N thresholds for deter-
mining fidelity with government communication systems
• Performed RF field measurements for interference identification and mitigation
EDUCATION Master of Science, Electrical Engineering
Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, expected May 2017
Concentration: Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) with applications in signal
processing and software defined radios (SDR)
Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering
University of Maryland, College Park, MD, graduated June 2013
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