Nick Gutierrez Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Los Angeles, California, Us

Los Angeles, California, Us

Torrance, California, Us

- Serving as Principal Investigator for an Epirus/UCLA DARPA program

Torrance, California, Us

- RF Sub-system owner for Leonidas Product line- Owned requirements, verification, and RF system test for Leonidas Product Line- Successfully Served as Principal Investigator for RF instability issues seen on Leonidas POD Product line- Created and validated RF cascade budgets for Leonidas Product Line

Torrance, California, Us

- Created Epirus's first internal test engineering organization- Built out the team, working with recruiting organization to recruit and onboard test engineers- Designed and Built numerous test benches for use in the production test of components for use on the Leonidas EMP system- Worked with Manufacturing organization to productionize and hand-off test benches- Defined the design, build, and release process for Epirus production test benches- Created the standard for production test at Epirus

Torrance, California, Us

- RF Sub-system owner for Leonidas Product line- Owned requirements, verification, and RF system test for Leonidas Product Line- Network Sub-system owner for Leonidas prototypes- Conducted EMP susceptibility studies on electronic targets- Traveled to remote test site for final validation of Leonidas system performance, assisted in demonstrations for potential government customers

Hawthorne, California, Us

- Prototyped, designed, and tested a GPS band low-noise amplifier for space vehicle use - Acted as a design responsible engineer for all RF components on the Falcon 9 rocket- Acted as a design responsible engineer for numerous RF components on the Dragon 2 capsule- Worked with NASA engineers and contractors to certify Falcon 9 avionics hardware

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

- Tested and Analyzed experimental Integrated Circuit RF Ultra-Wideband Circulator using VNA, PNA, and Spectrum Analyzer equipment (Phase I)- Designed, Simulated, and Optimized novel configurations for experimental Integrated Circuit RF Ultra-Wideband Circulator using Keysight ADS (Phase II)

Mountain View, Ca, Us

- Prototyped a biometric sensor utilizing a 24GHz Radar solution from Infineon- Qualified new MIMO analysis software tool for Google Home Hardware team- Simulated MIMO performance and throughput for Google Home products- Analyzed measurement and simulation discrepancies for electrically small antennas common in consumer electronics- Pitched solutions to Hardware Program Managers- Validated and Tested circuit level designs for in-production hardware products

Falls Church, Va, Us

- Simulated and Tested a 20 GHz CMOS Receiver and Interpreted results using Keysight ADS and VNA, PNA, and Spectrum Analyzer equipment- Designed and Simulated preliminary models for advanced RF Circulator technology using Keysight ADS and ANSYS EM Suite/HFSS- Assisted in Writing and Editing proposal for DARPA Program

- Created an EM propagation modeling software tool using Matlab, Python, ArcGIS, and ANSYS HFSS models to accurately simulate small-cell clutter loss and interference at L-band frequencies- Performed material characterization at microwave frequencies using an anechoic chamber and a VNA

- Created and Evaluated link budgets for low-earth orbit satellite communication- Presented Design and System information to NASA team on CubeSat- Conducted Risk analysis for CubeSat a Communication systems- Researched and Qualified multiple antenna and transceiver options for use on a 3U CubeSat- Simulated multiple antenna options in the UHF to S-bands and space deployment methods- Led a team of undergraduates in the efforts to create a CubeSat communication system

Seattle, Washington, Us

- Designed, Simulated, and Tested a four-element Circularly Polarized Ka-band patch array for reflect-array feeding- Assisted in the Design, Simulation, and Test of a Ka-band reflect-array antenna for long range space CubeSat communication using ANSYS HFSS and CST Microwave- Researched and Tested novel radiation shielding options for CubeSat use- Repaired and Maintained high-power electronic systems- Operated and Maintained a vacuum chamber system for ion thruster testing

Falls Church, Va, Us

- Designed, Simulated, and Prepared for fabrication multiple designs of a 230 GHz diode phase shifter using Sonnet, Agilent ADS, and Cadence Virtuoso for use in an active electronically scanned reflectarray antenna- Created a working EM model of Northrop Grumman’s novel 3 THz ƒc InP varactor diode using ANSYS HFSS- Conducted wafer processing studies to prepare GaN backside processes for production

Falls Church, Va, Us

-Designed, Simulated, and Prepared for fabrication multiple designs for C- and X-band RF filters using ANSYS HFSS, Agilent ADS, and Cadence Virtuoso-Prepared for fabrication multiple HBT transistor designs using Cadence Virtuoso

Falls Church, Va, Us

-Researched and Categorized different photo-lithography process parameters and mask set-ups for improved photo-lithography fidelity and efficiency-Maintained and Assisted in the transfer and categorization of mask libraries on LINUX servers to the the next version Cadence Virtuoso

Arlington, Va, Us

- Qualified the readiness and compatibility of a new forward bus panel for a high-powered telecommunications satellite

Masters, Rf Engineering/Communication System Design

Electrical Engineering, Electrical Engineering