Arrian M. Email & Phone Number

Mesa, Arizona, United States

MACOM acquired Wolfspeed's RF business, which develops 70% of the world's GaN-on-SiC wafers. I've had the priviledge to be a very active individual contributor to the RF Power group, which in itself has some of the most brilliant and experienced designers in the industry. Key responsibilities and contributions include:• Designed GaN-on-SiC RF Power amplifier transistors using Microwave Office, AXIEM, and HFSS• Calibrated RF power test benches for characterizing my designs over temperature, VSWR stress levels, and input dynamic range• Designed TRL calibration standards, Load-Pull fixtures, and misc. fixtures up to 8GHz• Actively contributed to model validation reports, solving stability problems on my designs and colleague's designs, and evaluating new GaN-on-SiC die in packaged form• Activities that contributed to the bottom line but were not captured on the MACOM website: 1) design of three evaluation fixtures for G28V5 PCM structures covering the entire portfolio's GaN-on-SiC die testing needs 2) layout proposal for X-band MMIC (DRC based drawing) 3) moved other projects forward belonging to former colleagues, that were not my designs originally• Design portfolio (more in the launch pipeline): MAPC-A1107-AB, MAPC-A3009-AB, MAPC-A3008-AB, MAPC-A3006-AB/ASTypical applications: Avionics, TACAN, DME, IFF, Military Radio, Tactical Radio, L-band, S-band, C-band, radar, EW, Electronic Warfare, ISM, General Amplfications

Tempe, Arizona, United States

as of 12/9/22, L3Harris' acquisition of Viasat's Tactical Data Links business resulted only in two options 1) accept the L3Harris offer and move to Salt Lake City within 8 months or 2) terminate employment with Viasat. I decided that given these circumstances, it was best to accelerate my search for an RF design job (which has always been my ultimate goal). Sustaining Engineer in the Strategic Technology Group. The motto of this group is to resolve systemic product level failures - within Viasat's numerous product lines/programs - with the goal of high yield production performed fully by production personnel. ● Recovered over $3 million worth of bonepile inventory - in accordance with the Pareto principle - by troubleshooting the root cause of prominent failure modes and finding optimal solutions● Produced troubleshooting guides for complex RF/Microwave transceivers ● Successfully found root cause of trending failures for several RF and mmWave transceiver product lines. Experienced with troubleshooting RF up to mmWave (~30GHz) upconverted signals. ● As one of the key members of FRB, made significant contributions to yield improvement and failure analysis efforts (high voltage switching supplies, RF detectors, MMIC amplifiers, and custom MMIC chips)

Tucson, Az

- started my own consumer electronics LLC- due to seasonal nature of sales as well as concurrent enrollment at ASU, decided to pursue full-time engineering opportunities

Tucson, Arizona, United States

● Promoted to focus on product yields and production issues while performing previous jobfunctions and training new Technicians● Improved active-trim laser code and ATE code to increase product yields namely for product families such as PA89, PA02, PA12, CD22, and MP118 ● Experienced in an ISO9001-registered, DLA-certified clean room environment

Tucson, Arizona

● Qualified new components and materials in Apex high power electronics ● Redesigned products to accommodate component changes● Bench-tested Power Amplifiers, Switching Amplifiers, and Precision Voltage References over temperature, frequency, input common-mode range, supply voltage, load, and other parameters

Tempe, Az

Accomplishments and experiences:● Designed and optimized PCB-to-waveguide and PCB-to-die wirebond interfaces (up to 75 GHz)● Optimized MMIC filter designs in HFSS ● Collaborated with a full-time mechanical engineer to ensure that my designs met mechanical specs ● Presented final results to the Chief Engineer and other internsTechnical skills learned and applied:● High frequency modeling of microstrip transmission lines ● Techniques for attenuation of undesired waveguide modes in mmWave waveguides ● 2D models of complex 3D structures in ADS for the purpose of impedance matching circuit design● Successfully researched and compiled a list of 20+ high frequency GaN and GaAs power amplifiers for future designs

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area

Had the honor of working in Dr. Alfred Hubler's chaotic systems lab prior to his battle with cancer (RIP). Assisted Physics graduate researchers with RF electronic module selection, programming, experiment setup and module testing.Research goal: generate a prototype of a wideband, chirped Microwave transmitter which would prove Dr. Hubler's hypothesis. The hypothesis is that chirped microwave signals have a lower probability of exciting a two-level quantum system, in contrast to sinusoidal microwave signals. In practical terms, this results in significant reduction in absorption of chirped microwave signals in biological materials. A practical application of this prototype is high power transmission with reduced heating of biological tissue. Accomplishments:● Researched and recommended evaluation boards, VCOs, antennas, software and other components to physics graduate students for microwave power transmission research● Helped develop an experimental setup as well as documents for performing research● Tested the LMX2492 PLL evaluation board using a spectrum analyzer and an oscilloscope to ensure proper generation of low power chirped spread spectrum signals in the microwave frequency range● Having demonstrated a successful, software-controllable chirping sequence to the researchers, I handed off the RF PA and gain line-up selections to a graduate EE student, as I did not have enough knowledge of the matter at the time

2302 Siebel Center, Uiuc

Level 1 engineering IT student consultant. Accomplishments:● Stocked and maintained printers ● Troubleshooted Windows and Linux workstations, as well as A/V systems● Re-imaged laptops and computers

1 College Dr. East Peoria, Il

Accomplishments:● Tutored students in electrical engineering, physics, and chemistry courses● Enhanced my communication skills by working with tutors with other focus areas than my own

Master Of Science - Ms, Electrical And Electronics Engineering, 3.56/4.0

Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (course & seminars option) ● EEE 433: Design of Analog CMOS Integrated Circuits - Designed.

Bachelor’S Degree, Electrical And Electronics Engineering, 3.1/4.0

Activities and Societies: ● RF Antenna Manager - Student Space Systems ● Undergraduate Assistant - ECE 411: Computer Organization.

Associate’S Degree, Electrical Engineering

Activities and Societies: ● President of the Association of Mathematics, Engineering, and Science Students (AMESS) ● Secretary of Sigma.