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Designing analog, digital and mixed signal electronics, systems and devices.

Framingham, Massachusetts, US

Andover, MA, US

• Primarily responsible for all versions of PRM™ Regulators and NBM™ Non-Isolated Bus Converter Modules in Sustaining Engineering Group. Periodically analyzing TE Web and CIM Net data. Successfully addressing yield.
• Acquired skills on using dental drills for carefully opening up PRM and NBM modules.
• Made circuit improvements in NBM2317 modules that balances output current limit protection with inrush-current protection.
• Reviewed test data and changed unreasonably tight limit for diode drop measurement, which increased yield by approximately 5%.
• Successfully qualified new power MOSFETs to mitigate supply risk and lower costs by 7%.
• Discovered mold intrusion into core gaps, which lowers efficiency. Recommended prolonged oven baking, which improved performance and allowed for shipping customer order on due date.

Framingham, Massachusetts, US

• Led cross-functional teams addressing hard- and software improvements on system, module, circuit and component levels. Designed and redesigned electronic circuits in high end consumer electronics goods. Assured global.
• Promoted to Electrical Engineer IV in 2018
• Advised as subject matter expert in design reviews and identified more than 12 major improvements
• Received every year acknowledgments and 5 rewards for highest level performance
• Attained approximately $1 million per year in cost reductions for 5 assigned products
• Achieved supply risk mitigations by working closely with suppliers on customized electronic components

Oxford, MA, US

• Board level design of control electronics for continuous and pulsed fiber glass lasers as well as accessories used in research, medical, industrial and military applications. Design scope entailed analog, digital.
• Explored and implemented first numeric controlled oscillator using Altera FPGA for pulsed laser module
• On time successfully developed prototype of 6-way optical switch for high power laser stations
• Gained important military contract with DoD by developing working pulsed laser module
• Proposed, researched and designed first laser diode driver based on DC-DC converter topology
• Pointed out costly potential issue in schematic participating in review of design by external company

Full scale manufacturing of high power dc-dc converters, including- Prototyping novel and custom designs- Programming of micro controllers (PIC and Atmel)- Building electronics loads, test fixtures, automated test stations and burn-in stations- Design test verification (IR Thermal; Halt; Hass; programmable electronic loads) and documentation- Generating.

Worcester, MA, US

Designing analog, digital, mixed signal and rf electronics for medical research instrumentation

Designing rf electronics and novel rf coils for magnetic resonance imaging for Insight Neuroimaging Systems LLC (now Insight MRI LLC) and graduate study at Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Worcester, Massachusetts, US

Simulating, developing and designing rf electronics and rf coils for magnetic resonance imaging for Insight Neuroimaging Systems LLC (now Insight MRI LLC) and graduate study at Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Building and application of pulsed CO2 lasers (10 um wavelength, 10 J @ 70ns pulse width) including customer service and maintenance.Designing multiplexed mirror control electronics for optical bench.Designing electronic interfaces for lasers.

Ms Cand., Electrical Engineering

Certificate, Management Trainee

Dipl.-Ing., Elektrotechnik

Bachelor Of Science, Electrical Engineering (Emphasis In Commmunications Engineering)

Associates Degree, Sciences, Economics And Politics, Languages

Meister, Radio- Und Fernsehtechnik

Education record