Hardware Engineer
Région De Paris, France
Parrot designs, develops and markets consumer products for smartphones and tablets as well as high technology solutions in Automotive and UAV business.Products: Parrot Zik 2.0, Minidrones UAV family• Research and Development of Hardware solutions according to guidelines and process: strong, reliable, easy to use, user-friendly, with many features. • Component selection according to spec (Power, Wifi/Bluetooth, uC...) Improving battery charging time by 80% on Minidrones 2: 600,000 products sold in 2014. • Achieving a new head-tracking detection working up to 90% of time on Zik 2: 250,000 sold in 2014.• Designing hardware circuitry on Power, WiFi/Bluetooth, microcontroller, ASIC, Camera• Capturing Schematic design, PCB layout follow-up with China suppliers, progress communication to project manager• Testing and Bringing-up systems, debug, qualification• Overseeing of development and maintenance of systems• Manufacturing follow-up on location in factories (Shenzhen area, China)• Communicating and debugging with suppliers on location (California)