Kashif Rasheed

Fiber Testing Engineer and Fiber Optics Technician with extensive experience in FTTH, OFC installation, fiber testing, termination, splicing, commissioning and maintenance. Experienced with OTDR, optical power meter, laser source, optical splitter testing, WDM output testing and fiber patch-cord testing. Telecom equipment installation, BTS commissioning, microwave, data-center cabling and troubleshooting.

Fiber Testing Engineer at Saudi Electric Company (SEC) (2023-12 – Present)

• Fiber Splicing and Testing in OSP/ISP
• OFC/ODF installation and termination
• Splicing in Colures and ODBs
• Fiber testing and troubleshooting using OTDR, optical power meter and laser source
• End-to-end fiber testing, optical splitter testing and optical output testing at WDM/exchange
• Testing of optical fiber patch cords and supporting fiber installation and maintenance activities
• Fiber optics testing: OTDR, Optical Power Meter (OPM), Optical Laser Source (OLS)
• FTTH installation, testing, termination and maintenance
• End-to-end fiber testing and optical splitter testing
• WDM / exchange optical output testing
• Fiber patch-cord testing
• Fiber splicing using Fujikura 70S and 80S
• Underground OFC laying
• Telecom equipment installation at customer premises
• Data-center cable installation and termination
• Internet router and Wi-Fi extender configuration

Fiber Optics Testing Engineer at CEPCO (2015-08-23 – 2023-11)

I & R Technician at Datacon Al Saudi (2019-02 – 2023-11)

• Worked on FTTH projects including STC and ITC
• OFC/ODF installation, termination, testing and maintenance
• Underground OFC laying and customer-premises telecom equipment installation
• Used Fujikura 70S/80S/90s splicing machines and performed tools cleaning and maintenance

Associate Engineer at Nayatel Private Limited (2017-02 – 2019-02)

• Worked in fiber testing and installation activities
• Performed OFC testing, termination and splicing-related work

Trainee Engineer at Telenor Private (2015-04 – 2017-01)

• Worked in telecom installation and commissioning activities
• BTS installation and commissioning, 3G/4G microwave installation, SDR configuration, commissioning and troubleshooting

Diploma of Associate Engineer (DAE) in Telecom - Information and Communication Technologies – Punjab Board of Technical Education (2012-05-02 – 2015-06-02)