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Manoj Chintalapati is a telecommunications engineer specialising in mobile and transmission networks. With four years’ experience from various organisations in Melbourne, Manoj is now a member of the Cyient engineering team.
Find out how Manoj navigated his career as a telecommunications engineer:
What is your current role?
I am currently a Junior Wideband Designer at Cyient, working on the Australia Wideband Design Project.
What does a day in this role involve?
My day-to-day activities involve designing the end-to-end process for customer orders from communication service providers and ensuring the design process meets customer requirements from legacy databases.
Where did you study?
I graduated from Swinburne University of Technology with a Masters in Electronics / Telecommunications Engineering.
Why did you pursue a career in engineering?
I have always loved learning how to use new technologies and tools, and developing innovative ideas. These passions steered me towards studying engineering.
Tell us about your career journey. How did you get to your current role?
I started my career as Junior RF Engineer for a Vodafone-Optus joint venture project for 3G/4G technologies in the mobile transmission networks.
From there, I worked as a RF Test Engineer for an Optus Project, leading to my current role at Cyient.
These last four years have been a big learning curve, constantly increasing my knowledge in my chosen engineering field. I now plan to focus on leadership skills for the next phase of my career.
What do you enjoy most about your work?
Exceeding customers’ expectations by going above and beyond to meet their requirements is the best part of the job.
What are you working on now?
I am currently working on the Australia Wideband Design Project, a joint venture between Cyient and Downer. The project will provide exclusive fibre networks for Communication Service Provider business customers. Wideband networks have a higher speed than narrowband, and are used to define services at the 2-megabyte level and above.
Cyient will provide a broad range of design engineering services in Australia using existing data in generating accurate estimates and complete wideband design activities for the project.
What has been a career highlight to date?
At this point, I wouldn’t say I have one career highlight as such. I enjoy the continuous learning opportunities that come with the job.
Apart from working on and learning about mobile transmission networks, I have had the opportunity to broaden my knowledge in fibre and cable and network transmissions whilst at Cyient.
What has been the greatest piece of technology released in the last decade?
Nanotechnology is the best innovation so far in my opinion. It has enabled the creation of many new types of devices with a broad range of functionalities.
What do you do in your spare time?
On the weekends I play cricket at my local club and spend the rest of my time with family and friends.
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