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Eden Prairie, Minnesota, United States

Burnsville, Minnesota, United States

- EMC lab. testing at internal and external test facilities of aerospace smart multi-function smart probes for military customers.- Schematic development, BOM, circuit card layout, MOSFET, ferrite bead, resistor and capacitor component selection and evaluation for aerospace reliability, EMI test cable designs focused on EMI reduction and circuit.

United States

- Product development of prototype blood coagulation measurement products.- Evaluation of inductive sensing ICs, CPUs and magnetics structures.- Schematic design and bench testing of prototype PBAs; and magnetics associated with inductive sensing technology.

- Investigative power integrity (PI) R&D for military applications.- Cutting edge component selection of multiphase power converter ICs semiconductors, LGA ICs, inductors and high frequency capacitors.- Schematic, BOM and PCB Design and test of power distribution networks prototype PBAs.

Minnespolis Minnesota

- Lead analog hardware design engineer for military satellite, very high radiation, level inertial measurement unit products.- High rel. component selection, hardware simulation and bench evaluation of new and existing products focused on ADC semiconductors selection.

13700 1st Av N Plymouth MN

- Lead all IEC60601-1-2 4th Edition pre-compliance testing and product re-designs for EMC requirements of new and legacy products used for oximetry, capnography, Co-Met non-invasive tissue sensing.- Extensive hardware simulation and bench evaluation of new and existing products.- Design lead phase gates 1-5, requirements, block diagram, schematic.

13700 1st Ave N Plymouth MN

- Groundbreaking EMI reduction for several pulse-oximeter products.- Completed setup of in-house Anechoic chamber for testing from.1-6GHz of radiated per IEC61000.- Subject matter expert for IEC60601-1-2 4th Edition EMC requirements.

Bangkok Metropolitan Area, Thailand

- Consultant on flex and ridged PCB design for high data rate signal integrity (6-8Gbps)- Drafting of witness statements with patent attorneys and their client for presentation in Thai patent court.- Expert witness for two patent litigations for Hard Disk Drive high data rate Flex circuits assembled in Thailand.

Savage, MN

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

- Design, circuit simulation, schematic creation and PCB layout of RF oblation hardware for St Jude Medical (Abbott).- Interface to digital designers and subject matter expert for power sequencing/distribution, acoustic alarms and thermal.- System analysis and design of various mm-Wave RF avionics systems and simulation of PCB microwave structures.

Waseca MN

- Component engineer and owner of component level test plans, and qualification of RF components common to wireless IOT utility meters including RF inductors, capacitors and ICs used in very high rel. products.- Critical support for the manufacturing of potted PCB level RF systems used in high humidity applications (including re-design).

Golden Valley Minnesota

- Successfully completed analog design, build coordination, debug and PCB layout of mixed signal circuits for Interface Test Adaptor (ITA) using Mentor Graphics ‘Xpedition PCB’.- Designed analog hardware interfaces and custom Mil. Spec. cable designs for testing ITA- Designed RF and mechanical designs of EMI filter box array used in RF screen room testing.

Mendota Heights, MN

• Principal Electrical Hardware Engineer, Post Silicon Preamp Validation Group,Lead the design of high data rate hardware and test methods, interconnect modeling and netlist translation of circuit cell blocks from.
• Invented/developed ground-breaking, constant impedance, broadband test hardware that saved over $2M/yr.
• Developed leading edge high frequency test methods involving uWave components/hardware
• Implemented extensive Electro-Magnetic… Show more Principal Electrical Hardware Engineer, Post Silicon Preamp Validation Group,Lead the design of high data rate hardware and test methods, interconnect modeling and.
• Implemented extensive Electro-Magnetic simulations of ridged and flexible PCB structures using ADS/MOM and ADS Dynamic Link to close the loop between ASIC simulation and bench measurements
• Translated and verified multiple ADS models of transistor level circuits from Virtuoso-Spectre

Hutchinson Minnesota

• Senior Staff Electrical Design Engineer and Electrical Group Supervisor,Managed the electrical product development team, lead the high data rate corporate roadmap team and invented industry changing interconnect.
• Advanced Product Development supervisor of 2-3 electrical interconnect modeling and simulation engineers.
• Simulated multiple ADS system models of HDD interconnects and preamplifiers.
• Generated advanced high data rate product technologies in the form of… Show more Senior Staff Electrical Design Engineer and Electrical Group Supervisor,Managed the electrical product development team, lead the high.
• Generated advanced high data rate product technologies in the form of intellectual property, bench measurements and interconnects used in HDD Head Gimbal Assemblies (HGAs)
• Wrote technical papers for presentations at HDD seminars and Industrial sponsor representative.

Bloomington Minnesota

• Senior Development Engineer, Advanced Recording Technology Lab, Key member of the R&D spinstand group that broke several high data rate recording records in the Hard Disk Drive industry.
• Planned, designed and integrated high data rate test silicon into Seagate spinstands
• Conducted experimental high data rate spinstand tests with experimental flex circuit/PCB interconnects
• Designed and developed custom preamplifier spinstand PCB’s
• Member of Hard Disk Drive Industry Flex… Show more Senior Development Engineer, Advanced Recording Technology Lab, Key member of the R&D spinstand group that broke several high data rate recording records in the Hard.
• Member of Hard Disk Drive Industry Flex Circuit Interconnect planning and standardization group Show less

River Falls, Wisconsin

• Lead design engineer for Audiophile audio products
• Completed and demonstrated prototype of Wadia’s 1st high power audiophile stereo amplifier
• Supported a variety of CD transport products in production

Waseca, Minnesota

• Senior Staff Design Engineer for Specialized Land Mobile Radio Telephones, Developed multiple new R&D projects for Chief Scientist
• Completed FEM models of roof mounted multi-antenna systems
• Lead acoustic support engineer for new radio telephone products
• Designed smart battery pack for handheld new handheld radio telephones

Bloomington, Minnesota

• Senior Electrical Acoustic Design Engineer for Audio products group.
• Designed and introduced first cost reduced, noise cancelling aviation headsets to production
• Supported customers and production for over 30 TELEX aviation, desktop multimedia, pro-audio and classroom audio products
• Designed custom switch-mode DC-DC converters and battery packs for aviations headsets
• Familiar with Audio Precision S1,2, TEF audio analyzers, audio/RF anechoic chambers and DO-160 avionics… Show more Senior Electrical Acoustic Design Engineer for Audio products group.
• Familiar with Audio Precision S1,2, TEF audio analyzers, audio/RF anechoic chambers and DO-160 avionics standards