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Manage the Battery Electronics Platform & NPD Design team with subordinate leaders. Built and developed a team over a 2+ year period from 4 into 30+ engineers across hardware, firmware and test Automation Team (HIL) functions by taking on increasing levels of responsibilities and escalating resource gaps and opportunities to leadership. Responsible for driving innovation and strategic vision into Battery Management Electronics (BMS) design roadmap with quarterly presentation of concepts and design direction to executive team leadership. Led the design team in employing requirements-based design (V-Model) to deliver a cutting-edge Electronics Platform for high-volume production across a global product release roadmap. Drove design quality and speed with complete traceability from high-level requirements to test cases and procedures on automated equipment.Report project Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and progress to executive-level audiences, effectively communicating complex technical details. Proactively identified and communicated risks, enabling timely support from leadership.Managed the re-architecture of two battery electronics platforms (18V and 80V), enhancing supply chain security through the use of multiple component sources. Partner with global semiconductor suppliers to develop new ASICs for digital measurement of lithium-ion pack parameters which greatly enhanced the performance over previous generation through higher integration and accuracy.Using Agile-Scrum methods, effectively utilized a mix of full-time and (remote) contract engineers to meet critical timelines, ensuring flexibility and scalability in project execution.

Advanced through two promotions, transitioning from Principal to Chief Engineer, and further to Group Manager. Demonstrated leadership in expanding multifunctional team size from 5 to 35, enhancing capabilities to meet the demands of substantial business growth.Developed a comprehensive knowledge of premium power tools using BLDC motors and controls, Li-Ion batteries and charging systems for use in various trades including outdoor power equipment. Mentored and coached team members, facilitating their promotions and ascent to leadership roles. Formulated and executed annual roadmaps for value engineering design projects, resulting in a consistent reduction of the business's bottom line by 1.5% of total spend.Directed a team of product support engineers, safeguarding against disruptions in the electronics supply chain and mitigating brand damage through swift and effective electronics design changes and updates. Collaborated with the Executive Team to drive the expansion of R&D Labs by identifying and justifying ROI of CAPEX investment, planning space, selecting equipment, and recruiting additional staff for support.Travelled internationally (PRC & Mexico) to manage relationships with global engineering and production teams and to foster high collaboration and performance. Became the primary liaison between the US and PRC EE team for electronics component management.Established crucial business processes focusing on design best practices, project management, and intake/backlog management. Pioneered a monthly technology exchange meeting (TECHX) to facilitate communication of electronics design topics across teams, preventing the siloing of information.

Performed Worst Case and Stress Analyses on space grade analog/digital circuits used for power management, telemetry, and control for a satellite system. Analysis looked at the effects of mission life (15yrs), temperature, and radiation on electronic component performance. Developed PSPICE circuit models in ORCAD and mathematical circuit models in Mathcad to validate circuit designs.

A member of a cross-functional new product development team. Responsibilities included hardware design, firmware design, test equipment design, and new business development and innovation.Created firmware for an embedded microcontroller based system for energy measurement (Watt-Hours) and control written in C for a 16-bit PIC24F microcontroller (DSC). Firmware routines and algorithms controlled external 24-bit Analog/Digital converter devices over 2 MHz SPI communications channels for energy readings. A boot time calibration routine calculated gains and offsets of the measurement system via an RS-232 serial interface to a PC and stored results in external serial I2C EEPROM. A RS-485 port communicated with a host controller using error correction codes (check sum) for reliability.Contributed to the authorship of new business proposals by writing detailed technical specifications for Lithium Ion Battery Management Systems (BMS) and electronics.Held Top Secret Security Clearance.

World-wide technical support to client engineers in the successful use of Li-Ion Battery Management System ICs including global product training presentations, root-cause analysis of applications, and authorship of application notes and specifications.Project manager for an award winning IC. Team consisted of highly experienced, multi-discipline engineering design group (Hardware, Firmware, Software). Demonstrated ability to manage project priorities, build consensus, drive decisions, follow-up, and deliver results. Designed PCB hardware and wrote collateral for three (3) customer evaluation kits for Li-Ion BMS:(1) Printed circuit board assembly that monitored voltage, current, temperature, and impedance of batteries up to 72VDC. Featured gas gauging, active cell balancing, and battery current control MOSFETs for 1kW loads. (2) An analog front end BMS circuit that monitored cell voltage, current, and temperature for power tool applications.(3) A lead acid BMS that monitored 12VDC or 24VDC battery voltage, current, and temperature to calculate run time to empty and end of life. A specialized IrDA serial interface was developed to allow remote, wireless extraction of battery data.

Start up company purchased by Texas Instruments during my employment.Created reference designs for Battery Management System PCBAs for laptop and tablet markets for global customers. Managed circuit board assembly through subcontractors.Supervised and directed day to day activity of laboratory technicians including building prototype assemblies and developing laboratory test equipment and facilities. Designed validation test circuits for BMS silicon design team. Assisted with verification and validation testing of new designs and independently uncovered and documented design errors that made significant contribution to the advancement of the project schedule. Contributed to the specification of new features for hardware, firmware, and software products as part of custom ASIC designs.

Project management and leadership duties included direction of firmware and mechanical engineers, interfacing with customers, contracting sub-vendors, writing progress reports, managing contract budgets and insuring milestones are met in a rapid deployment environment. Projects included Portable, battery power, embedded electronics.Held Top Secret Security Clearance.

Lead design engineer of an AC fan motor speed control circuit that won an Innovation Award at an Industry Conference. Embedded design written in assembly language using Microchip PIC18F. Firmware routines included synchronization to line frequency (50/60 Hz), calculation of RMS voltage, real time motor power factor calculation, TRIAC phase angle control, and linearization of thermistor curve for temperature measurement to create a complete and flexible closed loop control solution. Lead Design Engineer on a thermal management embedded design for a telecommunications switch router fan tray based on Microchip PIC18F. Featured digital proportional speed control and alarm protocol over an I2C serial interface. A controllable, high frequency, non-synchronous, step up/down DC/DC power converter modulated the 48VDC bus to vary the fan speed. Manufacturing Engineering support to in-house Electronics assembly lines including test fixture creation, component sourcing, and failure analysis.Generated new business through customer sales calls, technical proposals, and trade shows.