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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

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