Denis Belenko

Senior Radio Hardware and System Developer

Salary / Daily rate

Munich, Germany

Freelance, open to permanent contract

Languages

EnglishGermanRussian

About me

Intro

Radio hardware and system developer with 10+ years specializing in 5G/LTE systems and RF design. Led complex electronics projects at Nokia, Ericsson, and YADRO including mmWave antenna arrays and indoor positioning systems. Expert in end-to-end development from EM simulation to embedded software, delivering cutting-edge wireless solutions.

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Work experience

Radio software developer

YADRO

Aug 2022 - Present

4 years 3 months

St Petersburg, Russia

LTE eNB embedded software development, testing and integration

Hardware Design Engineer

Nokia

Mar 2020 - Aug 2022

2 years 6 months

St Petersburg, Russia

Bluetooth-based high-accuracy indoor positioning system design. • antenna array EM simulation, antenna optimization and impedance matching with RF SoC • system level analysis for AoA/AoD performance • AoA implementation of BLE PHY level with DSP in Python • test setup automation and precertification testing

Radio developer

Ericsson

Feb 2019 - Jan 2020

1 year

Lund, Sweden

Radio frontend development of active antenna array transceiv-er. • mmWave phased antenna array for 5G gNB design • link budget analysis, power/signal integrity simulations • array calibration and OTA measurements (EIRP, TRP, EVM, ACLR, sensitivity) – manual and automated

Senior RF Designer, Teamlead

Microwave systems

Aug 2014 - Jan 2019

4 years 6 months

St Petersburg, Russia

Complex electronics system design, consisting of hardware modules and embedded software. • analog electronics HW design (PLL, DDS, TX/RX modules) and power supply modules (LDO, DCDC) • digital electronics HW design (FPGA, MCU, DSP modules) • interaction with customers and regulation authorities • writing test reports and technical documentation, presentation of results • driving research activities in cooperation with academic organizations

RF Designer

Radio Research Institute of Kaluga

Jan 2012 - Jul 2014

2 years 7 months

Russia, Moscow Oblast, Russia

Different kinds of radio modules design and testing. • design of radio components and EM simulation (filters, power splitters/combiners, up/down converters, diplex-ers, LNA/PA impedance matching) • RF hardware characterization, including S-parameters, thermal noise, phase noise, sensitivity etc. (utilizing network/signal/spectrum analyzers, oscilloscopes, vec-tor signal generators, power meters, noise generators, lab power supply, etc.) • Schematic capture and PCB design


Education

Halmstad University

Master's degree

2010 - 2011

2 years

Southern Federal University (former Rostov State University)

Specialist degree

2005 - 2010

6 years

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