Ed Leacock

About Ed Leacock

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONSAdaptable, focused, passionate RF Wireless Engineer with 15+ years of standout Professional Experience. Contribute to engineering team as a methodical problem-solver, dynamic designer, and outstanding communicator. Experienced in Wireless Telecommunications, Avionic Electronics, CATV, Wireless Medical Telemetry, Military Equipment, and WiFi/Bluetooth Consumer Products. Perform with highest standards of integrity and reliability. Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering.Areas of Expertise:Product Design, Project Planning & Management, Environmental Testing, Reliability & Performance Analysis, Concurrent Design & Engineering, Product Design, Testing & Prototyping, Component Circuit Design Software Analysis, Wi-Fi/Bluetooth Radio Modular Design Integration and Compliance Testing, GPS Radio Design, Integration and Compliance, Advanced System Solutions, Wi-Fi 802.11 ac System Level Integration and characterization, Wi-Fi 802.11 ac and Mobile Broadband (3G/4G) passive DE-Sense characterization

Experience

1. Senior Rf Wifi 802 11ac Mimo Bluetooth Verification Validation Physical Layer De-sense Engineer

   Microsoft

   Mar 2014 — Present · Redmond, WA, US

   Surface DivisionSenior RF Wi-Fi 802.11ac/Bluetooth Verification/Validation/Lead De-Sense/EngineerEvaluated Wi-Fi/Bluetooth/System Level PerformanceAchievement Highlights: Characterized, verified 2X2 MIMO 802.11ac Mobile Devices for Non-Signaling/Signaling Physical Layer 802.11 Standards with Lite-Point IQXel/IQLink Test Equipment. Characterized, Verified Active/Passive Wi-Fi DE-Sense Issues, Root Causes, And Mitigation Plans Characterized Wi-Fi/Bluetooth Clients Inter-Operability and User Test Case Scenarios with Consumer Access Points/Enterprise (Autonomous or Controller Based) Access Points and Bluetooth Devices Designed, Characterized, Verified Wi-Fi Throughput Test Stations to Help Identify Wi-Fi DE-Sense Root Causes and Benchmark Performance Characterized, Verified Wi-Fi TCP/UDP Uplink/Downlink Aggregate Throughput on 802.11ac MIMO Clients Using Network Traffic Generator Software tools like IPERF or Ixia Chariot Characterized Competitive 802.11ac MIMO Mobile Devices for Network Performance Using Different Consumer\\Enterprise 802.11ac Access Points. Lite-Point Wi-Fi Test Equipment IQXel Non-Signaling and IQLink Signaling Wi-Fi7 802.11ac/MIMO Worked with model shop to develop DUT test fixture to yield consistency/accuracy in Wi-Fi & 4G\\5G OTA De-Sense testing. Characterized, Verified Active/Passive 4G\\5G LTE bands De-Sense Issues, Root Causes and Mitigation Plans using CMW500 and\\or 4G\\5G dipole antennas Identified 4G/5G Desense sources while running different stress test cases on surface tablet/laptop using QC standalone NPT API Robotic 3 axis Near Field Scanner to identify unwanted radiated noise from PCBA UXM Call Box Cellular LTE/NR Conducted\\OTA Receiver Sensitivity Stargate Antenna Chamber testing for 4G\\5G LTE CTIS measurements using Wave StudioXbox DivisionSenior RF Design/Lead De-sense EngineerAchievements Highlights: Lead RF De-Sense Engineer on new Xbox consoles

Education

• Georgia Institute of Technology

  Electromagnetic, Modern Optics and Electronic Design

  1994 — 1996

• University of South Florida

  BSEE, Electrical and Electronics Engineering

  1986 — 1990

Skills

• Analog
• Wireless
• Manufacturing
• Hardware Architecture
• Microwave
• Rf Design
• Management
• Engineering Management
• Electronics
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Bluetooth
• Hardware
• Integration
• Rf
• Debugging
• Program Management
• Antennas
• Wireless Technologies
• Mobile Devices
• Embedded Software
• Pll
• Pcb Design
• Lte
• Radio Frequency (Rf)
• Semiconductors
• Wifi
• Systems Engineering
• Rf Engineering
• Testing
• Product Management
• Test Equipment
• Troubleshooting
• Engineering
• Networking
• Circuit Design
• Project Management
• Firmware
• Telecommunications
• Product Development
• Embedded Systems