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Ruchika Bhargava

Ruchika Bhargava

Software Architect and Senior technical Manager with 17+ years of experience in the Software industry.

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MumbaiMember since April 21, 2026
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Software Architect and Senior technical Manager with 17+ years of experience in the Software industry. Expertise in 2G, 3G, 4G (LTE), and 5G protocol stack development (RRC, MAC, RLC, NAS, RRM). Proven track record as Technical Architect, Scrum Master, and Operative Product Owner leading cross-functional teams of 20+ engineers. Currently working at Nokia on gNodeB protocol stack development.

Experience

Senior Entity Specification Engineer (Architect / Technical Manager) | Nokia | December 2021 – Present gNodeB Protocol Stack (5G NR, LTE | C, C++ | RRC, MAC)

Assistant Consultant | Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) | February 2015 – December 2021

Ericsson – UE Simulator (5G/LTE) (5G, LTE | C | Linux | RRC, MAC)

Ericsson – eNodeB (LTE) (LTE | C | Linux | RRC)

Cobham – TM500 UE Simulator (LTE) (LTE | C | Windows | RRC, Proprietary Modules)

Next Gen – Internal LTE Security Library (LTE | C | Linux | MAC, RRC)

Aeroflex – Capacity UE / TM500 (3G UMTS) (3G UMTS | C | Windows | RRC, MAC)

Principal Engineer (Technical Leader) | Hughes Systique Corporation | June 2014 – February 2015

Aeroflex – Capacity UE / TM500 (3G UMTS) (3G UMTS | C | Windows | RRC)

Senior Software Engineer | Aricent Group | January 2012 – June 2014

IPR-RRM-SON-OAM (4G LTE eNodeB) (4G LTE | C | Linux | SON, RRM)

Hitachi IPR Re-Architecture (4G LTE) (4G LTE | C | Linux | RRM, RRC)

Intel Dual SIM Dual Stack (3G UMTS) (3G UMTS | C | Windows | RRC, NAS)

District Informatics Associate | National Informatics Centre (NIC) | October 2011 – January 2012

Medical E-Counselling Web Application (C, C++, SQL | Windows)

Senior Software Engineer | Comviva | February 2011 – October 2011

Virtual SIM (VSIM) – 2G Core Network (2G | C, C++ | Linux | SS7, ISUP)

Do Not Call (DNC) – 2G Core Network (2G | C, C++ | Linux | SS7, MAP)

Software Engineer | Aricent Technologies | June 2008 – February 2011

IP Access Femtocell – 3G UMTS (3G UMTS | C, C++ | Linux | RRC, RLC, MAC, RRM, NAS)

Education

MCA with 83.7% from Bharti Vidyapeeth Institute of Management and computer Applications affiliated to Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University

BSc(H) Computer Science with 62.65% from University of Delhi

CBSE 12th High School with 77.2% from St.

Francis De Sales

School, Delhi

CBSE 10th with 73.4% from St.

Francis De Sales

School, Delhi

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