Sumitha Thilagaraj

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About Sumitha Thilagaraj

Experienced technical leader in consumer electronics, supporting a wide range of high volume products such as mobile devices, wearables, WiFi routers etc, both at product level as well as semiconductor IC sector. Product Operations:* Excellent business acumen in managing the overall product quality in manufacturing ops/supply chain from NPI till MP/customer release using DMAIC principles by thorough inspection of test equipment at vendor sites, testing methodologies, 8D|CAPA, FMEA, DOEs, MSA/GRR, EFFAs, ORTs, yield management, DPPM, cost savings etc.* Proven track record of working under high pressure in fast paced dynamic environment, collaborating with cross functional teams with clear and concise communication.* Proficient in statistical modeling, application specific descriptive and inferential stats, data analytics automation using JMP/Exensio (Spotfire)/Minitab/MS Excel/Python-Pandas/NumPy/Matplotlib/Seaborn.* Mentored new hires, organized several EE technical webinar sessions & knowledge sharing sessions.Vendor management: 20+ offshore vendor sites, large volume data :~1-3 Billion.Semiconductor IC Sector:* Expertise in driving the complete product cycle from tape-out/NPI till CSRR for WiFi/Cellular/Bluetooth TRX chips, through core team discussions, test coverage evaluations, ATE-Bench correlation, data reviews & statistical inference.* Practical hands-on experience in RF product development & characterization on Bench, test time optimization, reliability HTOL vector generation (Incal)etc.* Si CMOS Process Technology, resource planning, PCB Schematic/layout, desense debug, RX sensitivity/EVM/BER, P1dB, IIP3, Integrated phase noise, RBW, VBW, harmonics, Noise Figure measurements etc.