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• Engaged with clients to translate their design specifications into project deliverables (SOW, BOM, etc.)• Designed multilayer PCBs involving the layout of MCUs (STM32, ESP32) using KiCAD• Modeled custom coil inductor for audio device to optimize coil Q factor using openEMS field solver• Resolved MQTT networking issues for IoT embedded Linux device within noisy industrial environment• Developed firmware for an ESP32-WROOM-32E-based audio device, integrating rotary control, OLED display, and audio output

• Developed bare-metal firmware across multiple ARM Cortex-M4 32-bit platforms in C• Added field upgrade capability via Bluetooth Low Energy link• Resolved serial communication (SPI & Extended Serial Protocol) timing issues using o-scope• Developed a C# utility for validating the bootloader flash memory of production units• Refactored blind-spot monitoring detection algorithms to operate at different A/D sampling frequencies

West Chester, Oh, Us

• Created digital interface b/w ATmega2560 & 2-8GHz RFIC using modified SPI communications in C++• Protoyped tunable VHF filter using AWR for simulation and PADS for schematic capture & layout • Designed embedded, serpentine resistors using Axiem for a 6-bit, 31.5dB, 1GHz GaN attenuator• Wirebonded 10 exposed GaN die wafers & measured them using probe station for RFIC team• Coordinated part search & redesign of 8 designs w/ business & technical teams for obsolescence• Assisted manufacturing team w/ production efforts including test measurements and soldering• Worked in lab environment to characterize amplifier & filter performance using VNAs & Spec-Ans

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Us

• Designed & simulated band pass/stop filters with tunable HBT varactors operating at 9.225GHz• Incorporated filters & amplifiers into VCOs for use in cascaded sub-harmonic ILPLLs and SOM design• Evaluated oscillating systems by performing harmonic balance and transient simulations and analysis• Performed layout of 9.225GHz VCO on 12-layer substrate using semiconductor manufacturer’s PDK• Presented project accomplishments for Drexel Engineering Senior Design Competition

• Primary schematic designer for a pluggable, dual 10G RZ/NRZ-DPSK optical receiver module• Designed & validated power delivery network via power integrity analysis using HyperLynx PI/SI• Conducted signal integrity analysis for 10G PCB traces to determine RL/IL using ANSYS SIwave• Prepared project documentation (datasheet, system block diagrams, power budgets, etc.) for internal/external review

• Assisted in layout of components and routing of board traces using Allegro PCB Designer• Analyzed crosstalk and performed signal integrity analysis with ANSYS SIwave• Performed power integrity analysis in order to validate PCB designs with HyperLynx PI/SI• Developed Python automation tools for conducting failure-in-time (FIT) reliability analysis• Created and maintained component libraries using OrCAD Capture and Allegro PCB Designer

Suwanee, Georgia, Us

• Led the automation team in developing test automation tools for set-top box functionality testing• Developed Python web scraping tools (Selenium/Requests libraries) to support server lab infrastructure• Resolved system, software and hardware issues for DOCSIS and video projects

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Computer Engineering

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Electrical Engineering