Chris Felder Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Electronic medical device consulting services. Focal areas in medical algorithms, verification planning/testing, electrical design, and FDA design history file (DHF) management for 510(k) or PMA submission.

Northbrook, Illinois

• Garrett Technologies, Inc. specializes in advanced electrical engineering and embedded software development for both medical and consumer products. It is our commitment to provide advanced thinking and technologies to.
• Worked under an ISO 13485:2016 quality management system (QMS).
• Designed Class II and Class III electrical medical devices adhering to IEC 60601-1 and CFR 820.30 for FDA and MDD submission.
• Created and managed risk files for medical devices through an ISO 14971 process.
• Designed, implemented, and tested various software algorithms for medical diagnostics and patient-tracking in MATLAB/Octave, Simulink, Python, and embedded C/C++.
• Wrote and executed verification protocols for DHF composition.

• Authored system, hardware, and software requirements.
• Assisted in creation of DHF for submission to FDA for 510(k).
• Designed, coded, and tested a position-tracking algorithm in embedded C.
• Led verification effort to test all device features prior to regulatory submission.

• Developed algorithms for classification of ECG arrhythmias in embedded C.
• Simulated varying algorithm approaches in MATLAB/Octave during the design process.
• Assisted in assembly and management of design history file (DHF).

• Designed an energy delivery control algorithm for novel electrophysiological treatment in MATLAB and Simulink.
• Designed, created, and validated a test fixture for electrophysiological treatment timing mechanism accuracy.
• Worked with external contract engineers to analyze, parse, and assemble a cardiac electrogram (EGM) database for testing of algorithm.

• Assembled surface ECG database for development, validation, and testing of ECG classification algorithm for automated external defibrillator (AED).
• Wrote and executed verification protocols for device design verification.
• Assisted with DHF activities for submission to MDD for approval and marketing in the EU.

Chicago, Illinois

• Designed and implemented experimental protocol for an EEG research group.
• Performed meta-analysis on scientific papers relating to hormone concentrations for publication.
• Helped write SOPs, grants, and IRB submissions adhering to FDA and university guidelines.
• Created a Microsoft Access database to monitor account balances and disbursements.
• Tools used: C++, MATLAB, R, Arduino, electrooculography (EOG), & electroencephalography (EEG)

Center For Computer-Aided Design

• Programmed and calibrated accelerometers, gyroscopes, and magnetometers.
• Designed and tested electrical circuits to uncover novel ways to quantify human motion.
• Performed sensor fusion algorithms on received BLE data from multiple MEMS devices.

Cedar Rapids, Iowa

• Worked on the engineering team with shared goals of increasing electrical efficiency.
• Audited network power backup solutions and proposed new approaches to increase reliability.
• Performed energy analyses on telecommunications equipment relating to CDMA, 3G, and LTE.

M.S., Bioengineering, Graduated

Activities and Societies: International Biomedical Engineering Honor Society

B.S.E., Biomedical/Medical Engineering, Graduated

Activities and Societies: Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity UI REACH MESA TutorMinor - Mathematics

High School Diploma