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Longmont, CO, US

Longmont, Colorado, US

• Hardware design for ultrasonic flow meters
• Advanced PCB layout (Altium)
• Mixed signal, high speed, low noise analog signal conditioning

Longmont, CO, US

• Design off-line AC/DC constant current LED drivers for commercial applications
• Circuit design, schematic capture, PCB layout (Altium), component selection, prototype, test
• Travel to China: support product launch at CM factories in Shenzhen and Dongguan
• Develop C code for product firmware (PIC, AVR, XMC)
• High and low level architecture: system block diagram down to microcontroller peripherals
• Guarantee quality (10 year warranty)  Component Stress Analysis & aggressive test

Palo Alto, CA, US

• Responsible Component Owner: power sequencing and system resets, system clocks, audio, SMBus, webcam
• Supported full product lifecycle on multiple platforms and product generations
• Define system specifications and test plans, oversee schematic and layout development
• Perform signal integrity measurements and clock jitter analysis
• Own relationships with vendors, collect device drivers, verify their performance and integrity
• Autonomous and self-supporting, while coordinating with multiple teams: Mechanical, BIOS, OS, EMC, Marketing, Supply Chain, SQA, Manufacturing, Customer Support, and vendors

• Main project: isolated bidirectional 6kW charger & inverter (“Inverger”) for PHEVs
• Translated novel power topology (synchronous full-bridge ZVT) to specific implementation
• Optimized magnetics for efficient power transfer
• Circuit design, component selection, schematic capture, PCB layout, prototype evaluation

Palo Alto, CA, US

• Evaluated synchronous buck converters with integrated MOSFETs for POL applications
• Developed a normalized Figure of Merit to aid trade-off analysis (performance / cost / size)