Design Engineer with 17+ years of experience in the Computer Science, Electrical Engineering and R&D fields, specializing in rapid prototyping of complex sensor-based designs for the Automated Semiconductor Test Industry, focused mainly on Power Device ICs including SiC and GaN technologies. Proven results in R&D and new product development, successfully bringing concepts to market. Knowledge and skills include Altium Designer, Fusion 360, Ultimaker Cura, Prusa Slic3r, embedded systems using a variety of development environments, such as Visual Studio Code, Visual C#, Arduino IOT Cloud, and PowerShell IDE. Working knowledge of Linux, Python, C#, C++. Interested in AI/ML, human-computer interaction, Augmented / virtual reality, and aviation. Certified in power supply design. Experienced in performing test setups, calibrations, and data analysis. Certified Advanced Printed Circuit Board designer, with solid understanding of impedance control, skew matching, crosstalk calculation, and stack-up design. Ability to conduct research using state of the art artificial intelligence. Strong background in IT and data science. Skilled in managing VM clusters, network-attached storage, PowerShell, Linux systems, FTP administration, Active Directory and Office 365. Skilled Project Management and collaborating with peers across multiple locations. Experience with version control such as bitbucket, git, subversion, etc. Ability to write and speak about research including to academic peers and potential funders. Former New Hire Orientation Facilitator at Ernst & Young, led orientation classes with up to 120 persons in attendance. Former 12th Grade High School Physics Instructor. Experience enunciating complex data and giving presentations. B.A. Modern Languages and Literature.R&D Design Engineer | Focused Test Inc.July 2021 – PresentSemiconductor Automated test equipment. Headquartered in Boulder, Co.- Utilize Fusion 360 and Altium Designer-Design multi-layer PCBs, high speed interfaces impedance control, layer stack-Design mechanical enclosures.-Design complex rapid prototypes.- Implemented 3D printing solutions, saving costs by rapid prototyping parts in-house.- Led R&D and new product development projects, taking products from concept to completion.-Manage all schematics and electrical / mechanical designs. - Created all Altium libraries and associated 3D models and symbols.- Achieved $100,000’s in cost savings by performing complex designs in-house, bypassing outsourcing development cost for critical, time sensitive projects.