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Sunnyvale, CA, US

· Responsible for hardware engineering scope of product development for 2019 Echo Show (2nd generation) and 2021 Echo Show 10· Leading team working on products across the Amazon Devices portfolio

Sunnyvale, CA, US

· Responsible for engineering scope of product development for a consumer electronics device· Interfaced with other functional engineering organizations, product management, industrial design, operations and program management to define features and make decisions regarding cost/performance trade-offs· Took on all aspects of design for main logic board.

Chicago, Illinois, US

· Led initiatives to brainstorm and prototype new product concepts, leading to adoption of several features· Contributed a concept which will be featured prominently on upcoming products· Led the effort to architect a new platform utilizing the TI OMAP4 processor subsequently used on several Motorola devices· Led the baseband team that developed the first.

Chicago, Illinois, US

• Managed and mentored a team of baseband electrical engineers
• Responsible for digital engineering on MotoRAZR MAXX V6
• Worked with suppliers to improve quality of deliverables
• Interfaced with cross-functional peers for product requirements and deliverables
• Led process improvement teams to create new tools and leverage existing tools for development engineering

Chicago, Illinois, US

• Performed in a digital design role from the inception of Motorola's UMTS handset design effort.
• Helped bring several products successfully to market: A830, A835, E1000.
• Validated baseband IC along with USB and MMC interfaces for A835 and E1000 products
• Evaluated competing graphics processors for use in UMTS platform
• Supported the transition from a propietary accessory connector to the Enhanced Mini-USB for UMTS products
• Performed functional testing of initial silicon for custom mixed signal ASICs

CA

• ASIC core cell development
• Designed cells for library and modified cells to improve performance
• Simulated ASIC cells using HSPICE to characterise timing requirements
• Extracted cell data and ran simulations to determine electromigration properties
• Wrote scripts to automate ASIC cell characterisation

CA

• Tested and localised problems in a complex digital PCB and ASIC
• Researched components, designed and schematic captured an RS-232 interface PCP
• Built prototype boards for RS-232 interface and power supply loading circuit
• Wrote assembly code for Motorola 56303 DSP and Coldfire to test bus interfaces
• Verified timing and protocols for various buses and interface channels

CA

• Tested in-house master oscillator PCBs for 1.9GHz TDMA base stations
• Did troubleshooting and assisted with design optimisation for the master oscillator
• Helped hardware and software engineers to correct problems
• Co-wrote a verification report on master oscillators comparing components from different vendors
• Worked with engineers in systems testing and manufacturing on board-related issues

• Wrote SQL scripts and C with embedded SQL to do complex queries
• Wrote Perl scripts to process large volumes of data
• Wrote and fixed components for a major software package
• Wrote software package installer in C Shell
• Installed and tested software in an isolated environment
• Handled some purchasing of software and hardware

• Automated system stability reporting using Perl and Expect
• Created an HTML system for monitoring trends in human resources
• Set up hardware and software for a Linux-based system testing platform
• Designed and implemented a system to automatically retrieve software revisions of lab computers and display them on an HTML page
• Tested a prototype CDPD modem, checking for functionality and stability
• Ran and monitored stability tests in a lab environment

B. Eng, Computer Engineering

Mba, Finance, Entrepreneurship